MacGyver | Discontinued with Bruce Campbell
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I'm here for Bruce Campbell.
Same here! Saw Bruce and came running. Not disappointed at all.
@@colhunt76 I am. BARELY ANY BRUCE! D:
They shoulda done a Brisco County Jr one
@@rsporsche Agreed!
I bet MacGyver is responsible for the sale of millions of Swiss Army knifes back in the 80’s-90’s. I definitely got one because of the show.
And duct tape
That was actually documented. the red swiss army knife had a massive sky rocket in sails in America in the late 80s
My friend in 6th grade, Paco, sent a heartfelt fan letter to Richard Dean Anderson telling him how much he loved the show and RDA mailed him back a thank you letter along with a real Swiss Army knife he said was used in an episode. We were blown away! What an awesome guy.
Bro, i live super farrrr from the US, even me and my buddies got the knives. Also, one of us bought Sonny Crockett's all white suit set lol, well, got it made to be exact.
O yeah
The best references to MacGyver were in Stargate SG-1. The look on O'Neil's face every time it was mentioned... priceless.
True.
I love when Carter starts humming the SG1 theme in the elevator. Haha.
ONiell: "Humming?"
Carter: "Oh, sorry"
O'Niell "Who is he?"
I think that's how it went. Been a while.
She had started dating Pete. Iirc
Oh man, that blooper clip when Carter, super hot, call O'Neil MacGyver to his face is truly priceless.
I think the pilot episode was the first ever use of "MacGuyver" as a verb, and it caught on like wildfire, to the point it is now in the Oxford Dictionary.
"In my backswing!"
MacGyver became a verb, a concept to describe the act of getting stuff done with what you have around. Can't get greater than this.
MacGyver was a one man A-Team!
I'm 22 years old and a MacGyver fanboy. About a decade ago, I was recommended the show by someone who thought it would be up my alley. I guess they were right because I watched the whole series when it was on Netflix. Back then, I thought MacGyver was the type of protagonist someone my age should look up to. He had a good heart and moral compass, was intelligent and educated, and he always tried to avoid violence, even when people were trying to kill him or his friends. Richard Dean Anderson was always a delightful screen presence and the show had a good cast of recurring characters, from loyal friend and boss Pete Thornton, the comedic and conning Jack Dalton, the lovable Penny Parker, and the villainous Murdoc. I watched the MacGyver reboot as well and while I liked it, it just didn't have the same magic. This is just a reminder: As long as we remember, some shows will never truly die.
You got good taste and maturity for sure at such young age of 12ish. 👍Who doesnt wanna be like McGuyver? Even the name is so cool 😀 80s 90s classic TV shows are the best..🤩
No one will read all this
@@brianthomason5022 - I did
He's great in Stargate too.
@@brucemanlyagreed 😊
When I was a kid in the early 90's, I had an old TV with bunny ears antenna. When the antenna broke and could no longer pick up a signal, I "MacGyvered" my own antenna by linking together paper clips into a chain, stuck one end into the coaxial cable port and linked a wire clothes hanger to the other end, which I hung from the wall. Not only did it work, but it picked up a better signal than the bunny ears.
Those were the days. Now you only need just one paper clip in the coaxial cable if you have a digital tv
That... Is... AWESOME! Found materials that improved the performance. Fantastic!
MacGyver reboot died with the “Ode to Fauci” ballad in 2020. A whole episode with toilet paper shortages and leaving a grocery order to wait for 3 days to disinfect. And I knew it was a series I couldn’t enjoy anymore.
You forgot to mention the action hero Bruce Campbell.
Bruce Campbell needs no introduction!!
I loved watching MacGyver as a kid, that, Airwolf and Knight Rider
Then he became Jack O'Neill in one of the greatest Sci-Fi series of all time.
Bruce looks great.
I think the thing that I enjoy most about MacGyver in retrospect, is his non-lethal approach to his conflicts. Back in the 80s, heroes killing badguys was kind of standard operating procedures. Sure TV prohibited actually killing people, so shows like the A-Team would hit everwhere BUT the badguys, but we all know it was meant to be them killing the enemy combatants. They certainly weren't afraid of firing at other living people. But MacGyver had a very strict, no guns policy. And the fact that he found ways to use his brain, and be an INTELLIGENT hero, instead of just a gun toting hero, made for a much better rolemodel than most give him credit for.
