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Dorky Uhm Tae-woong being (what else?) a dork

Uhm Tae-woong felt left out of his buddy Lee Seon-kyun‘s budding bromance with another (gasp!) so he had to be the subject of the next post. I’m sorry, is that you being the world’s biggest dork? I thought it was. But the bigger question is, why can’t I get enough of it? The crazier Uhm Tae-woong gets, the more I love him. It’s like a guaranteed geek-to-love ratio that I can’t seem to turn off. When he was all badass and cool I really couldn’t care less (sure, he’s cute, but so are a lot of actors), but now that he’s become the poster boy for weird, I’m all about him.

The bizarre photo above featuring Uhm with Special Investigation Unit co-star Joo-won (Baker King Kim Takgu) was taken himself and uploaded onto his twitter account this week, from the set of the film. Below are stills of them in the movie, looking their usual selves, all intense and not so oddly shaped.

In a recent interview, 1 Night 2 Days PD Na Young-seok called Uhm Tae-woong an alien from another galaxy, and I thought, he’s not THAT odd… until I saw the picture above and discovered once again that Na PD knows all things. He said, “Uhm Tae-woong’s starting point was different from the other members. The existing members all had one foot in variety before the show, but you could say that Uhm Tae-woong was someone who flew in from outer space. We thought that this just had to become part of his character, and hoped that the audience would grow curious to see how that person would change. In that sense, the casting was a success.”

Yeah, I’d say. He totally wins for least talkative member to be so popular in a variety show, too. Though my hunch is that his popularity is a function of the vast difference between his career filled with aloof cool guys (all suits and arched brows), and his real world persona (teenage boy, lives with Mom, bad at math). So adorkable.

I hope he never grows up.

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Yes, he's a dork!!

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he's aDORKable!!!!

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I like him alot since Nine tailed Fox. aaaaaaa.....

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That does not look like him in the first picture, lol. :)

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haha, so cute.

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hehehe...after the bromance of his bestie with DJ, why am I not surprised to see this? the uhm-force was sure quiet in part 1 of 1n2d's supporting actor's special.

just read yesterday about a post of idols from mars (SJ's Heechul is #1, & SS501's Kim Hyun Joong is in the #2 spot) and here we have another "alien" celebrity. ;)

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ahhh he's so damb cute :D :D

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Wow, he looks so cool in the second picture, like a James Bond type guys! Yum!

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lol. He definitely has an alien look in hat first pic.

I too hope he never grows up. UTW <3 Loved him as an actor but now I'm crazy about his adorkableness. K a w a i i~!

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I ♥ dorks. Glad to see UTW is one of us as well.
Dorks of the world unite!

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I read in an interview that he didn't even have his first kiss/girlfriend/love until he was 21! How cute is that.

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LOL! Yay! Unity!

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Uhm Tae-woong is quickly rising in my estimation. Amazing how shedding a little coolness factor in favor of embracing the dorkiness will do that for a man in my eyes.

Also, I'm taking advantage of this opportunity to thank you guys for cluing me in to 1N2D. It is amazing fun, and watching old episodes is possibly the only thing that managed to convince me to drag myself through a week of being sick.

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Ikr! I'm having so much fun watching the old episodes. I'm at ep 100 now. I don't want to go too fast because its my dose of comedy in an insane world so I'm content watching about 2 or 4 eps per week (excluding the current ones) so it'll take me a while to catch up. :D

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I knew about this bromance already, being a bit of a twitter stalker when it comes to Joo Won (don't judge, he's adorable and I love him with the same part of my heart that squees over puppies), but this is so, so so cute. Oh UTW, what a magical man-child.

JW is looking so bamf in that still, I can't even handle it. ♥_♥ UTW too, but I'm used to that from him so it's not a big deal. :P

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JW looks like seo do young!!!

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but i thought he looks like Kim Ji Hoon... specially the clenched jaw =), gaaah!!! i miss KJH =(

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he needs to marry me already
jung hwa and i would be the perfect sisters in law ^^

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You'll have to steal him away from me first!

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....wew so glad I open DB, he was so adorable.

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I heard KBSWorld airs the 1N2D with subs now. Does anyone know how to watch the show online on KBSWorld?

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KBS world has been airing the subs since 2008. If its not shown where you live, download it from h t t p : // 1n2dfansubs.wordpress.com

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He's my dork. Next to Lee Seung-gi, of course :D

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Hey lady, back off my puppy.

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Hahaha... two Woong-ahs.

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He is really just so cute. I love it when guys are silly or dorky like that. Just too cute.

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hello dramabeans,

will write review about K drama baby faced beauty 13, 14???

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Makes me wonder how much of a dork LSK is. I want to picture them playing WOW together and HALO online. Totally calling each other noob and pawning other players and getting all excited for pinging. Discussing who would win in a fight: Chuck Norris or Jesus. I want in on those dork conversations.

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he is SO cute! lol

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GF - you are TOTALLY attracted to DORKalicious hotties!

:)

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Like I needed another reason to love him.

He's so weird that it's actually kinda sexy .. me likes :D

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he is SO cute! lol

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love him...and he gets better when he's dork. so cute!!!

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The juxtaposition of actor-Uhm and real-Uhm is definitely striking.

I love it! He is a grown-ass man and yet, at the same time, so childlike. I loved, in the episode where KHD and LSG were allowed to go home early, how everyone else was teasing and prodding and clinging to their pride, and he was just so sweetly saying, "Please come back. We can't do it without you." The embodiment of adorkable; I just want to wrap him up and keep him in my pocket and carry him around with me everywhere to make off-kilter comments.

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Or the initial comment when he said, "If I was told to go home, I'd really go straight home." Aw... you. He's like an elementary school kid not knowing anything about this bad world. But then you turn around and you see him being a badass on the big screens. My head hurts.

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The strong image of him in Delightful Girl Chunhyang will be forever shattered. He's like a 30-something year old boy! Oh, Uhm Tae-woong, don't change ever please.

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thanks for writing something about him. i love ,love him. i hope people give him time to blossom in 1N2D and not expect too much way too soon. Tae wong ah....don't push yourself too hard...remain sweet and cute and at times as weird as you are now. love,love,love you.

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Love this guy! I know, I'm a DORK, too ;-)

By the way, how different is a dork from a nerd from a geek in terms of level of intelligence? Anyone? Any native english speakers here?

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For me, frequently "dork" is used in a more general sense, about someone who acts a little goofy. A "nerd" is used to refer to an academically smart person (and of the three words probably has the possibility of the meanest connotations). A "geek" could refer to someone really knowledgeable in a particular area, usually technology or science related, or someone who has an intense interest in a subject that is considered outside the norm. ("He's a sci-fi geek." "She's a real geek about anime.") When used in an insulting way, "geek" can insinuate that someone doesn't really fit in and possibly has a hard time getting along with other people. Actually, all three of those words could carry that implication, but "geek," I think, is heaviest with it.

...I may have gotten carried away trying to answer that, sorry.

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No, that was really great, sup super supper (by the way, your handle is such a tongue twister, haha!)!

Thank you for making such a clear differentiation!

I all like them...dork, nerd, geek ;-) also throw in silly and goofy to complete the family, hehe.

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Hahahaha! =D =D (I LOOVE this dorky picture) ^__^

I love that 2 guys are reallllly DORKY and goofy around!!!

JOO WON!!! (that guy from "King Baker Tak Goo") Hehe!

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He reminds me of Kevin Jumba in that picture. /shot

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I loved him to death (since delightful girl...) and still love him to pieces, Marry me!!

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