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 List of problems solved by MacGyver - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
MacGyver is trapped in the back of a garbage truck and his captors have activated the sledge (compactor) to crush him.
MacGyver duct tapes the glove to the top and bottom of a food serving tray so that when it is opened, the glove will burst and the powder will be released.
Macgyver once freed himself from handcuff captivity with a paperclip, when he was free from the handcuffs, he couldn't use the paperclip to open the door of the room he is trapped in, so he used the handcuffs to pick the lock the same way he did to free himself from the handcuffs.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_problems_solved_by_MacGyver   (5998 words)

  
 MacGyver - Uncyclopedia
The MacGyver clan is also suspected of constructing the world's first nuclear warhead (in 1534) from donkey droppings, firewater, and pigeon intestines.
MacGyver is the brother of Scotty off of Star Trek, the famous engineer and the only member of the MacGyver Clan to not to take the name MacGyver.
Macgyver himself is noted for his unerring ability to construct advanced technoogical devices using basic and readily available goods.
uncyclopedia.org /wiki/MacGyver   (1761 words)

  
 MacGyver   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
MacGyver was a former Special Forces agent now working for the Phoenix Foundation, a "think tank" dedicated to righting wrongs and defeating bad guys around the world.
MacGyver is sort of a modest James Bond, a resourceful Indiana Jones.
Then come the opening credits and MacGyver is off to Burma to recover a canister of deadly poison that was lost when an Army cargo plane crashed near a village where the natives are slaves to an opium warlord.
rdanderson.com /macgyver/macgyver.htm   (964 words)

  
 "MacGyver" (1985)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
MacGyver: Jack, you were only in the coffin for half an hour.
MacGyver (Richard Dean Anderson) is a secret agent, or something, who uses his brain before his brawn always coming up a clever solution on dispatching the baddies without the need of using a gun.
And this comes from a person, who saw MacGyver for the first time back in 80's as a little kid (I was little under ten when it started in the TV here) and saw the series again in my mid twenties.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0088559   (566 words)

  
 MacGyver Episode Guide - MacGyver Season Episodes - TV.com
MacGyver is on his way out of Bulgaria with a secret microfilm, when he meets Penny Parker, a beautiful, talkative American, who is on the run from her lover, a man named Stephan Frolov, a major in the Bulgarian secret police.
MacGyver and Ashford (the man), knowing the cell is bugged, create a fictitious story consisting of a Huey helicopter assault on the prison to throw off the Khan and the prison warden.
MacGyver then rigs up helicopter sound effects and a homemade bomb while fulfilling his part of the deal with Khan, which was fixing his refrigerator, assisting with the PCP manufacturing.
www.tv.com /macgyver/show/706/episode_guide.html   (3148 words)

  
 Random Works of the Web » Blog Archive » MacGyver
The clever solutions MacGyver implemented to seemingly intractable problems — often in life-or-death situations requiring him to improvise complex devices in a matter of minutes—were a major attraction of the show, which was often hailed for generating interest in basic science as well as providing entertaining storylines.
MacGyver’s first name is Angus and remained a mystery until the final season; whenever he’s asked about it, he says he dislikes his first name and changes the subject.
MacGyver is also known well for his “mullet”; (short on the sides, long at the back) hairstyle which has spawned many popular sites which humour this particular subculture.
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 MacGyver - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The clever solutions MacGyver implemented to seemingly intractable problems—often in life-or-death situations requiring him to improvise complex devices in a matter of minutes—were a major attraction of the show, which was praised for generating interest in basic science as well as providing entertaining storylines.
Like Anderson, MacGyver was an avid hockey player as a child, and competed in his local hockey league, continuing to play the game as an adult.
His first name was finally officially revealed in "Good Knight, MacGyver", in which he learns of a 7th century Scottish ancestor, Angus M'Iver, and admits that they share their first name; and repeated in the series finale, which introduces MacGyver's son, whose middle name is Angus.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/MacGyver   (3308 words)

  
 MacGyver - Zap2it - TV Show   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Richard Dean Anderson stars as MacGyver, an agent for the Phoenix Foundation, a progressive agency devoted to righting the wrongs of the world.
Even more progressive is the near-genius MacGyver who never carries a gun and always thwarts the enemy with his vast scientific knowledge, sometimes with little more than a paper clip and the duct tape in his pocket.
MacGyver's first name was not known until the final season, when in a dream it was revealed that his first name was "Angus."
tv.zap2it.com /shows/showlist/showcard.html?1133   (83 words)

