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- The adventures of a secret Agent armed with almost infinite scientific resourcefulness. MacGyver is the anti-Bond.
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MacGyver is the anti-Bond. He doesn't drink or womanize; and never, ever shoots guns to win battles. He does however - like 007 up against impossible odds - always win: even if in the process it involves being curb-stomped, blown-up, knifed, shot, or sprayed with insecticides.
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What is the real origin of MacGyver?
- There's A "Real" MacGyver.
- His First Name Was Originally Stacey.
- His Last Name Was Inspired by McDonald's.
- The Pilot Was So Bad The Director Had His Name removed.
- Viewers Thought The Show Killed A Rhino.
- Poor Mac Couldn't Have A Girlfriend.
- The Show Paid Fans to Come Up with "Macgyverisms."
- Mac Did Use A Gun—Twice.
- Not Everyone Was A Fan of His No-Bazooka Policy.
- His Floating Home Ended Up on Craigslist.
After Lee David Zlotoff decided his protagonist would be armed with little more than a Swiss Army knife and a formidable intellect, he stumbled upon a gemologist at Caltech named John Koivula, who seemed to have experience in everything from physics to chemistry. WhenMacGyver was ordered by ABC, Koivula became the show’s scientific consultant. Writ...
The seventh (and final) season of MacGyver satisfied fan curiosity by revealing the character’s first name: Angus. (In a not-very-Dickens move, Richard Dean Anderson suggested it because he saw it on a banner in Vancouver.) But prior to the show’s premiere, Paramount publicity circulateda flyer that credited Anderson as playing “Stacey MacGyver.” T...
Zlotoff wanted a masculine-sounding name for the character and had intended to simply call him “Guy,” but friends convinced him that it didn’t sound too compelling. Instead, Zlotoff picked up on the fact that the popularity of McDonald’s was prompting people to facetiously add a “Mc” or "Mac" in front of words. “So I suggested we call our hero MacG...
YouTube Executive producer John Rich told the Archive of American Television that the pilot for MacGyver came in at a running time of 90 minutes—and it was awful. “It was dreary,” Rich said. “It was no good … it was an hour and a half of dreadful.” Over an Easter holiday, Rich re-cut the episode, removing 30 minutes. As a result of the perceived me...
For an episode in which MacGyver confronts poachers, the show’s effects team spent $40,000 crafting a fake rhinoceros for a key scene in which the animal is destroyed. The money made for an effective moment, but it also prompted viewers to call in condemning the producers for victimizing a helpless creature. (In fact, only Richard Dean Anderson was...
While the show was popular for its clever approach to science, it didn’t hurt that Anderson was a former soap opera star and a frequent target of affection for swooning viewers. As a consequence, MacGyver getting romantically involved with a woman in the series was usually met with indignation. When a love interest was introduced for several episod...
Getting MacGyver out of hairy situations using a variety of items within arm’s reach was a clever conceit—and one that got increasingly difficult to orchestrate as the series continued. At one point, John Rich offered viewers a cash rewardif they could submit a scenario for use on the show. While all incoming letters were read, very few had plausib...
YouTube Among the character’s many distinctive traits, his disdain for firearms was possibly the most defining: because MacGyver couldn’t rely on weapons, he was forced to improvise alternative solutions. But in the pilot episode, Anderson (who didn’t like guns, either) is seen shootingan automatic weapon. In a later season, MacGyver used a gun, sm...
When an episode aired in 1988 that depicted the origins of MacGyver’s aversion to guns—it turns out that a boyhood friend was killed by one accidentally—the National Rifle Association went nuclear. "Since that time, we have been on their hit list,” co-executive producer Steve Downing told the Los Angeles Times. “They have been encouraging people no...
For most of the show’s run, MacGyver lived on a pretty cool floating home that was docked in a Vancouver boat yard. When Paramount was done using it, it was sold off, remodeled, and resold in 2012. Since then, it has apparently suffered damage due to the whole foundation-of-water thing. In late 2014, it soldfor under $40,000 on Craigslist, far belo...
MacGyver is the anti-Bond. He doesn't drink or womanize; and never, ever shoots guns to win battles. He does however - like 007 up against impossible odds - always win: even if in the process it involves being curb-stomped, blown-up, knifed, shot, or sprayed with insecticides.
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Sep 29, 2015 · ABC. September 29, 2015. Here is the plot of the “Trumbo’s World” episode of MacGyver, first aired in 1985 and summarized today by Amazon Video: Deep in the primitive Amazon jungle, MacGyver teams...
“The Real Origin of MacGyver” is Lee Zlotoff’s own recollections of how the MacGyver character was created. Part 1 – The Beginning. Once upon a TV show… Hard to believe that it’s been a generation since MacGyver first whipped open his Swiss Army knife on the cultural horizon.
Feb 5, 2018 · What this does do is up the anti on our current Murdoc’s story. By saving MacGyver’s life, Murdoc ensured himself a favor: the chance to see his son. We all know Murdoc can’t be trusted out ...
MacGyver is sort of a modest James Bond, a resourceful Indiana Jones. Give him a Swiss knife and whatever he can scavenge in the immediate vicinity and he can wreck a convoy of baddies, bring down helicopters, rescue anyone from the strongest of strongholds.
