I love the scene in Stargate SG1 where Carter said that she can MacGyver the damaged Stargate Dial, followed by Col. O'Neil (Richard Dean Anderson) rolling his eyes.
Carter: _"Now find the wires leading from the timer to the detonator and cut the red one."_ (O'Neill looks at the wires and sees no red wire, only yellow ones) O'Neill: _"Carter... they are all yellow!"_ Carter: _"Say again."_ O'Neill: _"There are five wires, and they're all yellow."_
Don't remember that particular episode, but, in the pilot, carter looks at the DHD and "It took us 15 years and 3 supercomputers to macgyver a solution." Anderson/o'neil, does roll his eyes, but it's at carter being giddy.
The McGuyver theme never fails to make me smile 😊. It's both exiting and joyful Also, can't forget the ones that makes the hairs rise on any middle-aged geek; Knight Rider, Airwolf, and Streethawk 😎 It says a lot for the shows that there were SO many imitators, which all fell in to obscurity.
I wanted to be MacGyver as a kid. Several degrees in chemistry and physics later, it was disappointing to find no jobs like that in the world. The strength of MacGyver was that he was a generalist with broad, cross-disciplinary knowledge. That ethic has been behind so much of the success I have had in my career.
I met RDA at the Rhode Island ComicCon in 2018, really a great guy. He let my kids try the ginger candy he was fond of....and laughed hysterically at their faces when the extremely powerful flavor hit them. He then gave them some regular candy to help get the taste out. Fact bomb for Dan: MacGyver was originally supposed to use a Gerber multitool in the series, mainly because the pliers made it a better tool of choice. When Victorinox got wind of the series, however, they had their reps fly to LA and offer a lucrative sponsorship deal more than twice what Gerber offered. If not for info leaking, the Swiss Army knife may have faded into obscurity. The more you know!
Quite a feat considering Geber never even produced a multitool until 1991....7 years after Mac's premier. Also the Swiss Army used alternated from the very beginning between Victorinox and Wenger, at the time fierce rival companies
@@ahhamartin You are correct. While he specifically said Gerber, I suspect he meant Leatherman, which debuted in '83. Didn't want to contradict him, but those were his words. Since both are now synonymous with multi tools, perhaps his memory was a tad off after 40 years.
Super sad about Dana Elcar losing his sight to glaucoma during the production of the show, but kudos to the showrunners writing his blindness into the storyline and not just writing him off.
Wow, I didn't know that yikes. Yeah that is pretty clever though and good on them for doing it. Reminds me of Dame Judi Dench and her severe macular degeneration.
Dana Elcar was just as important to the show as Anderson's Macgyver. And it was great that they were able to work around him. And the terrible remake did his character dirty. Like everything else they tried. Spirits, that show was abysmal! How did it last 4 years anyway?
@@kali3665 Yeah it's character truly was a main/pivotal part of the show. The remake is just like every other remake that's ever been made for Network TV or cable. I mean look at Magnum PI who needed that?!, what was the point?! I'm sick of them attempting to exploit people's nostalgia for 80s shows. The new ones are always just a hollow facsimile of what the original was. No heart, no soul just a cash grab nostalgia bait.
Richard Dean Anderson was a true friend fighting to keep Dana on the show, where the writers thought about writing him off being nervous how people were going to respond to Dana / Pete being blind.
Between him and Hawkeye Pierce, they formed a lot of my beliefs as a child; to this day I’m not fond of guns, war, and try to find quick fixes when minor crises call for it.
MacGuyver was an awesome show. Loved having a hero who didn't just shoot his way out of problems. The mindless action stuff is fun now and then, but it's nice to have something "more".
MacGyver was my favourite TV show growing up. I never missed an episode. It was a moment for the whole family to stop, sit together and enjoy. I wrote a letter to him and got a postcard sent back to me. Although this was over 30 years ago I still have it to this day and even though I have not looked at it for years, I still know by heart what was written on it. " think first, think fast, be careful, pursue, be great. Richard Dean Anderson... MacGyver"
Would love to have a postcode of the original MacGyver and I had a reply off Richard Dean Anderson I had to reply on a for the whole family MacGyver is for the whole family everyone never missed an episode of MacGyver because he's one of our childhood heroes and it was one of the greatest ones of Geoff Webber who is fantastic in he done it for 5 years hospital and I found the real MacGyver was Richard Dean Anderson MacGyver define the original MacGyver was Richard Dean Anderson the definitely the greatest MacGyver that I found the original Geoff Webber in done it for 5 years Richard Dean Anderson was great in general hospital as the original MacGyver they found the original MacGyver RDA Richard Dean Anderson in General Hospital is yes Weber he was known as Geoff Webber he played that character and Geoff Webber in general hospital neurosurgeon neurosurgeon in general hospital identity for 5 years you done the definite character of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers tonight was Adam McFadden he was 27 years old when he done Seven Brides for Seven Brothers he was 27 years old when he starred in Seven bars for Seven Brothers in general hospital multiple MacGyver in Geoff Webber he was great Geoff Webber he was quite as Geoff Webber in general hospital neurosurgeon General Hospital in 1976 Richard Dean Anderson the original MacGyver that is
This show was a HUUUUGE prime time hit in my home country, Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 back in the late 80s and throughout the 90s. We even came up with a localized version of the word "MacGuyver" in our Shona language as the slang phrase "Pachi magayivha" when referring to solving a problem by winging or botching it. It's common in Africa anyway, so the phrase was used a lot. 😄
@@michaelblaine6494 Thank you. English is also an official language in Zimbabwe. Many of us have been speaking both English and our local languages from birth.
