Kill Me Heal Me of course, the camp and cheese but it goes to your heart. so much heart.

Now Faith, the camp aspect worked with Ki Chul but didnt for the side kicks.

that one with vampires from space tho... that one even had a remake what was it, in Russia or Belarus I think. I dont mean the ongoing war, though you might get it mixed up

didnt really work in Strong woman Bong Soon. a notch too forced.

Potato something... Potato planet? Potato comet? that was camp?

the time I cracked up most with campy ridiculous humor was Spinach in Witch´s Love. oh my god...

I've developed thick skin and become unapologetic whenever I go into a laughing bout, one of my reflexes whenever I'm watching a film. And the people around me have learnt better to leave me alone in my drama world. They simply tell thier guests "Just ignore him, that's how he acts".
It takes anything to make me laugh, I fight myself to stay serious especially when I have read the room and whatever caused the mood is a funny situation or something funny arose in the process.
During a drama, comedy or not, all it takes is one awkward piece and I'm done. Sometimes I miss it, sometimes it's the nonintended scenes that kinda appeal to a memory or something funny and I'm off... laughing.

Your last three examples = chef's kiss.

That pic of Namkoong Min is terrifying. He made me laugh a lot in “Chief Kim” but that pic! Yikes!

Chief Kim! This is my all time favorite show! It's completely successful & satisfying in every way. When I can't find something I feel like watching, I just visit Chief Kim again.
I also liked The Fiery Priest, but I get scared way too easily & found the scary parts made me anxious. I've watched it, but a bit at a time, cautiously.
Now I'm watching One The Woman and the epilogue at the end of episode 1 had me howling with laughter. Have you seen it? So funny!

I’ve also laughed a lot because of Sung Dongil in the “Reply” series, especially in “Reply 1997”: His frustrated rapid fire complaints punctuated with the unique emphasis in Korean and his bug eyes always reduce me to giggles. He is exceptional at comedy (and scary as a baddie!).

Welcome to Waikiki season 1 did it for me. Yet others in my family - not kdrama fans - turned up their nose. As Garrison Keillor used to say, a good time is always in bad taste.

Yes, to Vincenzo. I totally agree that kdramas do zany really well. They also do combination balance shows more than anyone else. Someone mentioned Kill Me Heal Me above as another great example. Awesome write up.

Prison Playbook : the scene between Looney and Kaist with the chilli and the medicine in the eye. I don't count how many times I watched this scene anymore. But there were a lot of funny scenes in this drama.

I grew up on campy, spoofy movies. Caveman, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, most of Mel Brooks' movies, George of the Jungle....

So yeah, I love when a Kdrama gets campy. Probably why I loved You're Beautiful so much.

Oh, one thing that I never find funny and just grosses me out is the open-mouthed shot with the food visible. Mercifully, it is far less common but as a clearly intended comic reaction has never worked for me and can’t imagine it would work for anyone but a toddler- 5 aged range.

I've never gotten used to the comic animal sound effects, kind of feels like a laugh track to me, e.g. in Monthly Home Magazine the first few episodes were replete with them and it felt forced, but when I first heard that stuff in One Percent of Something (some judiciously placed wolf sounds as I recall) I didn't mind, just a bit surprised.

But I love kdrama humor. The worst series to me are the ones that drag with no humorous moments to liven things up. I laughed out loud at the zaniness of Gaus, Chief Kim and Mr. Queen, but I'm happy with a moderate and steady stream of goofiness and humorous situations like Oh Hae Young, What's Wrong with Secretary Kim, Fight My Way (I'm starting to repeat my rom-com list...)

The 3 ahjummas in Reply 1988 auditioning for a talent show🤣🤣🤣

I love camp. Camp is what we all need occasionally (some more than others due to lack of reasons to laugh in their daily life), and kdramas are really good at it. But sometimes things just don't work, and that's usually on actors. Campy comedy is the genre where delivery doesn't just matter, it is EVERYTHING. So while I LOVE the genre, I'm always vary of trying such shows with unknown to me cast. Or when the premise is right up my alley, but there's this particular actor whose comedy chops make me cringe in the cast... Why life is so hard that even finding a funny show feels like a treasure hunt in post-apocalyptic setting?

This post has made me want to rewatch Modern Farmer! Came for Hongki, of course stayed for Hongki, but also stayed because it gave me more belly laughs throughout than any other show, including Waikiki from the same writer.

Funny scenes or humorous epic one liners are must for me in all drama genre.

My most favourites are :

1. Every episode of Reply 1988 with the Ajhummas and the our main gang , Sung Il dong's yelling in almost every scene, the idiot Deok Sun

2. Potato Star with the chaotic Sibling Duo

3. Vincenzo and the tenant scenes all the time. His mental facepalm moments with them.

4.Business Proposal this one particular scene cracks me always - The two girls drunk talking, when Shin Hari told her friend that her mouth has been ripped and she need to stitch it up.

5. Jealousy Incarnate - The breast cancer screening scenes had me rolling on the floor.

6. Prison Playbook - Looney scenes

I am a loud person when I laugh as well! :D
A loud 'laughterer'? Or maybe 'loughterer'? Hmm anyhow...
Mixed up Investigative Agency!
Underrated but I am dying of laughter when watching their antics :D

It is hardest to get absurd humor to hit. You continually have to surprise the audience. PEGASUS MARKET is still the gold standard for this genre.

@unit, I can identify! I’m always fighting laughter in the worst possible moments. Like in church or in the middle of a serious or sober conversation. It happened to me just the other day. 🤷🏻‍♀️
Chief Kim is hilarious! I also liked Namkoong Min in My Fair Lady Gong Shim. The story went off the rails, but he was a hoot.
Kim Jung Hyun in Mr. Queen never fails to crack me up. Especially in the “morning after” episode where he’s wandering around the palace looking for Shin Hye Sun. He does befuddled quite well.
My third honorable mention is Kim Seul-gi in Splash Splash Love. Well, she’s good in everything and I wish we’d see more of her. But I howl during the scene where she sees her friend as the queen for the first time and calls her by her name in modern time. The Queen goes, what? And KSG says, “De, Mama,” like a real Jeoson eunuch!! 🤣

@unit I would love to be more like you then. I've had too much seriousness in my life and could use a lesson or two in how to let go and laugh more. Makes life funnier that way!

Your lead picture of a sulking Jung-Hyuk from Crash Landing on You brings to mind the ducklings. They had me in stitches throughout the series—whether receiving awards and finger hearts from Se-Ri (hence the awardless, pouty Jang-Hyuk), shopping for a new wardrobe in the decadent South, or shielding the eyes of their makae from the sight of what appears to be their captain having sexy funtimes with Se-Ri in her hospital bed. And then there's Joo-Mok acting as an authority on South Korean society—all of his "knowledge" coming from watching K-dramas!