An American version of Dr Who almost =P
He wasn't willing to as much as carry a gun, but improvised explosives were cool. Those explosions not hurting anyone were every bit as ridiculous as theA-Team gunplay not hurting anyone. That's Hollywood moralizing, and I don't mean that with a positive connotation. It is cool that his character's name has become a verb. That's gotta be quite the badge of honor as far as fiction writing goes.
@@ahwhite1398Yeah, sure, but sharing a message of avoiding lethal violence doesn’t seem to me like a negative instance of “Hollywood moralizing”. I think there are many other misguided attempts at morality that you can point at than this.
And the show had a great theme as well. The one thing I still love out of MacGyver is he used science that was mostly accurate to get out of tight situations. Fascinating to this day.
Yes, it had a good theme. I thought at first you meant musical theme because I've been rewatching my DVD set and I will say the music in this show is great. It adds to the intensity of scenes or the mysteriousness of a storyline. The music is one of the highlights of this show. It is old now, so you have to suspend your disbelief when watching it, but what they were attempting to do was revolutionary. I love it.
@@jacobjslee I agree the science is mostly accurate not entirely so because even at the time they were worried kids would try to duplicate the experiments, as well as time restraints and suspense. Dean Anderson was awesome in the roll. Highly recommended show even if it’s from a different time.
I believe the show used Mr. Wizard ( A guy who had another show highlighting science) as a consultant.
@@freedomguy55 Yeah, the principles behind the science were accurate but in most cases not practical for real world use for the reason you state.
I finished a rewatch of it just after last Xmas. It says something of the show that to MacGyver something became a verb in common use.
@@Elwaves2925 yes for anybody who could create or work around obstacles using objects especially when they used science would be called MacGyver. That is definitely a cultural impact.
I miss Bruce on Zena. He was great. I miss Gabby too😢 😍
There was a joke back in my country (PH) wherein we asked people McGyver’s first name, and the answer was Menemis. The rationale behind it was every time McGyver introduces himself, he would say “My name is McGvyer”. So, we just connected “My name is” & made it sound like a one word name. 😅😅😅
That's actually kind of a genius idea for some writing I am working on. THANK YOU!
I watched McGyver as a child and Stargate SG1 in college. I always wanted to meet Richard Dean Anderson. I finally got the chance to meet him at Rhode Island Comic Con years ago. Funko Pop released his Mcgyver pop vinyl coincidently few months before. I got him to sign it and i paid to pose with him for a picture. He was super sweet person and i took a pic with him. We both hugged each other and took a pic together. I will always remember meeting him and talking to him about how McGyver got me interested in Science as a child. He was very sweet and listening to everyone that spoke to him. He did refuse to sign swiss army knifes as there was a sign that said he wont sign knifes. I am sure he gets asked that alot but doesnt do it for his safety. I am glad i took the bus to Rhode Island just to see him. This was before the pandemic so i am happy i didnt wait. I dont think he does Comic Cons anymore so im glad i didnt make any excuses and say to myself ill go next time. One of the best memories of my life.
Richard Dean.. and you Bruce
Much love😊
U both rock. Legend status!
this show taught me to think outside the box. When I would get in trouble for modifying one of my toys she would tell my dad I pulled a MacGyver LOL!
The reboot was a fun show, but it forgot one of the key elements of MacGyver. The original MacGyver was well researched and occasionally had to dial it back because their DIY stuff really worked. The reboot was just another fluff piece that spewed stuff that really wasn't valid in order to make a presentation like every other show these days. Combine that with the shortened show-time in an hour these days and it really is just another cliff-note dime-a-dozen show using the name "Macgyver".
The TV breaks between the add-space these days makes all these shows fluffed half hour 'Suggestions' of stories.
The thing I didn't like about the reboot was that MacGyver needed a team to help him. The original MacGyver never needed a team, especially not every episode. He mostly did things solo with occasional help from his friends.
@@AnansitheSpider8That is exactly what kind of turned me off the new show. It was that formulaic CBS procedural team with a tech person, a strongman, a person for comic relief, etc. It didn't feel as much like MacGyver.
The new MacGyver took five people to "be" MacGyver. It was an okay show - it just wasn't MacGyver.
When I was a kid, one hour shows were 50 or 51 minutes of show and 9 or 10 of commercials and station identification. Now it's about 42 minutes of show and 18 minutes of ads. Lame.
