Whenever Possible (2024)

Enjoyable. Hoping for S2

To be clear I watch variety shows to de-stress. I truly don't care who the guests are or even if there are guests as long as they're fun (or challenging in the case of the mystery/puzzle types) to watch. I found Whenever Possible to be a really fun watch. It reminded me of segments of Running Man before the current production team took over.

I won't say Yoo Jae Suk can't miss because he can, but usually for me when he swings he hits. YJS and Yoo Yeon Suk have good chemistry. They worked together on Busted! so they were familiar with each, therefore, there wasn't any awkward getting to know you moments. I know many have complaints about YYS, but I thought he was fine. He was quite likable. He was the straight man to comedians and the comedic actors who were guests. I think he was finding his footing as a main MC right when the extremely short 8 episode season ended. Almost all the guests for each episode were funny. The standouts for me were Lee Kwang Soo (ep. 1), Cho Jung Suk (ep. 2 - this brought the creation of the Suk Brothers or Suk Suk Suk), and Cha Tae Hyun (ep. 6).

Would I watch it again? The episodes that I found especially funny, yes, I would. To be honest there were 2 episodes that I didn't find funny at all. I may have smiled, but I never laughed. Of the 2. only 1 was a throwaway. The others are solid. The music was good. I was surprised to hear a song by LeeSSang. It gave me false hope that Gary or Gil would be a guest.

Usually I am not a fan of shows or episodes that deal with the public. I tend to find them very boring, but the concept of Whenever Possible made the concept interesting and fun watch. It was a great way to de-stress from work. My only gripe is that the season was too short.

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What a Great Easy Show to Binge

The premise is such a great way for the common folk to share their stories to the world. I loved every time the Whenever Guest talks about their job, the intricacies that only they know working in the field and how invested Jaeseok, Yeonseok and the Whenever Friend get.

Jaeseok is.. well Jaeseok. His presence, I believe, makes the guest feel at ease which is great as it's their first time in front of a camera. Jaeseok is 100% the best person to cast as a host for these types of shows. Yeonseok is a really surprising face in variety. The only other time he was a regular cast member for a variety show was with the HosPlay cast for "Three Meals a Day: Doctors", and in that show he didn't really shine as "variety show talent". But in this show, he showed surprising chemistry with Jaeseok and also showed comfiness to all the celebrity guests on the show. He also filled his role as the navigator really well, knowing Jaeseok, Yeonseok was really the only person who can do it between the two of them.

The games are catered to how much space they have as they go to each Whenever Guest's workplace and they also sometimes take into to account things and games that the Whenever Guests like to play. The games are similar to Na PD's games in his own shows. I like the games where they use their mouth more than their bodies, like the Trot Guessing Game and the Actor/Movie Quiz.

Can't wait to binge the second season and I hope a third season is in the works.

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