Yoo Jae-suk grows anxious over Lee Sun-bin's Chungcheong-style "arriving soon"

On the SBS variety program "Whenever Possible," Yoo Jae-suk experiences the Chungcheong Province-style calculation of time and distance while traveling by bus around the Cheonan area. In the broadcast on October 6, MC Yoo Jae-suk and Yoo Yeon-seok, along with guests Yoo Jae-myung and Lee Sun-bin, appear to search for "gap time" in Cheonan. Yoo Jae-suk, who was born in Seoul, becomes anxious when the bus does not arrive immediately after the "arriving soon" sign appears on the stop information board, noting that in Seoul, such a sign meant the bus would arrive within 30 seconds. In response, Lee Sun-bin replies, "This is Chungcheong Province~" and as the bus arrives, Yoo Jae-suk says, "Sun-bin was right~"

Even after boarding the bus, Yoo Jae-suk, Yoo Yeon-seok, and Yoo Jae-myung check the time and ask about the arrival at every stop. Lee Sun-bin responds with the phrase "We're almost there," and when Yoo Jae-suk says it is hard to believe her words, she explains that in Chungcheong Province, a 10-minute distance is expressed as "a place you can reach if you fall and your nose touches it." The program airs every Tuesday at 9 PM. The broadcast on September 29 recorded a peak rating of 4.5% in the Seoul metropolitan area according to Nielsen Korea.

The "Arriving Soon" sign met in Cheonan

"Whenever Possible" is a "gap-targeting" variety show that gifts luck during the brief moments of gap time encountered in daily life. In the October 6 broadcast, "Two Yu MCs" Yoo Jae-suk and Yoo Yeon-seok search for gap time in the Cheonan area with guests Yoo Jae-myung and Lee Sun-bin. According to details released ahead of the broadcast, the cast members talk about the Chungcheong Province-style sense of time while traveling by bus. In the movement scene of that day, the reaction of the cast members waiting for the time indication and the actual bus arrival becomes the main subject.

Yoo Jae-suk, born in Seoul, asks, "In Seoul, if it says 'arriving soon,' it comes in 30 seconds, but is it still not here?" when the bus does not arrive within even 2 minutes after the "arriving soon" sign appears at the bus stop. In the situation where the bus has not yet arrived, Yoo Jae-suk compares the time implied by the guidance sign with his experience in Seoul. Yoo Yeon-seok, who was beside him, also begins to glance around, and Lee Sun-bin replies, "This is Chungcheong Province~" As soon as Lee Sun-bin's words end, the bus arrives, and Yoo Jae-suk changes his attitude, saying, "Sun-bin was right~"

In this scene, Lee Sun-bin is introduced as being from Cheonan. The materials described her as the "Daughter of Cheonan" and stated that she took on the role of explaining the Chungcheong Province-style way of speaking to the cast. Following Yoo Jae-suk's comment that the bus is not coming despite the "arriving soon" sign while waiting at the stop, the conversation continues regarding the travel time and arrival point after boarding the bus. The program previewed that Yoo Jae-suk would experience the relaxed calculation of Chungcheong Province residents.

Continuous arrival checks at every stop

Even after boarding the bus, the three men repeatedly check the time. The original text introduces Yoo Jae-suk, Yoo Yeon-seok, and Yoo Jae-myung as being from Seoul and Busan, cities of "hurry-hurry." However, it did not separately distinguish the hometown of each performer. The three check how much travel time is left inside the bus and ask Lee Sun-bin "Are we there yet?" at every stop. The broadcast content stated that Lee Sun-bin responds leisurely with "We're almost there" whenever she receives the question.

Yoo Jae-suk says, "You said you were getting off soon earlier, but we haven't arrived yet. Now I can't believe Sun-bin," as she had previously said she was "getting off soon" but had not yet arrived. This part follows the scene of waiting for the "arriving soon" guidance at the bus stop, continuing with the flow of the three men checking the arrival status even after boarding. The three ask Lee Sun-bin again whenever they pass a stop, and Lee Sun-bin responds calmly to the same question.

