American’s Star Power Unrivaled in Japan

Let me add some interesting trivia instead, perhaps: There was another Korean talk show featuring foreign guests some years ago, Global Talk Show (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Talk_Show). It featured all-female guests (Abnormal Summit has an all-male cast so far). It was a more gaudy affair though and centered on the guests' experiences in South Korea. Abnormal Summit has a much more interesting hook, the focus is on exchanging opinions between citizens of different nations.

Beyond TV: I'd argue that Simon and Martina from Eat Your Kimchi (http://www.eatyourkimchi.com), Canadian YouTubers living in South Korea, are well known among the country's youth.

> [...] who are surprisingly fluent in Korean [...]

This is almost a running gag in these situations/shows by now - whenever a foreigner rolls out a few words of Korean the reaction is invariably "와 한국말 잘하시네요!~" ("wow your Korean is so good"). You can play some kind of drinking game to that :).