Victorinox Swiss Army knives were the biggest thing that stood the test of time out of that show. They were around for many decades prior. However, unless you served in the Military, or were a Scout, you would have not seen or known about them until MacGyver came out. They are still just as popular today and are probably the #1 most carried pocketknives in the World.
Everyone knew about Swiss army pocket knives before MacGyver. They've always been the most popular and well known pocket knife, more than any other. Like common knowledge. You just didn't know about them, for some reason.
@@SupermanForever1979
Where are you getting that from? I've been doing this for 42 years and I am also a knife dealer and expert. No...not everybody knew about Victorinox Swiss Army knives before the mid 1980s. In fact there was another brand Wenger that was around the same time. They have since merged with Victorinox. Did you bother to look at my channel before your smarta** comment? Get real son!!
@@JohnDoeEagle1😂😂
@@burnbeetlejuice9232
Somebody that knows nothing always tries to act like they do. Furthermore most of the early ones that ended up here in the United States came back with WW2, Korea and later Vietnam Veterans who purchased them overseas. "Everybody" knew about them before MacGyver! Most certainly they did not!
One of the best Christmas presents that I ever got was a Victorinox Swiss Army knife that I asked for because MacGyver used one. Grandpa came through for me.
The show came out in the best time, because I was in high school, and everything they taught came into practical use in the show!
Never watched McGyver; but you show me Colonel O'Neil in the tumbnail and Ill click your video.
Go watch McGyver. You won't regret it. Amazing classic tv show..Richard Anderson was awesome actor. So was his baldy buddy. 🤩
Well you can watch Macgyver for fun and try to spot SG-1 actors, Hammond actor was stunt double for Pete on MacGyver he also was cement truck driver in one episode , also T'ealc was on Magyver and even Aphophis etc or just try to spot other actors like John de Lancie AKA Q on Star Trek
@@mikcnmvedmsfonoteka Hammond was also a wild game poacher that Mac had to take down.
Neill with two l
I miss episodic shows. Now everything has a long story arc and you have to watch 22 episodes to get through it.
Aww
I’m rewatching Star Trek TNG and it’s exactly like that: episodic. One side effect of this is that often they make big discoveries that they never mention again, as such these discoveries don’t have the impact that you’d realistically think they should have on the crew or society at large. The other thing is that the characters go through an insane amount of events that should have more lasting impacts on their psyches. In other shows, so many world crimes or world ending events happen in a city that you’d think everyone shouldp just evacuate it.
Best line in a movie that has nothing to do with MacGyver is from 6 days 7 nights she Anne’s character asks “aren’t you one of those guys?” What guys?” “You know those guys that you can send into the forest with a paper clip and some bubblegum and they’ll build a shopping mall?” “No, I can’t do that.”
I loved Macgyver, specially when he beat up those Zoanoids, and defeated the Cronos corperation!
But seriously, i loved Mac growing up, the episodes with Murdock were awesome, so cool that Fonz had a hand in creating another great role model. Never watched the remake, because: A) It's a remake, B) RDA is Mac, can't handle that role beeing played by some one else.. it also felt weird seeing Liam Neeson play Hannibal, it's not done.
You’ve entered the zeitgeist when your character name becomes a verb.
Because of MacGyver I never pay anybody to do work around my house.
My single mom raised me (f) and my sister and we all got into the DIY home repairs. From changing out torn formica counter tops to tile, removing run and installing Parquet flooring, to changing light fixtures. When I was at summer camp, they built a tool shed themselves, I came back and added the light when it was done.
Something not everyone knows about MacGyver is the fact that the very first episode was directed by the infamous "Alan Smithee". For those who do not know. Alan Smithee was the name a director could use whenever he/she was dissatisfied with the film or in this case TV series episode and did not want to be associated with it.
I remember seeing that in the opening credits. IMDb lists Jerrold Freedman as the director. He was doing only TV movies at the time, so maybe he saw directing an episode as a step back and didn't want his name attached. In hindsight, it might've been better to have used his real name, since the show became a hit.
bruce campbell was reading a teleprompter and didn't mention how much of macgyver was also in burn notice, including the duct tape.
That's because he's an actor, and knows his job is to read the lines as written, rather than rambling on about his own career.