In the late 80s to early 90s in Pretoria, South Africa there was a spate of kidnappings by a married couple. A girl managed to escape her kidnappers, escape to safety an alert the police. She later attributed her escape to watching episodes of MacGyver.
The main kidnapper was Gert van Rooyen. While visiting family in Pretoria I stood outside his house a few months after the couple committed suicide during a failed attempt to evade police. This is a excerpt from an article online, “Van Rooyen's nearby Malherbe Street house is the prison from which teenage victim Joan Booysen fled half-clothed, later thanking MacGyver for her education in escape tactics.”
I haven’t watched it yet, but it looks like a channel called NicoleClaire covered this case 3 years ago. The video is called “Gert van Rooyen - Child Abduction Ring?”
Born in '78, I watched MacGyver in the eighties and I always loved the more nature-oriented episodes with forests and such as a backdrop. Also the Murdoc-episodes were cool. Episodes like The Ghost Ship and Secret of the Parker house come to mind as favourites but there were many others too. Teri Hatcher was so sweet in the show :)
This, Knight Rider, A Team and Air Wolf man. Tough guys getting in and out of tough guy situations. The stuff all 80’s boys dreamed of that came to life on tv.
While not watching it religiously what amount I did watch was highly enjoyable, my dad instilled in me at a early age a facination in science and technolgy so McGuyvers focus on clever solutions over gung-ho action appealed greatly. And honestly it feels nice to look back on the show as a adult and see all the good things it stood for (any foe of the NRA is a friend in my book for example)
I never liked Murdoc in the original show. He was a silly cartoon character. The Murduc in the remake was relatively more believable. My favourite MacGyver villain was the assassin Piedra from the last episode of season 1. It's sad that he dies, otherwise they could have used him in a couple later episodes. Another better-than-Murdoc villain is Dr. Zito. Appears in two episodes, which was just about reasonable. They could have milked him for maybe one more episode at most.
I remember nothing about this show except how much I loved it, and it's theme of resourcefulness. I credit this and The A-Team as a huge influence on my abilities to improvise solutions.
Macgyver was also canonically a fan of the Calgary Flames hockey team, which as a kid growing up in Calgary in the 80’s added a whole other level of connection to the show.
Here in Costa Rica, CA, we have an expression, "hacerle un MacGyver", to pull a MacGyver is to fix something temporarily with whatever is at hand for enough time for it to get you through. Never thought about the cultural impact of this series but it was a worldwide hit indeed!
That "You'll Love It!" ABC ad gave me such a violent flashback to having never heard the "I Love LA" song and thinking that it was weird a whole song was written based on a network's commercial jingle.
I remember this series being really huge in early 90s here in Brazil. Thats why there were toys. If I remember correctly, it usually went on air every sunday before noon in Rede Globo, so kids would watch. Also, "Tom Sawyer" - Rush was the opening music. A lot of people also became fans of Rush because of it. People were usually fans because the band is awesome, but Mcgyver made it reach more people here in Brazil.
Neil Peart would write the liner notes for the tour books, usually a kind of, 'making of & behind the scenes' story of the current tour. For 'Rush in Rio,' he mentions this little fact- 'Though we were told "Tom Sawyer" was used on Brazilian television as the theme song for MacGuyver. '(That's what we said, "What?")' Always loved that chuckle.
Back then, it was not uncommon for Globo to do that. I still remember that Anjos da Lei (21 Jump Street), had its intro music changed for Pet Shop Boys' version of "Always on my mind".
This show was huge in Ireland, even my grandfather who was in his 70s back then loved it. It also was more realistic to an Irish audience, using your brain. The cops don't even carry guns here.
It was because of MacGyver that I have carried a Swiss Army Knife in my back pocket and at times a roll of duct tape for nearly 28 years. Richard Dean Anderson is an acting icon that I absolutely consider part of my history with both MacGyver and Stargate SG1.
My friend Amanda and I had a standing phone conversation for every episode of MacGyver when we were kids. Everyone else in our houses knew that hour was sacred and stayed off the phone (back when you had to stay off the phone). She even kept her hair in the RDA mullet for the entirety of middle school. I love it to this day and have shown it to my son.
I was in the hospital a lot for a couple of years as a kid, and for some reason a group of nurses would come in and watch MacGyver with me whenever it was on. They all had crushes on Richard Dean Anderson.
Everyone had a crush on Richard Dean Anderson the original MacGyver and all the nurses took a break with every woman had a crush on him even the nurses in the hospital watching MacGyver in the hospital so every woman had a crush on Richard Dean Anderson and every woman loves Richard Dean Anderson the Pier kind-hearted MacGyver RDA it was it every woman's Crush Willy at the ice cream in front of the credit 2018 MacGyver when he hits the ice cream in front of the credit and that's that's the one greatest what you doing Richard Dean Anderson is a region Dean that's the greatest everyone loves original MacGyver RDA cos he watched Richard Dean Anderson eating original ice cream in front of the credits of MacGyver vanilla ice cream and that's how it starts off it's magnificent the original MacGyver series still get to watch there by huge fans of Richard Dean Anderson the great slim figure of RDA it was part of our childhood Heroes was she doing and someone he was on it and he was known through Geoff Webber General Hospital there was no food Geoff Webber and he played Geoff Webber for 5 years the facts of Life Brian Parker Ryan Parker American hockey coach the credit
This show broke me when Macguyver "magnetized" a metal rod by hitting it against a fire hydrant. I realized at that moment he wasn't a lucky nerd but a wizard.
