Happy Together (2001 TV series)

Happy Together
Genre	Talk show
Written by	Mo Eun-seol Kim Jeong-eun Yu hyeon-a Sin jae-kyung Kang Min-jeong Baek Yun-kyung Jeong Yu-jin
Directed by	Kim Kwang-su Park Ji-yeong Lee Jeong-gyu Bang Geul-ee Yun Byeong-il
Starring	Yoo Jae-suk Park Myeong-su Jun Hyun-moo Jo Se-ho Uhm Hyun-kyung
Voices of	1 channel monaural sound
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language(s)	Korean
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	Special: 4 Season 1: 179 Season 2: 112 + 1 (Pilot) Season 3: 487 (as of February 23, 2017) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Kim Young-do
Running time	95 minutes (normal) 90 minutes (special)
Distributor	KBS World
Release
Original network	KBS2
Picture format	1080i (HDTV) ATSC, ISDB
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	November 8, 2001 – Present
External links
Website

Happy Together (Hangul: 해피투게더) is a South Korean variety show which first ran on November 8, 2001 on KBS2. It was the most popular show on KBS from 2002–2003, and further continued its success in two more seasons. Currently, Happy Together is still placed one of the most popular shows on Korean free-to-air networks which airs every Thursday at 11:05 PM regularly. The program celebrated its 200th episode of its third season on July 7, 2011.

Season 1 of Happy Together lasted for 4 years from November 8, 2001 to April 28, 2005. It was the most popular season of the Happy Together series, the most popular variety show on KBS from 2002–2004, and the most watched show on Thursday nights. Season 1 had several different "corners", most famous being the Metal Tray Karaoke Room, and several other "corners" like Metal Tray Drama, and Do Re Mi "Kong Kong Kong". The early Happy Together was a talk show, and a quiz where the MC's face students for scholarships. Later that was scrapped and the Classroom Talk (책가방토크) and the Metal Tray Karaoke Room were implemented as permanent corners. During the season, the Metal Tray Karaoke Room corner didn't fill up the whole episode, so other games were added to fill the hour. A highlight episode was shown on April 28, 2005 as the finale to Season 1, where ratings were slightly lower than usual.

Slogan: "목요일 밤의 행복한 만남, 해피투게더!" (Thursday nights happy meeting, Happy Together!)

In the Metal Tray Karaoke Room (쟁반노래방), the guests would sing a song (usually a children's carol) in 10 turns, which they have to sing every line correctly. 3 chance cards are available to ease the singing, and as soon as someone makes a mistake, the metal trays above their heads will drop on them.

The Metal Tray Drama (쟁반극장) featured the two MCs (Shin Dong-yup, Lee Hyori) and two other guests, where they would be divided into two teams (1 MC, 1 guest) and act out a scene from a movie or drama. Usually involving funny antics, anyone who laughs or forgets what to do (known as NG) will be hit by a metal tray.

Do Re Mi Kong Kong Kong (도레미 콩콩콩) was a corner which featured the Do Re Mi 7 Siblings (도레미칠남메) which contained the two MCs (Yoo Jae-suk, Kim Je-dong) and five other guests. They would participate in reciting a children's song using a human-sized keyboard hanging from the ceiling. They are each assigned a note (Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La, Ti, Do) and would have four chances to correctly play the song by hitting the corresponding key on the keyboard with their heads. If they are wrong, a group of punishers will hit them with a plastic mallet.

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