Sung Hoon Lim, you've been doing this for 26 years..Thank you for letting this happen in tears. (Youquiz)
Aug 14, 2025
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On tvN 'You Quiz on the Block', which aired on the 13th, Nam Hak-soo and Nam Jung-soo of Incheon International Airport's Wildlife Control University, Lee Ok-bi, the daughter of poet Lee Yuk-sa, who called for independence with poetry, and Lim Sung-hoon, the national MC who celebrated his 50th anniversary.
He's been on the show for 26 years. It was a program that spent more than half of Lim Sung-hoon's 50-year broadcasting life together.
Starting with the first episode in 1998, he hosted the 1289th with Park So-hyun. Park So-hyun and Lim Sung-hoon were also listed as the longest-serving co-hosts of 'Oh My God, This Happened'. a program that marked a milestone in the history of Korean television.
Lim Sung-hoon was the MC from the first inning until Park So-hyun and I quit. It never changed, so I got a Guinness record. There were a lot of surprises, but when we were faced with extreme mutual love. The way they overcome their fight with them gave me learning" confided.
Lim Sung-hoon, who said, "'The moment my mother passed away was the most difficult moment'", said, "'Tomorrow is the recording, but I suddenly got a call today. My younger sister and her husband live in Canada. My mother immigrated to Canada with her sister and suddenly got a call. My nephew couldn't talk. I was out of my mind. He went home after being absent-minded and confessed, `Please recognize the plane ticket quickly.'
Then "I looked at my mother's picture blankly, and she usually said 'Since the broadcast has started, put the first priority on the broadcast." My mother also monitored in Canada while watching 'Oh my God, this happened'. My mother knew everything I didn't know. I called the station again and said, `I'll go record tomorrow.' So I changed my plane ticket and went to record. My eyes were swollen beyond words. It wasn't a face for broadcast. The last one was the story of a son who was filial to his old mother. The moment I saw it, the tears I held back came up. We took a break from the recording and started again"I cried as if I remembered that time.
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Lim Sung-hoon, whose eyes turned red while recording at the time, said "I purposely relaxed that morning. There is no program in the world that lasts for ten thousand years. Everything has an end. He said, `It's just the end of today.' and recorded it calmly.
We only have one last comment left. We'll say good bye at the endIt's called ', but the word I endured is... I told you, I got caught in the neck. Park So-hyun found it out and finished it for me" he confessed.
In the end, Lim Sung-hoon, who couldn't hold back his tears, also joined all the staff to end the 26-year long journey. Lim Sung-hoon said, `26 years was a long time, but it was like a midsummer night's dream that woke me up when I woke up" confided.
Then "I have to go to the next day "?' It occurred to me. The thing I was most afraid of was the next recording. 'How empty will it be next?I was afraid of ' I drove out and turned aimlessly. I went near the broadcasting station for no reason, but now I have to study and study my time. And I thought, 'I'm blessed that a blank period did a program without a day"The tears in his eyes turned red again.
Lim Sung-hoon, who felt empty even afterwards, made an appointment every day of recording. It was rewarding and good to do one thing for 50 years, but it was hard to do something after I quit. I wish I had prepared it in advance, but I couldn't. I'm still looking for an answer, and Yoo Jae-seok agreed with "As I listened to what you said today, I thought about 'the end".
'What would you say if you didn't do it well?When asked ', Lim Sung-hoon said "It was difficult to imagine and predict and pay for it. But I always want to say 'Thank youI'd like to say ' It's really all thanks to you," he bowed.
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