Yep, remember it to this day! Nevermind he somehow had an exact countdown to death as if an applied poison could be so precise, especially what we know now with genetic variance in drug metabolism, that's just primetime action TV fodder. @@dannyr2976
He used the Villari Effect, also known as the Inverse Magnetostrictive effect. It’s technically real, but in real life the magnetic force would have been really weak
Oh I'm aware, but also aware of the limits as you've described. To be fair, Mac seals a vat of acid in the pilot with a chocolate bar which is also TECHNICALLY possible based on his description of what he is attempting to achieve just vanishingly unlikely (hence, my description of him as a lucky nerd) so it was there day 1, but it was that specific instance where it just jumped the shark for me. @@joe5462
I freakin' lived for this show - the original that is. Richard Dean Anderson's mullet never even crossed my mind. To be entirely truthful, my hair was too fine for it, but more than half of my mates at school had the same haircut and I was green with envy. Never did get that Swiss Army Knife either, but my grandpa did give me his pocketknife from WWII in lieu of it, which needless to say meant the world to me. I almost died of sadness when I lost it. But hell, I must've been eleven or something. Anyway, awesome episode. Thanks!
Really surprised you got through the whole episode without mentioning how it was the basis for an entire Simpsons episode (Sideshow Bob's attempt to kill Selma)
My grandfather would watch this in the bedroom on a little B&W tv with rabbit ears, so my grandmother could have the good tv in the living room. I ended up watching it, though when I discovered Stargate that was so great. It was like connecting with my grandfather.
10:44 wow I remember this episode. If I'm not mistaken he used a makeshift whistle to scare off the guard dog haha There's also an episode where he was on a cruise ship and met his grandpa but he told Mac it isn't his time yet, so Mac jumps of from the ship and woke up.
You know the show is iconic when you use character's name as a verb in sentence and people understand it, like, "That prisoner Macgyvered his way out of jail."
MacGyver came around during my core memory time... Along with Quantum leap and Walker Texas Ranger. It was the only show on television that both my dad and I loved... And it's one of the few things that I can remember that he and I shared as a common interest. My dad would always be watching Monday night football, then he would call me in when it was over so we can watch MacGyver together. From middle school to Junior high, probably one of my most favorite memories... And it is one of the shows I can still watch in reruns, because it holds up.
MacGyver was my favorite show as a kid. My family sat down in front of the TV every time it came on. MacGyver is also my favorite role of Richard Dean Anderson, the second being Col. O'Neill in SG1. 😊❤
I recently got the Knight Rider FLAG Agent Kit off of Amazon, which came with a rather nice replica of Michael Knight's comlink watch and KITT's licence plate. The watch is sitting on a shelf in front of my Kenner Knight 2000 Voice Car, with the licence plate above it, using paper clips to hang it.
I loved MacGyyer as a kid! It was the only show that my parents would let me stay til 9:00pm to watch, and Richard Dean Anderson was my first celebrity crush!
Grew up with MacGyver! Loved it!! The "Killer Ant" episode totally freaked me out as a kid. Uncle Jack Dalton was my favorite re-occurring Co-star. Murdock was an awesome "Bad Guy". MacGyver was a great role model for us 1980's kids. I take pride in being a "MacGyver" everyday - I'm the person everyone comes to when their in a jam! LOL!! It's both a burden and a blessing!
When it came to any friend Mac knew that appeared on the show other than Jack, Pete or Penny, I knew there was a 80% chance they weren’t making it to the final scenes, including the killer ant episode.
When RDA attended our pop culture con here in Auckland he had one of the biggest turn outs for people wanting their photo taken with him. Many of whom were old enough to have see the series live. A few even came in costume, like the guy in a leather jacket carrying the white missile on his should, and the two women who dressed as Patty and Selma.
MacGyver was one of those classic series that I had no experience with. I never saw an episode, and no one in my family or my social circle watched it. I have been watching the 2016 series when it comes on during my breaks at work, though, and really enjoy it, to the point where if I have some time in the future I want to track down the full series and go through it.
I watched the show back in the day. I had a crush on actress Teri Hatcher, she played the character named Penni Parker. Back in the 80's, you had a lot of shows/movies in action, scifi, comedy, etc...and the female love interest was a brunette. GOOD TIMES to be a kid.
Should have snuck the 2 MacGyver references from SG-1 in at the end, the out-take with Amanda doing the "stuck on a glacier with MacGyver" bit was hilarious.
I loved this show, had the biggest crush on RDA (those hands! The occasional tank top!), and loved his problem-solving skills. As a nerdy type myself, I thought it was great to see brains win over brawn consistently. Also, I learned how to play the awesome theme song on piano, and it was my go to noodling around piece for YEARS. ❤
This is awesome ! I do watch the series still now again & again. My most favorite episode was Human factor. It's so lovely that you can play the theme on piano. I must listen to your playing ! We both have got huge love for Macgyver. Lots of respect.
I was certainly aware of the show, but rarely if ever saw an entire episode. The one exception was the 1991 episode "The Eye of Osiris," which impressed me so much (I had seen the preview clips in commercials and was intrigued) that I turned it into an RPG scenario, almost beat-for-beat (though I added two other sections to the "dungeon," as it were). Luckily, none of my friends that I ran through the adventure had seen that episode, even though they were bigger MacGyver fans than I was!
Thanks, Dan, excellent work as usual. I still love the old show and I'm still an avid fan. The world needs more heroes like Captain Planet and MacGuyver.
I LOVED MacGyver as a kid and back in like 2007 or so I watched the entire series via Netflix DVD, I never new that there was made for TV movies, or that MacGrueber (spelling) got a full movie and series LOL
I've been enjoying your "History of..." series for quite a while now, and while they're always great this one is excellent. I watched the show religiously as a child but haven't seen a single episode since first run, so beyond the basic premise and a few random memories (plugging an acid leak with chocolate; using a revolver as a wrench) I had forgotten practically everything about this show. Thank you for transporting me back to my happy childhood for 19 wonderful minutes.