I never missed an episode the best thank you Richard 👍
Loved watching MacGyver when I was a kid
MacGyver trully the best , action / spy with morale.
they must have had really good writers. favorite show from the 80's. absolutely legend.
That show was the reason I wore cargo pants through High School so I could always have a crushed roll of duckt tape on hand.
My favorite memory was the episode when he asked for an uzi and his companion asked if he finally found a use for a gun. He goes, Yeah, and jams the receiver down on a fire hydrant to use as a wrench, also rendering it useless as a gun.
hell yeah! always good to see Bruce doing his thing.
MacGyver was the grand-father of the DIY Hero, but i'd argue Michael Westen perfected the craft. Burn Notice is the reigning king of "solve the problem right here, right now"
The real Macgyver reboot was Burn Notice, I'm surprised they didn't mention it since Bruce is there
Having Sam Axe talk about McGyver is a nice touch. Burn Notice was definitely the most worthy successor.
Richard Dean Anderson MacGyver never carried a gun, that's why he had to solve every dilemma with chewing gum and toothpicks.
The "Young MacGyver" casually murdered a boat full of henchmen in the pilot episode. CBS didn't even know what they had before they blew it.
I don't think there is a show which had influenced my daily life more than mcgyver: it and its signature character told us how with wit and knowledge anything can at least at your reach.
Great lesson
2:06 I thought Henry Winkler only did thumbs up?! 😂🤣
The original MacGyver was AWESOME and to this very day I reference him thanks to Richard.
The new mcgyver was horrible and the worst remake.
One of my fav tv series of all time, along with the A -Team. & don't forget his arch nemesis: Murdoc. Those were the times.
Murdoc: (falling off a cliff/building/drowning/getting burned alive/getting electrocuted) "MacGyverrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!"
As a kid I was so obsessed with MacGyver that I even learned to do the clay over skull that he does on one episode to reconstruct an old skeleton on a house, with Teri Hatcher IIRC.
My favorite show when I was growing up and born in the 80s
Famous phrase in that time my dad used to say MacGyver the hell out of it 😅
He was practically my afternoon "babysitter", it'd be on all the time. I've seen all the episodes so many repeats that I can practically walk through what he's about to do on a lot of the gadgets. Great show, was like Mr Wizard became an action series
Soon as you pulled Bruce off screen I checked out
I'll get you for this MacGyver!!!
In West Point Cemetary there is buried a soldier who was a courageous, brilliant and wonderful young man. On his headstone is his nickname: Macgyver.
Gone too soon.
That “airplane out of bamboo” was really an ultralight aircraft, the Quicksilver MX, which came in a kit you put together. The company that made the kits had a cool name, EipperFormance. I made one back in 1981 and flew it around Phoenix. Really nice, stable airplane.
Don't know if it's nostalgia talking but the 80s had some cool AF shows! I loved MacGyver! And the A team! And knight Rider and so on :)
Needed more Bruce....
I wish reboot would have had some non-agent episodes. With new MacGyver show every episode was spy stuff. Original MacGyver most of the episodes were more regular stuff like helping local folk against local criminals.
Love macguyver... Even more so since I found out we had the same first name!
Mcgyver single handedly created massive sales for the Swiss Army knives.
I was such a MacGyver fan as a kid in the 80s.
Lucas's MacGyver is one of the best 80s reboots, they got it ver close to how the original felt.
"Macgyver: now that's a man!" Patty and Selma Bouvier
I wish they would bring MacGyver back.
they are one step closer of bringing Stargate back though (with RDA, possibly)
They did. They remade it and it sucked.
And movies after the show were fun too. Love it all. Best tv show ever-love even reboot show with Lucas. But Anderson was something really special
In Johannesburg in South Africa, back in the mid-80’s when MacGyver was at its height, young white girls (that was why it was reported) started disappearing. Then the sixth abducted girl turned up. She escaped because she watched MacGyver. According to her she thought ‘What would MacGyver do?” and she kept calm and used stuff she found where she was kept to escape. The abductors committed suicide before their arrest so nothing is known of their motives or what happened to the girls. But basically MacGyver saved this girl’s life and stopped more abductions.
What I was really hoping for was old and new MacGyver to meet in the new show...
This show is amazeballs why so hard to find
It's easy to find on the high seas. I finished a rewatch just after this last Xmas.
