Running Man program to wrap up in early 2017.

As much as everyone loved to have the original casts of the popular SBS variety program Running Man, it looks like such thing will never happen.


I remembered clearly I used to start watching Running Man in 2010 when it wasn't a hit program with casts of Yoo Jae Suk, Song Ji Hyo, Kim Jong Kook, Kang Gary, Ji Suk Jin, Lee Kwang Soo and Song Joong Ki. The guests were rather plain but it started out quite funny with race missions and slowly involving name tag eliminations along with the bells hide & seek. Soon there was the Find the Guests mission, landmark missions with special episodes featuring story-telling missions. 

Each and every original member has their own nicknames stuck to them for the past 7 years. We watch and grow with them together. It's rather difficult to not see them anymore since it's one of the much loved and hype variety program from South Korea and has influenced many fans within Asia and Europe as well. They have ventured to film overseas such as Hong Kong, Macau, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, China, Dubai UAE, Taiwan and even in Australia.

As a matter of fact when Song Joong Ki left the show in 2011, I cringe but stayed on to continue watching my bias Jae Suk. Surprisingly the PD did well in casting them together and bringing diverse types of guests from A-list actors to singers and comedians.

I have to admit some of my favorite episodes were with soccer player Park Ji Sung, actor Park Seo Joon, Jung Woo Sung, Ji Sung, Ji Jin Hee and Ji Chang Wook.

Running Man has made a name for itself with fan meeting in Asia, selling its merchandises online and on tour, it has definitely remain a big impact for fans that the program is coming to an end in February 2017.

We are definitely going to miss our Grasshopper Jae Suk, Tiger Kook, Miss Mong Ji Hyo, Big nose brother Suk Jin, Pororo Haha, Dumb and dumber Kwang Soo and Gary. 
The "Monday Couple" has already ended when Gary decided to concentrate more on his singing career at the end of October 2016.

Again fans were hit with news of the production team terminating Jong Kook and Ji Hyo's term with RM without their knowledge. It seems that RM is quite in a big chaotic mess.
So the casts sat down and came to an agreement to end the program together with happy memories on February 2017. 

I was a bit lucky in a way that I managed to see some of their casts when they came down to Melbourne to film the Australia special with guests Rain and Kim Woo Bin. 

As the year comes closer to an end, we know we will be bidding farewell to Running Man program and its cast. We thanked them for being so lively, cheerful and brought us so much laughter' and tears for the past 7 years.