I've recently watched some episodes through Pluto TV, all dub like when i was young, and man, what a trip that was. Hearing those voices again, the music, it really is a great series. I specially appreciate having tuning in when Bruce McGill as Jack Dalton was featured, he's such a fun character. Maybe there was something about experiencing that with my newborn baby, but i actually felt like a kid again, which hadn't happened to me before re watching stuff from my youth.
I have that exact T shirt. Also the photo from that shirt is the wallpaper on my phone for like the past 8 years. The shirt says Macgyver Braver than most Smarter than the rest. I sill watch the original episodes on Paramount plus, has all of them. I hope they can successfully remake a new version with solid characters and a simple story line. The new one was too convoluted and lacked the simplicity of the stories. Macgyver was my favorite tv show since I was 5 years old in 1989. It was one of the most popular shows at that time though and everyone had heard of it.Also a great element is the soundtrack in the background during the show the music is really cinematic, similar to some movies at the time.
As I kid I loved MacGyver and as a teen I loved Stargate SG1 which is still my favourite tv show to this day. It's so funny to see young Christopher Judge in MacGyver, he really was the heart, soul or conscience of both shows. Maybe one day we'll get a comic of the Daedalus with the alternate reality drive or a stargate malfunction where O'Neil meets MacGyver.
Oh man, MacGyver. Talk about a blast from the past; series was HUGE in Latam (has dwindled a little in these days due but any 80-90's kids remember it fondly) a reason for it is that the LATAM VA for MacGyver is also the same for Goku from Dragon Ball Z, the theme song being a hell of a banger. Unrelated Fact: MacGyver is one of the most OP Bros in the Broforce game, but its the one with the most skill needed to be used since his main attack (sticks of TNT) van also kill you
This show was called "Miracle Man" or "Wonder Man" here in Finland... and it was just the best. No kid on the block would _dare_ to miss an episode of this, or Knight Rider. It's also well-known here, that RDA had distant family roots to Finland. And that the guy who came up with the "macgyverisms", John Koivula, is also of finnish descent.
I love the scene in Stargate SG1 where Carter said that she can MacGyver the damaged Stargate Dial, followed by Col. O'Neil (Richard Dean Anderson) rolling his eyes.
That's so good, I love in universe winks and nods.
And the blooper with them stuck in the ice was fantastic 😂
Carter: _"Now find the wires leading from the timer to the detonator and cut the red one."_
(O'Neill looks at the wires and sees no red wire, only yellow ones)
O'Neill: _"Carter... they are all yellow!"_
Carter: _"Say again."_
O'Neill: _"There are five wires, and they're all yellow."_
I loved that scene.
Don't remember that particular episode, but, in the pilot, carter looks at the DHD and "It took us 15 years and 3 supercomputers to macgyver a solution."
Anderson/o'neil, does roll his eyes, but it's at carter being giddy.
This and Quantum Leap are probably my two most favorite feel-good tv theme songs
Loved those two
The quantum leap theme immediately played in my head upon reading this. Thanks!
The McGuyver theme never fails to make me smile 😊. It's both exiting and joyful
Also, can't forget the ones that makes the hairs rise on any middle-aged geek; Knight Rider, Airwolf, and Streethawk 😎
It says a lot for the shows that there were SO many imitators, which all fell in to obscurity.
I wanted to be MacGyver as a kid. Several degrees in chemistry and physics later, it was disappointing to find no jobs like that in the world. The strength of MacGyver was that he was a generalist with broad, cross-disciplinary knowledge. That ethic has been behind so much of the success I have had in my career.
Do you carry a victorinox knife with you, though?
Pentester is as close as it gets
I met RDA at the Rhode Island ComicCon in 2018, really a great guy. He let my kids try the ginger candy he was fond of....and laughed hysterically at their faces when the extremely powerful flavor hit them. He then gave them some regular candy to help get the taste out.
Fact bomb for Dan: MacGyver was originally supposed to use a Gerber multitool in the series, mainly because the pliers made it a better tool of choice. When Victorinox got wind of the series, however, they had their reps fly to LA and offer a lucrative sponsorship deal more than twice what Gerber offered. If not for info leaking, the Swiss Army knife may have faded into obscurity.
The more you know!
Thanks for that I didn't know that.
Cool
Gerbers are way cooler.
Quite a feat considering Geber never even produced a multitool until 1991....7 years after Mac's premier. Also the Swiss Army used alternated from the very beginning between Victorinox and Wenger, at the time fierce rival companies
@@ahhamartin You are correct. While he specifically said Gerber, I suspect he meant Leatherman, which debuted in '83. Didn't want to contradict him, but those were his words. Since both are now synonymous with multi tools, perhaps his memory was a tad off after 40 years.
Super sad about Dana Elcar losing his sight to glaucoma during the production of the show, but kudos to the showrunners writing his blindness into the storyline and not just writing him off.
Wow, I didn't know that yikes.
Yeah that is pretty clever though and good on them for doing it.
Reminds me of Dame Judi Dench and her severe macular degeneration.
Dana Elcar was just as important to the show as Anderson's Macgyver. And it was great that they were able to work around him.
And the terrible remake did his character dirty. Like everything else they tried. Spirits, that show was abysmal! How did it last 4 years anyway?
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Yeah it's character truly was a main/pivotal part of the show. The remake is just like every other remake that's ever been made for Network TV or cable. I mean look at Magnum PI who needed that?!, what was the point?! I'm sick of them attempting to exploit people's nostalgia for 80s shows.
