(K)POPCORN REACTION | RUNNING MAN EPISODE 114 REACTION

X-Man was a great show at times but it's pretty hard to find subs for it, especially with more than 2 pixels. It's available with no subtitles and great quality at SBS but that doesn't help us. X-Man was the first show that really fused idols with variety shows, which gave the show sky-high ratings. Which is also how Yoo Jae-Suk and Kang Ho-Dong became "national MCs" to begin with. It's from this show. I'm fascinated by X-Man for its importance and "historical" value. The only original fixed members were Jae-Suk, Jedong and Ho-Dong, but they had around 10-15 celebrity guests on every show (idols, actors etc). That's one of the reasons Yoo Jae-Suk seems to know every celebrity, he met hundreds on that show alone. Some of the guests were recurring, like KJK and Haha. KJK was a guest on 30+ episodes, Haha closer to 60. Members from groups like Shinhwa, TVXQ, g.o.d. and Super Junior had loads of appearances as well. Yoon Eun-Hye from Baby Vox that they keep referencing on RM also did 30+ episodes. Mostly the same ones as KJK, as KJK and Eun-Hye was famously X-Man's "love line".

There was a controversy back then regarding an upcoming star-studded concert organized by Gary’s company, Leesang (though it wasn’t really his fault). K-netizens were harsh on them, which led Gary to take responsibility by announcing his departure from the show through a post on social media. The other cast members postponed filming for two weeks to convince Gary not to leave, and they were successful. Later, they lightheartedly joked about the situation at the start of the show and apologized to viewers for causing concern

If you want to check some of the old shows I would highly recommend family outing s1 it has jaesuk and jong kook ( he joins later on ep 19 or smth) and a foetus daesung from big bang theory

I think Gary was about to quit Running Man right around the time this episode was filmed.