2MCs Yoo Jae-seok and Yoo Yeon-seok of 'Whenever I Have a Chance' and Lee Kwang-soo, the first 'interstitial friend', filled the audience with laughter without any gaps with perfect synergy combining skill and clarity.
SBS' 'Any Opportunity,' which first aired on the 23rd, is a 'niche strategy' variety show that presents good luck to 2MCs Yoo Jae-seok and Yoo Yeon-seok during the brief gaps they encounter in their daily lives. The viewership rating for the first episode of 'Whenever I Have a Chance' recorded 2.7% in the metropolitan area, according to Neil Korea, and the highest rating was 4.1%. In addition, the 2049 viewer rating was 1.1%, ranking first at the same time, giving a pleasant green light.
This is a higher figure than the first broadcast of the previous work 'Strong Heart VS', and since the broadcast, enthusiastic responses have continued through various online communities, raising expectations for the upward trend of 'Whenever I Can' in the future.
In the first episode, Yoo Jae-seok and Yoo Yeon-seok, together with their 'close friend' Lee Kwang-soo, visited the spare time of the Gyeongbokgung Palace official, piano teacher, and photo studio family and succeeded in delivering gifts and happy smiles through games.
'National MC' Yoo Jae-seok and Yoo Yeon-seok, who is attempting to become an entertainment MC for the first time in his life, showed off their Tom and Jerry-like chemistry by showing off their bright hosting skills. Here, Lee Kwang-soo, the 'interstitial friend', joined in and played a great role as a lubricant. The first ‘Gapjuin (applicant)’ that the three found was the head gatekeeper who performs the changing ceremony at Gyeongbokgung Palace.
The first mission was ‘Throwing a shoe brush and making it stand’. This is a game that the gatekeepers usually use their free time to bet on drinks, and the three devoted themselves to practice, carefully considering everything from the size and shape of the shoe brush. In the first stage, where even one person succeeds by stepping up his shoes, Lee Kwang-soo surprised people by succeeding in one try from the first attempt. While an abalone set was secured as the first stage gift, the second stage gift was a robot vacuum cleaner. The second stage is a situation where two people have to stand up with shoe brushes. Yoo Yeon-seok impressed people by showing his fighting spirit and not giving up on his body by offering his knees on the dirt floor in response to the production team's rule that 'you have to throw it on your knees.'
In the 8th challenge out of a total of 10, Yoo Yeon-seok was dramatically successful, but Yoo Jae-seok failed, leaving the success or failure of obtaining the gift in Lee Kwang-soo's hands. Yoo Yeon-seok expressed his nervousness, saying, “I can’t see it,” and Lee Kwang-soo showed off the power of a ‘gap friend’ by accurately setting his shoe brush to the side even in a stressful situation.
After much deliberation, the owner of the gap decided to advance to the third stage, where all three people had to stand by their shoes. The three continued their final challenge with the momentum of practice, but unfortunately failed the mission and gave up all their gifts. In response, Yoo Jae-seok expressed his regret, saying, “I won't be able to sleep after recording,” and the owner of the gap said, “I'm not the type to laugh a lot, but I laughed a lot,” and expressed his sincerity, saying that thanks to the three people, the gap time was filled with laughter.
Next, Yoo Jae-seok, Yoo Yeon-seok, and Lee Kwang-soo visited a piano academy to find a teacher's spare time. Yoo Yeon-seok said, “I wanted to do something like this with my teacher,” and played ‘Cat Dance’ on the piano, revealing his dream of performing as a couple. At this time, Lee Kwang-soo did not miss the opportunity and took Yoo Yeon-seok's place, playing 'Chopstick March' with the piano teacher, showing off his unexpected piano skills.
Among these, the second game mission implemented was ‘Tray Karaoke’. While singing the 'Green Sea' children's song, Lee Kwang-soo suddenly raised doubts about the lyrics of the children's song, saying, “What does it mean to have green hands?” and Yoo Jae-seok said, “Think about the overall content of the lyrics,” and the children's song class became like teaching a child. It opened and I smiled. Yoo Yeon-seok even showed off cute dance moves that matched the lyrics, and the three easily succeeded in the first stage.
In the second stage, memorizing the lyrics was difficult due to the longer nursery rhyme. Yoo Jae-seok sang the lyrics 'Open your heart' as 'Open your heart', and Lee Kwang-soo was scolded by saying, “Brother, stop opening your chest.” The three dramatically succeeded in their 9th challenge, expressed their joy by embracing each other, and then presented the piano teacher with a coffee machine and a robot vacuum cleaner.
Meanwhile, Yoo Jae-seok, Yoo Yeon-seok, and Lee Kwang-soo did not stop playing games even at a snack bar for lunch. The person with the shortest noodles decided to pay for the meal. Lee Kwang-soo was confident of victory by fixing his eyes on the pot and lifting the dotted ramen noodles with chopsticks. However, Yoo Jae-seok declared a foul by testifying that Lee Kwang-soo chose the noodles that he had pre-ordered, but Lee Kwang-soo picked the long noodles in the subsequent selection of noodles and won. Yoo Jae-seok and Yoo Yeon-seok pulled each other's cute noodles and put their heads together to share their concerns and make people laugh.
Yoo Jae-seok, Yoo Yeon-seok, and Lee Kwang-soo headed to the third owner's photo studio. This game was successful only when all three people were captured in one frame after blowing toilet paper in front of the camera for a set amount of time. Yoo Jae-seok threw his whole body and rolled over to catch the falling toilet paper and did his best, but when he failed one after another, Lee Kwang-soo said, “What are you doing, brother? We'll do it together, so stay in the corner,” and appointed Yoo Jae-seok as the kkakdugi, making everyone laugh. When Lee Kwang-soo started, he won the coffee machine in the second attempt with his crazy toilet paper control, and showed his mettle to succeed in the third stage at once, saying, “If there is a national toilet paper throwing representative, I will definitely be selected.”
The unexpected success brought together even members of the photo studio who had previously confessed to having different niches. Lee Kwang-soo expressed his pride, saying, “It was nice to see the four of you arm-in-arm.”
In the first broadcast of 'When You Meet Me,' 2 MCs Yoo Jae-seok and Yoo Yeon-seok and 'Gap Friend' Lee Kwang-soo spent their gap time together meaningfully, giving warm laughter and unexpected good fortune. The sight of them becoming one with the game and with their unselfish determination filled the home theater with big smiles.
After the broadcast of 'Whenever I Get a Moment', various communities and SNS posts said, “The funniest thing is when Yoo Jae-seok and Yoo Yeon-seok team up to make fun of Gwang-soo,” “My mom and I are laughing so hard while watching it. The MCs' tiki-taka is fun.” “You have a strong penetrative power in entertainment,” “Why are Gwangsoo’s lungs so good?”, “I guess Yoo Jae-seok and Yoo Yeon-seok were brothers in a past life, why are they showing this chemistry now?”, “I’m looking forward to the next episode.” The reaction continued.
‘Whenever I Get a Chance’ airs every Tuesday at 10:20 p.m.
(SBS Entertainment News Reporter Kang Seon-ae)