The new ones are always just a hollow facsimile of what the original was.
No heart, no soul just a cash grab nostalgia bait.
I remember the news that same evening of the episode doing a story about glaucoma too.
Richard Dean Anderson was a true friend fighting to keep Dana on the show, where the writers thought about writing him off being nervous how people were going to respond to Dana / Pete being blind.
One of my all-time fave shows. MacGyver was a great 80’s role model.
Between him and Hawkeye Pierce, they formed a lot of my beliefs as a child; to this day I’m not fond of guns, war, and try to find quick fixes when minor crises call for it.
MacGuyver was an awesome show. Loved having a hero who didn't just shoot his way out of problems. The mindless action stuff is fun now and then, but it's nice to have something "more".
MacGyver was my favourite TV show growing up. I never missed an episode. It was a moment for the whole family to stop, sit together and enjoy. I wrote a letter to him and got a postcard sent back to me. Although this was over 30 years ago I still have it to this day and even though I have not looked at it for years, I still know by heart what was written on it. " think first, think fast, be careful, pursue, be great. Richard Dean Anderson... MacGyver"
wow. i love this!
Would love to have a postcode of the original MacGyver and I had a reply off Richard Dean Anderson I had to reply on a for the whole family MacGyver is for the whole family everyone never missed an episode of MacGyver because he's one of our childhood heroes and it was one of the greatest ones of Geoff Webber who is fantastic in he done it for 5 years hospital and I found the real MacGyver was Richard Dean Anderson MacGyver define the original MacGyver was Richard Dean Anderson the definitely the greatest MacGyver that I found the original Geoff Webber in done it for 5 years Richard Dean Anderson was great in general hospital as the original MacGyver they found the original MacGyver RDA Richard Dean Anderson in General Hospital is yes Weber he was known as Geoff Webber he played that character and Geoff Webber in general hospital neurosurgeon neurosurgeon in general hospital identity for 5 years you done the definite character of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers tonight was Adam McFadden he was 27 years old when he done Seven Brides for Seven Brothers he was 27 years old when he starred in Seven bars for Seven Brothers in general hospital multiple MacGyver in Geoff Webber he was great Geoff Webber he was quite as Geoff Webber in general hospital neurosurgeon General Hospital in 1976 Richard Dean Anderson the original MacGyver that is
Amazing that MacGyver would grow up to fight space aliens pretending to be gods
And he'd be replaced by a guy who was stranded in space on a living ship.
You're silly, that never happened... MacGyver built a time machine with toothpicks and prevented it!
Is it Cannon?
Yes
And use a lot of guns in the process.
Dont forget he fought thoes space aliens with GUNS.
This show was a HUUUUGE prime time hit in my home country, Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 back in the late 80s and throughout the 90s. We even came up with a localized version of the word "MacGuyver" in our Shona language as the slang phrase "Pachi magayivha" when referring to solving a problem by winging or botching it. It's common in Africa anyway, so the phrase was used a lot. 😄
Same here in Barbados. It was great stuff. Used to watch it with my Grandmother.
Damn dude,your English is better than a lot of us who speak it as a first/only language
@@michaelblaine6494 Thank you. English is also an official language in Zimbabwe. Many of us have been speaking both English and our local languages from birth.
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That's crazy! I'm actually shocked it made the leap to Zimbabwe. What other shows made it to you?
In the late 80s to early 90s in Pretoria, South Africa there was a spate of kidnappings by a married couple. A girl managed to escape her kidnappers, escape to safety an alert the police. She later attributed her escape to watching episodes of MacGyver.
Woah really? I know a lot of TH-cam content creators who would go nuts over this
The main kidnapper was Gert van Rooyen. While visiting family in Pretoria I stood outside his house a few months after the couple committed suicide during a failed attempt to evade police. This is a excerpt from an article online, “Van Rooyen's nearby Malherbe Street house is the prison from which teenage victim Joan Booysen fled half-clothed, later thanking MacGyver for her education in escape tactics.”
@@arceyes dude, I'd tried googling and found nothing. If anybody picks this up, I'm going to tell them to credit you!
I haven’t watched it yet, but it looks like a channel called NicoleClaire covered this case 3 years ago. The video is called “Gert van Rooyen - Child Abduction Ring?”
Looks like Bookworm 2 and The Upside Paranormal covered the case 4 years ago and 3 years ago respectively
Patty and Selma are gonna love this one!!
"Don't thank me, thank the moon's gravitational pull!"
I just say that lol 😂😂😂😂😂
I used to love this show as a kid in the 80s. This is certainly a series that's on my back list to rewatch!
Born in '78, I watched MacGyver in the eighties and I always loved the more nature-oriented episodes with forests and such as a backdrop. Also the Murdoc-episodes were cool. Episodes like The Ghost Ship and Secret of the Parker house come to mind as favourites but there were many others too. Teri Hatcher was so sweet in the show :)
It seems like MacGyver was the perfect opportunity for educational toys. MacGyver chemistry sets, MacGyver "gadgets" that kids assembled, etc.
Macgyver the Flamethrower, the kids love this one.
Yeah they really missed the boat on moichandizing!
I mean, STEM toys are a major thing these days. Back then--they might have been even bigger
Homemade fusion torch
Ages 8 and up
A MacGyver survival guide would have been totally epic and on brand.
I have MacGyver on DVD, and I watch an episode whenever I have been disappointed in people - cheers me right up! Still love Rick.
This, Knight Rider, A Team and Air Wolf man. Tough guys getting in and out of tough guy situations. The stuff all 80’s boys dreamed of that came to life on tv.
