In ‘What Do You Do When You Play?’, Yoo Jae-suk and Haha unexpectedly met Im Woo-il's mother and even received a meal from her.
The episode aired on the 29th featured Im Woo-il and Oh Sang-wook in the segment ‘My Friend's Table’. The frugal friend Im Woo-il introduced a cost-effective restaurant course, while his friend Oh Sang-wook from Daejeon showcased his favorite regular restaurant, drawing attention.
The 2049 viewership rating, a key indicator of the channel's competitiveness and buzz for the episode of ‘What Do You Do When You Play?’ recorded 1.9%, ranking first among all Saturday entertainment shows. The household rating in the metropolitan area was 3.7%. The highest one-minute segment was when Yoo Jae-suk and Haha burst into laughter at Im Woo-il's mother's fact-bombing remarks. The story of Im Woo-il's mother watching a trot broadcast while he was receiving a popularity award at the 2024 MBC Entertainment Awards brought laughter, with the peak viewership rating reaching 5.0%. (Nielsen Korea metropolitan area standard)
The first place Im Woo-il took Yoo Jae-suk and Haha to was a tteokbokki restaurant in the Namdong Industrial Complex in Incheon. Yoo Jae-suk and Haha, who complained that they had never eaten tteokbokki in the morning, devoured the entire snack spread. During the talk, Yoo Jae-suk awkwardly made three mistakes at the adjacent table and received cheers when he decided to pay the bill while he was at it. At the second unmanned cafe with an ocean view in Oido, Yoo Jae-suk paid for the meal instead of Im Woo-il, who went to take a call, and Haha, who had an unavoidable circumstance.
Amidst this, Yoo Jae-suk and Haha were baffled by Im Woo-il's statement about treating them, saying, “When did you ever treat us without spending a penny?” Im Woo-il quickly refilled the fish cake soup, water, and pickled radish at the tteokbokki restaurant and claimed that singing in the car was all part of the treat. Following his groundbreaking ‘no-cost treating method’, Im Woo-il caused laughter by going on a rampage with Yoo Jae-suk and Haha's banter. When Yoo Jae-suk pointed out a slip of the tongue, Im Woo-il, who was being cautious, politely clasped his hands and said, “Senior, the rumors these days aren't good. You might end up lonely later,” spreading a rumor right away. Yoo Jae-suk responded without feeling the impact, “I have a family,” which made everyone laugh.
The final course of Im Woo-il's cost-effective meal was at his mother's house. Yoo Jae-suk and Haha were surprised by the unexpected visit to their junior's home and greeted Im Woo-il's mother for the first time. Im Woo-il's mother said, “I have developed a kimbap,” and went to prepare. While touring the house, Im Woo-il boasted that his mother wrote down the re-broadcast times of the shows he appeared in on a whiteboard, but his mother corrected him, saying it wasn't true, ruining the touching moment. Im Woo-il tried to create another touching moment by saying his mother opened a study room to educate him, but his mother bombarded him with facts, saying, “He’s not very bright.” Amidst his mother's bombastic remarks, Yoo Jae-suk and Haha finally tasted Im Woo-il's mother's ‘Vietnamese Kimbap’. Yoo Jae-suk and Haha remarked, “This isn’t the kimbap we know,” as they enjoyed the ‘Vietnamese Kimbap’ made with seaweed instead of rice paper.
Joo Woo-jae, Lee Yi-kyung, Park Jin-joo, and Mi-joo followed the regular restaurant course guided by Oh Sang-wook, the ‘Pride of Daejeon’. The first stop was a famous bakery in Daejeon, a must-visit for bread pilgrimage. Joo Woo-jae spread the rumor, “If you go there and say, ‘I’m Oh Sang-wook,’ they’ll open the door right away,” and Oh Sang-wook boasted, “They’ll clear the store for you.” However, ‘Pride of Daejeon’ Oh Sang-wook made everyone laugh when he lost in the popular vote for the bill-paying game to Joo Woo-jae on ‘Daejeon Day 1’.
Next, Oh Sang-wook took them to his favorite regular restaurant, a chicken noodle soup place he always visits after overseas competitions. While Joo Woo-jae and Lee Yi-kyung expressed their delight with modern MZ-style food descriptions like “sexy food” and “sassy kimchi,” Park Jin-joo humorously misunderstood and exclaimed, “Then I’m sassy water!” Oh Sang-wook showcased his appetite by finishing off the chicken, noodles, and fried rice, even eating what Joo Woo-jae left behind. Once again, Joo Woo-jae won the bill-paying game, and ultimately, he ended up treating Oh Sang-wook all day, bringing laughter.
Meanwhile, the preview for the next broadcast heightened expectations with the return of ‘Conscience Refrigerator Returns’ due to the hot response. Lee Kyung-kyu bestowed the grace of excluding Joo Woo-jae from the ‘blacklist of the entertainment industry’. The increased difficulty of the conscience mission was teased, raising interest in whether they could succeed.
[Kim So-yeon, Star Today Reporter]
