Whenever, Cha Tae-hyun Challenges 'Nintendo Dream'... Yoo Jae Suk: 'Even Santa Couldn't Give This Much'

On the broadcast of SBS 'Whenever' on Tuesday the 25th at 9 PM, the show will embark on a mission to fulfill the 'Nintendo dream' of four second-grade elementary school Children.

'Whenever' is a 'niche targeting' variety show that gifts luck during short gaps in daily life. The broadcast on Tuesday the 18th recorded a peak viewership rating of 4.6% and 3.4% for households (based on Nielsen Korea Seoul metropolitan area), ranking first among all entertainment, drama, and educational programs in the same time slot. The 2049 viewership rating also reached 1.4%, taking first place among all Tuesday programs. It has appeared in the top rankings of Netflix's 'South Korea Today's TOP 10 Series' for two consecutive weeks and ranked 4th in the TV-OTT integrated non-drama news category for the second week of August announced by Good Data Corporation's Fundex.

What is covered in this episode

In this episode, 'Two-U MCs' Yoo Jae Suk and Yoo Yeon Seok, along with 'Gap Friends' Cha Tae-hyun and Jin Ki-joo, visit a niche time slot in Gwangjin-gu, Seoul. Among them, Cha Tae-hyun, who is called the 'lucky talisman' of 'Whenever,' officially issues a challenge against a children's jinx.

Upon the appearance of the second-grade elementary school Children who are the 'Gap Hosts,' Yoo Jae Suk expressed concern, saying, "We are weak against Children." This is because they have repeatedly failed missions due to the pressure whenever Children appear as Gap Hosts. The Children said, "We applied because we want to have a Nintendo. Yesterday, I even dreamed of receiving a Nintendo as a gift," and the scene became stirred as a Nintendo actually appeared as the prize. Noticing the desperate gazes of the Children, Cha Tae-hyun broke into a sweat, saying, "It's a Nanri in the back, what should we do?" while Yoo Jae Suk brought laughter to the scene by saying, "Even Santa Claus couldn't give gifts like this" due to the pressure.

After attempting the 'Gap Game' of magnetic Alkkagi (flicking magnetic stones), Cha Tae-hyun showed confidence by asking the production team, "Is it okay even if you don't increase the difficulty?" Yoo Jae Suk, who usually makes repeated mistakes in actual practice, also showed unusual skill this day, receiving energy from Cha Tae-hyun.