While not watching it religiously what amount I did watch was highly enjoyable, my dad instilled in me at a early age a facination in science and technolgy so McGuyvers focus on clever solutions over gung-ho action appealed greatly.
And honestly it feels nice to look back on the show as a adult and see all the good things it stood for (any foe of the NRA is a friend in my book for example)
An amazing show with a killer intro theme. Murdoc is one of my favourite villains of all time.
I never liked Murdoc in the original show. He was a silly cartoon character. The Murduc in the remake was relatively more believable.
My favourite MacGyver villain was the assassin Piedra from the last episode of season 1. It's sad that he dies, otherwise they could have used him in a couple later episodes.
Another better-than-Murdoc villain is Dr. Zito. Appears in two episodes, which was just about reasonable. They could have milked him for maybe one more episode at most.
I remember nothing about this show except how much I loved it, and it's theme of resourcefulness. I credit this and The A-Team as a huge influence on my abilities to improvise solutions.
Macgyver was also canonically a fan of the Calgary Flames hockey team, which as a kid growing up in Calgary in the 80’s added a whole other level of connection to the show.
9:11 - Wow, haven’t seen that bumper in a long long time. Remembered every line.
The original man with a particular set of skills.
A fairly broad set of skills.
"I will find you and disassemble your crucial equipment"
Here in Costa Rica, CA, we have an expression, "hacerle un MacGyver", to pull a MacGyver is to fix something temporarily with whatever is at hand for enough time for it to get you through. Never thought about the cultural impact of this series but it was a worldwide hit indeed!
That "You'll Love It!" ABC ad gave me such a violent flashback to having never heard the "I Love LA" song and thinking that it was weird a whole song was written based on a network's commercial jingle.
MacGyver was one of my favorite shows of the 80s ...classic and still bangs ..
Dang, Thursday already.
I have never seen an episode of MacGyver, but I will never miss an episode of Secret Galaxy!
You are missing out 😂
My father has the complete series on DVD and watches it regularly. Such a great show for me to grow up on.
Whew, suddenly the theme song is playing in my head now. I remember so clearly since I was little.
I remember this series being really huge in early 90s here in Brazil. Thats why there were toys. If I remember correctly, it usually went on air every sunday before noon in Rede Globo, so kids would watch.
Also, "Tom Sawyer" - Rush was the opening music. A lot of people also became fans of Rush because of it. People were usually fans because the band is awesome, but Mcgyver made it reach more people here in Brazil.
Modern day warrior, guns set aside, Angus MacGuyver, a real nice guy
This.
Neil Peart would write the liner notes for the tour books, usually a kind of, 'making of & behind the scenes' story of the current tour. For 'Rush in Rio,' he mentions this little fact-
'Though we were told "Tom Sawyer" was used on Brazilian television as the theme song for MacGuyver.
'(That's what we said, "What?")'
Always loved that chuckle.
Back then, it was not uncommon for Globo to do that. I still remember that Anjos da Lei (21 Jump Street), had its intro music changed for Pet Shop Boys' version of "Always on my mind".
This show was huge in Ireland, even my grandfather who was in his 70s back then loved it. It also was more realistic to an Irish audience, using your brain. The cops don't even carry guns here.
It was huge! Mac and Glenroe are my childhood 😂
It was because of MacGyver that I have carried a Swiss Army Knife in my back pocket and at times a roll of duct tape for nearly 28 years. Richard Dean Anderson is an acting icon that I absolutely consider part of my history with both MacGyver and Stargate SG1.
Never seen a single episode but know exactly who he is which is a testament to the impact the character had on pop culture.
My friend Amanda and I had a standing phone conversation for every episode of MacGyver when we were kids. Everyone else in our houses knew that hour was sacred and stayed off the phone (back when you had to stay off the phone). She even kept her hair in the RDA mullet for the entirety of middle school. I love it to this day and have shown it to my son.
I was in the hospital a lot for a couple of years as a kid, and for some reason a group of nurses would come in and watch MacGyver with me whenever it was on. They all had crushes on Richard Dean Anderson.
Everyone had a crush on Richard Dean Anderson the original MacGyver and all the nurses took a break with every woman had a crush on him even the nurses in the hospital watching MacGyver in the hospital so every woman had a crush on Richard Dean Anderson and every woman loves Richard Dean Anderson the Pier kind-hearted MacGyver RDA it was it every woman's Crush Willy at the ice cream in front of the credit 2018 MacGyver when he hits the ice cream in front of the credit and that's that's the one greatest what you doing Richard Dean Anderson is a region Dean that's the greatest everyone loves original MacGyver RDA cos he watched Richard Dean Anderson eating original ice cream in front of the credits of MacGyver vanilla ice cream and that's how it starts off it's magnificent the original MacGyver series still get to watch there by huge fans of Richard Dean Anderson the great slim figure of RDA it was part of our childhood Heroes was she doing and someone he was on it and he was known through Geoff Webber General Hospital there was no food Geoff Webber and he played Geoff Webber for 5 years the facts of Life Brian Parker Ryan Parker American hockey coach the credit
This show broke me when Macguyver "magnetized" a metal rod by hitting it against a fire hydrant. I realized at that moment he wasn't a lucky nerd but a wizard.
That episode was 'Nightmares', Mac had been drugged and needed to retrieve the antidote to save his life which had fallen into a storm drain.
