The Reason Why Yoo Jae Suk, Kang Ho Dong, and Lee Kyung Gyu Still Have a Long Future

Who will take Yoo Jae Suk, Kang Ho Dong, and Lee Kyung Gyu’s place as the next top MC.

Most of the variety show MCs are all comedians.  Other than the top 3, there’s Shin Dong Yup, Park Mi Sun, Nam Hee Suk, Park Myung Soo, Jung Hyung Don, Seo Kyung Suk, and so on. But after the comedy programs ended, there have not been a place for new comedians to grow from.

MBC has ended its “Ha Ddang Sa” long ago, and SBS ended “People who Look for Laugh” right after. Only KBS’s “Gag Concert” remains as the sole comedy program.

Even if “Gag Concert” is constantly raking in viewers every week, the trend has switched from traditional comedy programs to real variety and talk shows so the viewer ratings for “Gag Concert” has decreased significantly compared to the ratings during its successful days.

The decrease in comedy programs mean that the continuous flow of new comedians will decrease, and therefore the comedians in variety programs will decrease also. For the variety programs, which have tried and failed with announcer and singer MCs, this means a certain end if the current generation of MCs have no follow up potential MCs.

The fact that the top MCs of the current generation all used to be comedians in the 1990s is proof of this. Only comedians who have survived the jungle-like system of comedy programs have excelled at MCing in the current shows.

The connection between comedy shows and variety programs are also seen because the future MCs are predicted to come out of “Gag Concert.”

So it is obvious that the people to succeed Yoo Jae Suk, Kang Ho Dong, and Lee Kyung Gyu will be the popular comedians from “Gag Concert.” Some possibilities are Lee Soo Geun, Yoo Se Yoon, and Kim Byung Man.