  
 MacGyver   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
MacGyver arrives home after completing a mission in which he sabotaged a mideast nuclear plant.
MacGyver is told to lay low since, in retaliation for his destruction of the plant, an assassin named Axminster has been hired to kill him.
The assassins fall prey to MacGyver's traps and are captured.
www.geocities.com /macgyver82_fi/010.htm   (154 words)

  
 MacGyver Episode Guide
MacGyver is mistaken for a narc when he tries to retrieve a canister filled with a deadly chemical from a plane that crashed near opium fields in Burma.
MacGyver is hired to arrange a new life for a protected Federal witness, who's testifying against his mobster brother, and to help him visit his sick mother before she dies.
MacGyver is in Bulgaria to obtain microfilm, but his plans for a quick getaway are stymied by an American who involves him in her lovers' quarrel with a Bulgarian security officer.
www.rdanderson.com /macgyver/episode/episode1.htm   (10242 words)

  
 MacGyver mistakes, goofs and bloopers
MacGyver cuts a microphone cable and binds the cords to a metallic candlestick.
MacGyver later sees it, but the branch that the torn piece is on looks entirely different.
MacGyver later pulls the cord down and all the lights begin to pop.
www.moviemistakes.com /tv4451   (639 words)

  
 Macgyver 2008
Macgyver has no skeletons in his closet, no cocaine/alcohol problems, He promises not to use tragedy for political gain..
Macgyver works for the Phoenix Foundation, this organisation is not connected to either the A Team or the CIA.
Macgyver had a near-death experience with the mortal incarnation of the Egyptian god Anubis.
www.specialfarm.net /macgyver2008-bio.html   (124 words)

  
 Classic TV Shows - MacGvyer
Although he was always in dangerous situations, his abhorrence of violence impelled him to use his brains instead of weapons to get out of sticky situations.
MacGyver's ability to improvise came to be known in the vernacular as "to MacGyver" and the rigged inventions as "MacGyverisms."
MacGyver's friend and boss was Peter Thorton played by Dana Elcar.
www.fiftiesweb.com /tv/macgyver.htm   (228 words)

  
 TVShowsOnDVD.com - Review for MacGyver - Season 3
Richard Dean Anderson stars as Angus MacGyver - the legendary secret agent whose wits are his most trustworthy weapon.
MacGyver is a one-man unarmed force who can find his way out of any danger using only everyday items he's picked up along the way.
The third season of MacGyver is the first to feature a stereo audio track (it's noted on the package as well).
tvshowsondvd.com /sitereviews.cfm?ReleaseID=4919   (380 words)

  
 MacGyver : tvland.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Standard fare, but MacGyver stood out and became, quite literally, part of the Pop Culture lexicon because of its star's unique approach to the various and sundry harrowing situations he faced each episode.
Eschewing hard-charging combat in the form of a Rambo-esque one-man arsenal, MacGyver would instead routinely rely on whatever mundane materials were lying around to defuse a bomb, send a warning or gain access to a secure building.
Exploring the multitudinous uses of an ordinary paper clip became MacGyver's signature.
www.tvland.com /shows/macgyver   (179 words)

  
 MacGyver Online. The complete MacGyver resource and community.
Faced with danger, MacGyver’s first reaction is always to stop for a moment and think.
Armed with only a Swiss Army Knife, a roll of Duct tape, and whatever materials happen to be lying around, ex DXS agent and now field operative for the Phoenix Foundation, MacGyver applies common sense and basic principles of science to imaginatively outwit his adversaries.
MacGyver Online is a non-profit web community created as an information and entertainment base for fans of the MacGyver television series.
www.macgyveronline.org   (233 words)

  
 MacGyver, Richard Dean Anderson - Rock13.com
MacGyver cast Richard Dean Anderson as MacGyver, a resourceful, friendly, mild mannered man - and later an agent for the Phoenix Foundation.
Pete Thornton and MacGyver worked at the DXS as field operatives before moving to the Phoenix Foundation.
MacGyver is the ABC-TV action/adventure series from Henry Winkler/John Rich Productions in association with the Network Television Division of Paramount Pictures.
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 Amazon.com: MacGyver - The Complete First Season: DVD: Richard Dean Anderson,Michael Vejar,Michael Caffey,Lee David ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
MacGyver ran for seven seasons and was followed by two made-for-TV movies in 1994, Lost Treasure of Atlantis and Trail to Doomsday.
Macgyver has always been an inspiration to me. From years of watching his madcap hijinx I've slowly gotten the message: guns are EVIL.
I watched MacGyver for years when it was on, and continued to watch the re-runs on various channels as well.
www.amazon.com /MacGyver-Complete-Season-Cliff-Bole/dp/B0006IUDXA   (2874 words)