The broadcast preview contained a scene where Yoo Jae-suk initially finds stability in Lee Sun-bin's words, but then doubts her again as the arrival is delayed inside the bus. Immediately after the bus arrives at the stop, he says, "Sun-bin was right~," but as the movement continues, he says, "Now I can't believe Sun-bin." Lee Sun-bin answers "We're almost there" every time she receives questions from the three men, and subsequently explains the distance expression used in Chungcheong Province.

"A 10-minute distance is a place you can reach if you fall and your nose touches it"

When Yoo Jae-suk says he cannot believe Lee Sun-bin's words, Lee Sun-bin brings up the Chungcheong Province-style distance expression. Lee Sun-bin says, "Originally in Chungcheong Province, a 10-minute distance is a place you can reach if you fall and your nose touches it. We really are almost there." She explained the Chungcheong Province-style calculation where even a 10-minute distance is expressed as being close. The program preview stated that these words reassured the three men. The original text introduced this scene as a situation where Lee Sun-bin passes on the time calculation method of Chungcheong Province residents.

The conversation exchanged over the "arriving soon" sign at the bus stop and the "Are we there yet?" questions inside the bus are connected as scenes surrounding time and distance expressions. Yoo Jae-suk says that in Seoul, a bus comes within 30 seconds when the "arriving soon" guidance appears, and Lee Sun-bin responds with the sentiment that one should have leisure in Chungcheong Province. Inside the bus, the three men ask about the remaining distance at every stop, and Lee Sun-bin says, "We're almost there." She then explains a 10-minute distance as "a place you can reach if you fall and your nose touches it."

Lee Sun-bin was introduced in the broadcast as the person who summarizes the Chungcheong Province-style way of speaking. The original text explained Lee Sun-bin's words as "Chungcheong Province-style calculation," and the broadcast preview contained content that even the bus should have leisure. Yoo Jae-suk said Lee Sun-bin was right when the bus arrived at the stop, but as time passes inside the bus, he doubts Lee Sun-bin's words again. The scene develops in the order where Lee Sun-bin explains the distance expression.

Airing Tuesday at 9 PM... Ratings for the previous episode

"Whenever Possible" airs every Tuesday at 9 PM. The October 6 broadcast features Yoo Jae-suk, Yoo Yeon-seok, Yoo Jae-myung, and Lee Sun-bin searching for gap time in the Cheonan area. The program previewed that in this broadcast, "Daughter of Cheonan" Lee Sun-bin introduces the Chungcheong Province-style way of speaking and sense of distance, and Yoo Jae-suk experiences the relaxed calculation of Chungcheong Province residents. Scenes of the cast waiting for the bus, boarding, and checking the arrival time are included in the broadcast content.

According to program data, the broadcast on September 29 recorded a peak rating of 4.5% in the Seoul metropolitan area, a household rating of 3.3%, and a 2049 rating of 1.1% according to Nielsen Korea. It also took 1st place among all programs in the same time slot and 1st place among Tuesday variety shows for the 2049 demographic. The next broadcast is scheduled for Tuesday, October 6 at 9 PM. The broadcast preview stated that Yoo Jae-suk and Yoo Yeon-seok search for gap time in Cheonan with Yoo Jae-myung and Lee Sun-bin.

In the October 6 broadcast, Yoo Jae-suk and Lee Sun-bin converse over the "arriving soon" sign at the stop, followed by scenes where the three men repeatedly ask about the arrival time after boarding the bus. Lee Sun-bin explains the time and distance expressions of Chungcheong Province, and searches for gap time in the Cheonan area with Yoo Jae-suk, Yoo Yeon-seok, and Yoo Jae-myung. "Whenever Possible" airs every Tuesday at 9 PM.

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