Park Myung-soo
Park Myung-soo is a South Korean DJ, comedian, MC, singer, and songwriter who debuted on television in 1993, appearing on MBC. He co-hosted the top-rated comic variety programme Infinite Challenge and also hosted the Date at 2 o'clock radio show. He has released several music singles, including "Prince of the Sea", which was covered by LPG in 2007.
Personal life
On April 8, 2008, Park Myung-soo married his long-time girlfriend, 31-year-old doctor Han Su-min. This was the first time a member of Infinite Challenge has married since the show's inception. Their first child, Park Min-seo, was born in August 2008.As of December 2009, with the joint co-operation of its enterprise company, he began his tenure as a CEO of a business called "Mohani", which sells wigs in shopping malls.
Career
''Infinite Challenge''
On Infinite Challenge, Park is "the second-in-command", putting him below the host-in-chief Yoo Jae-suk, who is "the first-in-command". This spawned a running gag in which he often jokes about overthrowing Yoo Jae-suk as leader and becoming "first-in-command" himself. He also called "Rice Insect", a rival nickname for Yoo Jae-suk's famous "Grasshopper". He also claimed that his nickname should be "Big Star". He sometimes tries to make use of his seniority by lecturing the other members on various matters, such as becoming a star; however, they rarely take him seriously.Another nickname is "Chicken CEO," in reference to the Kyochon chicken shop which he formerly operated. He is currently a Seoul metropolitan manager of Imsil Cheese Pizza restaurant.
In October 2007, Park acquired another nickname, "worthless elder brother" after co-host Noh Hong-chul referred to him as a "worthless person with a worthless body" in comparison to world-class Figure skater Kim Yuna. Another related nickname is "Father" since he is the oldest among another Infinite Challenge members and due to his weak stamina and slowly balding forehead.
Park is famous for his "scolding" repertoire, in which he angrily and aggressively scolds his colleagues for usually trivial matters. This led to another nickname, "the Son of Devil". A related nickname is "Old Devil" from the "Money Bag" special episode, after co-host Noh Hong-chul was nicknamed the "Young Devil".. Another aspect of his character is his tendency to flub words and to misspeak when scolding, leading other members to take him even less seriously.
He is also known for arguing and quarreling over petty issues with co-host Jeong Jun-ha. Park's hot-tempered on-screen persona is highly opposite with Jeong Jun-ha's tactless, simple-minded character that occasionally made the former lose his patience. The unique relationship between Jeong and Park has become an occasional segment called "Ha & Soo". "Ha & Soo" also can be called "Peter & Jonathan" with Park as "Peter" and Jeong as "Jonathan". Another similar nickname is "Red Pepper" after Jeong joked about him and Park as seasonings for Yoo Jae-suk that being central of the program during Infinite Challenge "Face-Off" special. The two have also won the "Best Couple" award at the 2011 MBC Entertainment Awards, making them the first male-male couple to have ever won the title.
''Radio''
Park is also a recognised radio DJ, hosting various radio shows over the past decades. In 2016, he received the Best Radio DJ award at the KBS Entertainment Awards for his Cool FM Park Myung-soo's Radio Show.''Music Career''
Being an avid fan of electronic music, Park, under the pseudonym "Bangbaedong Wildcat", composed a total of six songs in varied genres, including electronic, medium-tempo dance and mystic melodies. These were showcased by his fellow co-hosts of the program during the Infinite Challenge "Park Myung-soo's How About It" special. Upon the broadcast, his tracks appeared on the real-time music charts for Mnet, Bugs, Naver Music, and Melon, and even ousted out Girls' Generation's newly released "I Got a Boy" track from the first place on the chart for a period of time. Since January 2013, he has been listed as an official composer by the Korea Music Copyright Association under his "Bangbaedong Wildcat" name.''Recognitions''
Park won his first Daesang, the award given to the entertainer of the year, at the 2012 MBC Entertainment Awards after 20 years of his career as an entertainer.Controversy
Park is a known misogynist with a history of hitting women, having boasted that he had hit his ex-girlfriend 100 times during an argument. He also faced criticism for his violence towards female Korean celebrities, having publicly hit the head of Seolhyun of girl group AOA.Television and Radio appearances
Current programmes
Former programmes
Radio programmes
Discography
| Year | Title | Notes |
| 1999 | "Change" | |
| 2000 | "Dr. Park" | |
| 2002 | "Son of the Wind" | |
| 2005 | "Tal-la-la" | |
| 2009 | "Naengmyun" | Duet with Girls' Generation's Jessica |
| 2010 | "Fyah!" | Duet with Gil |
| 2010 | "Whale" | Duet with Kara's Nicole |
| 2011 | "I Cheated" | as Great Park, Duet with Big Bang's G-Dragon |
| 2013 | "You're My Girl" | |
| 2013 | "I got C" | Geumary feat. Gaeko |
| 2014 | "Tteokbokki" | writer and composer |
| 2014 | "Don't Go" | with feat. Kim Shin-young, writer and composer |
| 2015 | "Goodbye PMS" | Duet with After School's Lizzy |
| 2015 | "Leon" | as "EU God-G Isn't EU" |
| 2016 | "Dokdori" | with DinDin feat. Mad Clown |
| 2017 | "Saxophone Magic" | with DinDin and Danny Jung |
| 2018 | "Poison Apple" | with Park Na-rae |
| 2018 | "SNS" | with |