This turnaround came as he was doing double duty in television, working both behind in front of the camera. Taking part in a Candid Camera-style show, he began to notice that the ideas for pranks coming from the producers were getting increasingly crazy and increasingly stupid.
之所以轉向，是因為當時還兼接通告、在電視台主持節目賺取生活費的趙自強，在參加整人節目時，發現製作單位端出的整人點子越來越瘋狂與弱智。