Song Joong Ki Makes C-variety Show Happy Camp Appearance to Top Ratings

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• Is it wrong if I kind of see Lee Kwang Soo's face on the top picture? BFF indeed. ?

• Real funny episode. Yes, SJK did a great job. Very entertaining! ?

• Anyway has the link to watch this episode. Thanks.

• Having watched a lot of "old" Hollywood/France movies, it occurred to me that SJK has the generational good looks that few actors are gifted with. In my book, he has been placed in the category of Gregory Peck, Alain Delon, Cary Grant and Omar Sharif to name just a few. He is a rare breed.

  • Same thoughts, he really has the charisma of the actors of that area of time.

  • AGREEEEED! your comment hit the Bulls eye.

• I'm curious as to what was the highest episode rating and who were the guest.

• I was wondering: when Korean stars go to Happy Camp, how do they communicate with the hosts and the audience? Do they speak in Korean, with an interpreter standing next to them? (that might also help them understand what is being said in Chinese, probably?)

  • There's an interpreter standing right behind them that immediately translates whatever the other people are saying to the guest (SJK). That being said, I don't know how the audience understands because in this case the final cut has SJK speaking Korean with Chinese subtitles below, which obviously wouldn't have been there during the shoot. The live taping probably has the interpreter telling the hosts/audience what SJK is saying.

    • Hello SHL,

      And thank you kindly for your detailed response, which makes a lot of sense (I'm thinking about the part where you mentioned the interpreter translating back to the hosts and the audience what SJK would have said, and why). Thank you also for mentioning that when the episode aired, SJK's answers and comments were subtitled in Chinese.

      If I may also ask: would that be Mandarin or Cantonese (the subtitles on the TV)? Is there a big difference in the writing of both languages? Thank you again!

  • You can actually see the translator standing right behind SJK in the pictures above!

    • I see... Thank you! I take it, it's the lady with the glasses standing behind SJK. She must be standing quite close behind him, so he can hear her, especially if the audience claps at times, or laughs. It is interesting to me to think about the logistics of events like this one, and the possible preparations that must go into it.

  • As answered by the others, an interpreter is there with the Korean stars and is also given a microphone so that everyone can hear them.

    As for subtitles, they are in Mandarin. But in general, the writing for all Chinese dialects is the same. What makes the writing for dialects different is the slightly different grammar and terms.

    • Oh I see... And thank you for both of your answers. I appreciate them. I have one more question if I may: like their writing, do all the Chinese dialects generally sound the same (with some slight differences of some terms and grammar), or do some of them sound quite different (or very different) from one another?

    • Mandarin and Cantonese sound very different. The northern dialects are mostly similar to Mandarin while the south eastern dialects are markedly unique.

      Mandarin was chosen as the unifying language to bridge this gap in communication.. It's based essentially on the Beijing dialect.
      See:
      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandarin_Chinese

    • Hello alora,
      Thank you for your response, and for the link. I have started reading the info there, and it is quite interesting.

  • I was able to watch the episode with Ji Chang Wook as well. He has a great physique, and a great sense of style, in most of the pictures and videos I have seen him in. He was funny in that episode.

• I need to watch it! As in now..haha! I already miss him, and hoping to see him soon in another drama/movie! ^·^

• He really has a unique charm and so talented!

• Nice b.tt ! :)

  • LMAO!

• Lee Jong suk, Ji Chang Wook, and Lee Min Ho, etc all appeared on the show before. But LMH and SJK perhaps are the only two K celebrities with the entire episode dedicated to them alone with a huge crowd of fans in the audience. Apparently LMH got mostly much younger fans like school girls in the crowd. SJK had a huge cohort of mature female fans though. SJK looked very relaxed on the show unlike other K celebrities. I guess Running Man experience helped him a lot.