When MacGyver was in the television people would close their stores to go and watch the show.
That character is responsible for more STEM kids than Sagan and Hawking combined in the US. That may make the rest of the world shudder, but at the end of the day, does it matter your motivation so long as it's given? We don't balk at Superman when he's a Boy Scout. They teach us how to see the world in a better way. MacGyver was most certainly one of those characters.
Being a small-time Victorinox enthusiast myself, I would REALLY be interested to know just how many Swiss Army Knives (an element I'm honestly SHOCKED wasn't discussed here) sold sand continues to sell because of MacGyver.
Cute video, but there are two things I wish had been included: 1) The fact that MacGyver's jury-rigged creations and solutions were all researched and verified (in other words, more scientifically accurate than not), and 2) The FLASH GORDON actor who portrayed the titular character is Sam J. Jones. What may have sounded like a cute "ha-ha" moment in the script was ultimately disrespectful. A LOT of fans watched and loved that movie, and Jones accomplished more with that role than most actors do with a lifetime of work behind them. He deserves to be more than a snarky back-handed punchline. Next time, give credit where it's due (or at least edit THIS video to put Jones' name onscreen).
One could argue that you are being overly and unnecessarily snarky..... but I won't. Actually as I watched, the thought that came to mind was, "This script is very simplistic, and that Jones comment was not cool."
Agreed.
SO you mean to say, he accepted reality and worked from there to solve stuff with materials at hand and real science (not those based on models), what a novelty.
One of the most successful actors of all time. Not many people were the leads of two successful, cult classic, long-running television shows.
In the facility I worked, i had seen the episode about the chocolste bare seal an acid leak. Sure enough we had an acid leak in our facility and a chocolate bar! It worked! My forman was intrigued how I came up with this and I mentioned this TV show. Many of these experiments actually work! And since then created some of my own ideas off the cuff. People began nik naming me MacGyver.
The A Team started with the create something out of random spare parts. MacGuyver dropped the guns (that never killed anyone) & expanded on it to explain what he was doing.
It does matter who played mac
"There is a time to be Daniel Boon and a time to be a plumber." - Macgyver
Charles Finley presents MacGyver 😁😂
Exactly what if meant to be awesome and inspiring to others. He made something out of nothing and it worked,
More Bruce.
had totally forgotten about that guy in Flash Gordon...
"MacGyver was just a paycheck."
-Richard Dean Anderson
I so miss Macgyver
“No… That’s breaking and entering”
This is giving me "I Love the 80's" vibes.
This is my idol i remember the movie evil dead
Chuck Finley was a great character too
Not to mention that you can use "MacGyver" as a verb, as in "to MacGyver something".
"It's either deep-fried Thornton, or PANCAKE MACGYVER! Either way.....ONE of you gets to watch the other DIE!!" - MURDOC
Between MacGyver and Stargate he an impression on lots of us.
Its like the movies from back there is a spark that has been lost on modern day things with all the CGI
Theres a gag real for Stargate SG WHERE Carter and O'Niell were stuck with a stsr gate found under Antarctica. After awhile Carter was like YOU MEAN TOO TELL ME AFTER 30 YEARS ON MCGYVOR YOU CANT PUT DUCT TAPE AND WIRES TOGETHER AND JUST GET US OUT OF HERE?! 😂😂😂 It was funny as hell.
These „experts“ talking about the show🤷🏻♂️… who are they, what are they? Cut have been cut out 😅
Looking good Bruce! Talk about aging gracefully.
the dude saved Merlin and himself from a lava pit/ trap door in England with a swiss army knife. I believe the wine cork to grip the trap door that held the weight of two grown adults. that show was just crazy enough to buy into. lol
Never saw MacGuyver, I grew up on The A-Team.
He made Stargate SG1 awesome.
That guy in Flash Gordon. Thats mean!
I always got a. Big. Laugh out of when people would refer to some of my ways of doing things . As a MacGyver move ….
RDA hated the reboot of MacGyver, young McGyver wasnt a hit, it failed. RDA though, he became even bigger star with Stargate Sg-1 and the Stargate franchise. just few years after MacGyver ended.
Burn Notice was kinda like MacGyver but as a spy. maybe thats why i liked it?
MacGyver is my life Hero.
It DEFINITELY matters who plays MacGyver. RDA all the way. He is the one and only MacGyver!