Yep, remember it to this day! Nevermind he somehow had an exact countdown to death as if an applied poison could be so precise, especially what we know now with genetic variance in drug metabolism, that's just primetime action TV fodder. @@dannyr2976
He used the Villari Effect, also known as the Inverse Magnetostrictive effect. It’s technically real, but in real life the magnetic force would have been really weak
Oh I'm aware, but also aware of the limits as you've described. To be fair, Mac seals a vat of acid in the pilot with a chocolate bar which is also TECHNICALLY possible based on his description of what he is attempting to achieve just vanishingly unlikely (hence, my description of him as a lucky nerd) so it was there day 1, but it was that specific instance where it just jumped the shark for me. @@joe5462
After seeing that, I have hit metal objects for years thinking to turn them into magnets 😅
I freakin' lived for this show - the original that is. Richard Dean Anderson's mullet never even crossed my mind. To be entirely truthful, my hair was too fine for it, but more than half of my mates at school had the same haircut and I was green with envy. Never did get that Swiss Army Knife either, but my grandpa did give me his pocketknife from WWII in lieu of it, which needless to say meant the world to me. I almost died of sadness when I lost it. But hell, I must've been eleven or something. Anyway, awesome episode. Thanks!
Dude the pocket knife got me. It sucks loosing something that meant so much to you.
it was not a mullet actually.
Really surprised you got through the whole episode without mentioning how it was the basis for an entire Simpsons episode (Sideshow Bob's attempt to kill Selma)
My grandfather would watch this in the bedroom on a little B&W tv with rabbit ears, so my grandmother could have the good tv in the living room. I ended up watching it, though when I discovered Stargate that was so great. It was like connecting with my grandfather.
10:44 wow I remember this episode. If I'm not mistaken he used a makeshift whistle to scare off the guard dog haha
There's also an episode where he was on a cruise ship and met his grandpa but he told Mac it isn't his time yet, so Mac jumps of from the ship and woke up.
You know the show is iconic when you use character's name as a verb in sentence and people understand it, like, "That prisoner Macgyvered his way out of jail."
MacGyver came around during my core memory time... Along with Quantum leap and Walker Texas Ranger. It was the only show on television that both my dad and I loved... And it's one of the few things that I can remember that he and I shared as a common interest.
My dad would always be watching Monday night football, then he would call me in when it was over so we can watch MacGyver together. From middle school to Junior high, probably one of my most favorite memories... And it is one of the shows I can still watch in reruns, because it holds up.
Was, am, and always will be obsessed with this show. I still want bubble hockey in my house
This was my main show to watch with my GrandPap we used to video tape it all the time.
MacGyver: A Haiku
Duct tape miracles,
Sweet Swiss Army knife escapes,
Murdoch never dies.
(from USA Network)
MacGyver was my favorite show as a kid. My family sat down in front of the TV every time it came on. MacGyver is also my favorite role of Richard Dean Anderson, the second being Col. O'Neill in SG1. 😊❤
I recently got the Knight Rider FLAG Agent Kit off of Amazon, which came with a rather nice replica of Michael Knight's comlink watch and KITT's licence plate. The watch is sitting on a shelf in front of my Kenner Knight 2000 Voice Car, with the licence plate above it, using paper clips to hang it.
This was a major show in my childhood, bloody loved it.
Showing some appreciation for MacGyver for being one of the few shows I used to watch religiously with my dad.
MacGyver’s mind and body as his weapon over that bang-bang stuff throughout the seven-season run.
I loved MacGyyer as a kid! It was the only show that my parents would let me stay til 9:00pm to watch, and Richard Dean Anderson was my first celebrity crush!
I used to love watching MacGyver after school and checking the credits at the beginning to see if Murdock was going to be in the episode.
I love when you guys do histories of live action shows from the 70s/80s. Please do more.
Grew up with MacGyver! Loved it!! The "Killer Ant" episode totally freaked me out as a kid. Uncle Jack Dalton was my favorite re-occurring Co-star. Murdock was an awesome "Bad Guy". MacGyver was a great role model for us 1980's kids. I take pride in being a "MacGyver" everyday - I'm the person everyone comes to when their in a jam! LOL!! It's both a burden and a blessing!
Same here Bro!!! Greetings from Helsinki, Finland 🇫🇮🇺🇸🇫🇮🇺🇸
I loved the Killer Ant episode though I haven't seen it since I was 9.
Murdock and Dr. Zito played by Morgan Sheppard were my favourite villains.
When it came to any friend Mac knew that appeared on the show other than Jack, Pete or Penny, I knew there was a 80% chance they weren’t making it to the final scenes, including the killer ant episode.
When RDA attended our pop culture con here in Auckland he had one of the biggest turn outs for people wanting their photo taken with him. Many of whom were old enough to have see the series live. A few even came in costume, like the guy in a leather jacket carrying the white missile on his should, and the two women who dressed as Patty and Selma.
I’m pretty sure that was actually Patty and Selma and I hope somebody checked to make sure MacGyver wasn’t kidnapped again
I loved watching Macgyver reruns in the late 90’s. Really good stuff 👍
MacGyver was one of those classic series that I had no experience with. I never saw an episode, and no one in my family or my social circle watched it. I have been watching the 2016 series when it comes on during my breaks at work, though, and really enjoy it, to the point where if I have some time in the future I want to track down the full series and go through it.
This was such a good episode! Thanks!
I watched the show back in the day. I had a crush on actress Teri Hatcher, she played the character named Penni Parker. Back in the 80's, you had a lot of shows/movies in action, scifi, comedy, etc...and the female love interest was a brunette. GOOD TIMES to be a kid.
Should have snuck the 2 MacGyver references from SG-1 in at the end, the out-take with Amanda doing the "stuck on a glacier with MacGyver" bit was hilarious.
McGuyver was my childhood hero ! 😀
Wish a TV-show like this would be made again ! 😊
"Tonight, on MacGyver...
MacGyver...
MacGyver..."
