Colbert does Korean pop

by Robert Koehler on May 12, 2007

To prove he’s more influential than Rain, Stephen Colbert does his own Korean music video [Comedy Central]. Painful. Very painful. At the same time, it does show Korea’s rising cultural profile—just a couple a years ago, no one would be making jokes like this (HT to Tony)

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1 seouldout May 12, 2007 at 9:35 am

Hot Lips and Hawkeye?!

Call the ambassador.

2 SomeguyinKorea May 12, 2007 at 10:33 am

This just shows that the list is a joke.

3 R. Elgin May 12, 2007 at 10:56 am

Colbert: “I’ve battled this guy on the Korean pop charts for years . . .

:o )

4 cm May 12, 2007 at 11:03 am

LOL. That was good.

5 mins0306 May 12, 2007 at 11:27 am

#4 cm, I second that.

Hopefully, the die hard Rain fans won’t get their hands on the Steve Colbert video, because they will certainly do some things that will ruin all the fun.

6 DeerHunter May 12, 2007 at 12:53 pm

“I’m gonna be all over you like an egg on a bowl of bibimbap”

LOL

7 Wedge May 12, 2007 at 3:16 pm

That is hella funny.

8 babotaengi May 12, 2007 at 4:04 pm

Koehler: do you mean “painful like a Korean R&B video?” That clip had me in tears.

9 Robert Koehler May 12, 2007 at 5:27 pm

Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t the picture of “Rain” actually Lee Jun-ki?

10 Brendon Carr May 12, 2007 at 6:05 pm

That’s what my daughter says too. I know it’s not Rain — his slightly retarded-looking visage is unmistakable to me — but have no idea who it is.

11 Brian May 12, 2007 at 6:16 pm

I sense a lawsuit coming…

12 Railwaycharm May 12, 2007 at 6:31 pm

We can eat some Kim Che… Wait for the “backlash”

13 littlebrownasian May 12, 2007 at 6:59 pm

ROFL! That has got to be the most hilarious music video I’ve ever seen. “Singing in Korean”, heh!

14 babotaengi May 12, 2007 at 7:00 pm

I wonder if they deliberately used a picture of the wrong person to add insult to injury…

15 bumfromkorea May 12, 2007 at 7:47 pm

I can see people who’s not familiar with Colbert Report and its structure be offended by it. As a hardcore Colbert fan… LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!

16 Gillian May 12, 2007 at 10:14 pm

Ouch, but dang that was good!!!!!!!!!!!

17 Richardson May 12, 2007 at 10:58 pm

I don’t care much for his show, but that was hilarious, can’t deny it.

18 Maekchu May 13, 2007 at 1:39 am

“Get into my Hyundai…We can eat some kimchi”.

LOL.

Best Korean pop video I’ve ever seen.

19 michael May 13, 2007 at 9:36 am

LOL “What else is Korean?”

His Korean pronunciation is better than mine :(

20 seouldout May 13, 2007 at 11:48 pm

And the joke is missed.

Go get him, thin-skinned VANKers.

21 Sonagi May 14, 2007 at 5:36 am

The reporter missed the joke, but netizens got it. They all chided the reporter for being thin-skinned about the comedy skit.

22 gbevers May 14, 2007 at 7:25 am

Sonagi,

Not “all” the netizens chided the reporter. Read deeper.

23 조엘 May 16, 2007 at 1:23 am

That picture is 비. It’s just not a very good picture.

24 10DH May 16, 2007 at 9:08 am

Pissing off Koreans is always funny.

25 peninsular aborigine May 16, 2007 at 10:02 am

I always thought my singing room pronunciation was much better than my everyday butchery of the language. Colbert seems to bear this out. His spoken Korean sounded a little bit like Chinese to me.

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