"AUNT SELMA HAS ONE HOUR TO LIVE!!"
I loved this show, had the biggest crush on RDA (those hands! The occasional tank top!), and loved his problem-solving skills. As a nerdy type myself, I thought it was great to see brains win over brawn consistently. Also, I learned how to play the awesome theme song on piano, and it was my go to noodling around piece for YEARS. ❤
This is awesome ! I do watch the series still now again & again. My most favorite episode was Human factor. It's so lovely that you can play the theme on piano. I must listen to your playing ! We both have got huge love for Macgyver. Lots of respect.
This is the OG binge watch for me
should have mentioned the pilot of Stargate SG1 when Amanda Tapping says "to MacGyver" in front of Richard Dean Anderson.
I was certainly aware of the show, but rarely if ever saw an entire episode. The one exception was the 1991 episode "The Eye of Osiris," which impressed me so much (I had seen the preview clips in commercials and was intrigued) that I turned it into an RPG scenario, almost beat-for-beat (though I added two other sections to the "dungeon," as it were). Luckily, none of my friends that I ran through the adventure had seen that episode, even though they were bigger MacGyver fans than I was!
Thanks, Dan, excellent work as usual. I still love the old show and I'm still an avid fan. The world needs more heroes like Captain Planet and MacGuyver.
I LOVED MacGyver as a kid and back in like 2007 or so I watched the entire series via Netflix DVD, I never new that there was made for TV movies, or that MacGrueber (spelling) got a full movie and series LOL
I've been enjoying your "History of..." series for quite a while now, and while they're always great this one is excellent. I watched the show religiously as a child but haven't seen a single episode since first run, so beyond the basic premise and a few random memories (plugging an acid leak with chocolate; using a revolver as a wrench) I had forgotten practically everything about this show. Thank you for transporting me back to my happy childhood for 19 wonderful minutes.
Same. In my memory, I watched MacGyver every week, often against the objection of my brother and sisters. In reality, it was probably 10-15 episodes.
I've recently watched some episodes through Pluto TV, all dub like when i was young, and man, what a trip that was. Hearing those voices again, the music, it really is a great series. I specially appreciate having tuning in when Bruce McGill as Jack Dalton was featured, he's such a fun character. Maybe there was something about experiencing that with my newborn baby, but i actually felt like a kid again, which hadn't happened to me before re watching stuff from my youth.
One of my favorite MacGuyver episodes was "The Treasure of Manco."
It was very eye-opening that corn would be considered such a treasure!
Why do I love these videos so much?!
My mom loved this show. I definitely remember only watching it in bits and pieces.
This is the only news channel I watch
I have that exact T shirt. Also the photo from that shirt is the wallpaper on my phone for like the past 8 years. The shirt says Macgyver Braver than most Smarter than the rest. I sill watch the original episodes on Paramount plus, has all of them. I hope they can successfully remake a new version with solid characters and a simple story line. The new one was too convoluted and lacked the simplicity of the stories. Macgyver was my favorite tv show since I was 5 years old in 1989. It was one of the most popular shows at that time though and everyone had heard of it.Also a great element is the soundtrack in the background during the show the music is really cinematic, similar to some movies at the time.
As I kid I loved MacGyver and as a teen I loved Stargate SG1 which is still my favourite tv show to this day. It's so funny to see young Christopher Judge in MacGyver, he really was the heart, soul or conscience of both shows. Maybe one day we'll get a comic of the Daedalus with the alternate reality drive or a stargate malfunction where O'Neil meets MacGyver.
I was hoping you will talk about the kick ass and iconic theme music.
One of my favs as a kid!
Saw every episode. Bought the blu-ray last year as well
Finally Angus!!😊
Richard Dean Anderson... that epic mullet. The man was great for my childhood, and then in Stargate SG1 entertained me through my college years.
My dad loved this series that we often watched together. A great series of its time up there with knight rider.
I'm glad you discussed Alan Smithee. I always wondered who wouldn't want to be associated with such a beloved series.
That MacGyver commercial jingle to the tune of I Love LA is increcible
Huh. I had no idea my childhood pocket knife was actually a MacGyver pocket knife. And I still have it too!
Also MacGyver doing a Mastercard commercial was hilarious
Still one of the greatest intros to a show of all time.
Oh man, MacGyver. Talk about a blast from the past; series was HUGE in Latam (has dwindled a little in these days due but any 80-90's kids remember it fondly) a reason for it is that the LATAM VA for MacGyver is also the same for Goku from Dragon Ball Z, the theme song being a hell of a banger.
Unrelated Fact: MacGyver is one of the most OP Bros in the Broforce game, but its the one with the most skill needed to be used since his main attack (sticks of TNT) van also kill you
Congrats on Being on Hasbro pulse live stream I was excited to see you on there super dope 😎
This is a classic, a legend. The real deal
A+ video!
I LOVE IT! Amazing video!
Taking the editing up to 11!
I loved MacGyver! I started watching when I was 8. I didn’t catch it every week but I still have the vhs tape when I recorded the series finale
Babies of '76, baby! FTW Love this channel!
This show was called "Miracle Man" or "Wonder Man" here in Finland... and it was just the best. No kid on the block would _dare_ to miss an episode of this, or Knight Rider. It's also well-known here, that RDA had distant family roots to Finland. And that the guy who came up with the "macgyverisms", John Koivula, is also of finnish descent.
Ahhhh ... sweet kindertrauma episodes were with Bigfoot and the episode with the billon of Ants. THE ANTS! I should revisit the series.
I watching it right now! Love this wholesome show!
Macgyver ... literally the only man who could win a gunfight with whatever he happened to have in his cargo jacket pockets that week