  
 Little known MacGyver Facts
The only reason the Macgyver show was ever cancelled was because in the summer of 1991 Macgyver caused a worldwide shortage of duct tape.
MacGyver used to be a professor, but was...
Macgyver has been the only person in his...
www.macgyver.co.za   (166 words)

  
 MacGyver News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
MacGyver News continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
Bomb squad finds 'MacGyver bombs' A member of the Johnson County bomb squad disabled a so-called "MacGyver bomb" early Tuesday morning in a trash bin near Wayne and Baker streets.
This time, MacGyver was in his typical fashion: held hostage in a remote warehouse with time running out on a self-destructing...
www.topix.net /movies/macgyver?scoring=d   (620 words)

  
 MacGyver TV Show
He is MacGyver, a natural genius whose quick wits and knowledge of science allow him to perform incredible feats with everyday objects.
A scientific adventurer, MacGyver works for the Phoenix Foundation, an organization dedicated to making the world a better place for all.
I loved this show, the way MacGyver would whip up anything with everything to make it work or make anything from everything to get out of trouble.
www.retrojunk.com /details_tvshows/66-macgyver   (423 words)

  
 MacGyver
MacGyver was the greatest TV show ever made.
MacGyver was a thinking man's hero, one who outwitted his opponents with his mind instead of with guns or burly biceps.
Over the years, MacGyver had a staple of regulars pop up every once in awhile in his life.
www.tow.com /interests/macgyver.shtml   (298 words)

  
 Salon Technology | Even "MacGyver" is no match for an AOL security breach   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Habeeb Dihu chose the name "MacGyver" for his America Online instant messaging account because, like the TV detective, he was adept at tinkering with equipment.
Dihu opened another AIM account and messaged his own MacGyver screen name, only to receive a reply moments later, which he says included the screen name of a friend whose messages the account thief had apparently received.
Even the unauthorized holder of the MacGyver account, whom I messaged after Dihu had alerted me to his troubles, boasted of stealing other AIM identities.
archive.salon.com /tech/log/2000/03/27/aim/index.html   (659 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Well, I hope everyone had a merry Christmas, and had a chance to watch "The Madonna" episode of MacGyver, and celebrated the birth of The Madonna's (that would be the virgin Mary, not the singer) Son, Jesus Christ.
I have heard from a message board that the MacGyver television series is supposed to be released on DVD this October.
The author of the site has talked with Stephen Downing, the executive producer for MacGyver and the new Young MacGyver pilot, and it looks like this might turn out to be a good series, even if I don't like the premise too much.
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 Amazon.ca: MacGyver: The Complete Fifth Season: DVD: Cliff Bole,Michael Preece,Michael Vejar,Michael Caffey,Lee David ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
MacGyver (Richard Dean Anderson) still travels the world on behalf of the Phoenix Foundation, while reporting to supportive superior Pete Thornton (Dana Elcar).
Aside from a greater interest in socially conscious causes, like the protection of endangered species, the 1989-1990 season also breaks with the past by an episode set in the Old West ("Serenity") and another set in the afterlife ("Passages").
When an American pilot is shot down over Central America or a top-secret missile is stolen, the authorities call on MacGyver, a former Special Forces agent, to save the day.
www.amazon.ca /MacGyver-Complete-Season-Cliff-Bole/dp/B000CNESLW   (764 words)

  
 MacGyver (US - DVD R1) in News > Releases at DVDActive
Paramount Home Video has sent over a few details on the upcoming release of the seventh and final season of MacGyver, which will be available on the 24th of October at a yet to be determined retail price.
No extras have been mentioned for the release, and judging by the number of discs in the set it looks as if the later telefilms will not be included either, but we'll let you know if either changes.
For a TV series that was inventive in how MacGyver got out of trouble each week, the DVD's have held no innovation.
www.dvdactive.com /news/releases/macgyver6.html   (412 words)

  
 "MacGyver" Pilot (1985)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Plot Summary: After a science lab explodes, MacGyver is asked to rescue scientists that are trapped underground, guarded by a deadly security system...
Like a true child of the mid 80s, I was glued to the television every week as early as 7 years-old, when MacGyver hit the shores in Malaysia.
He didn't have the fancy gadgetry nor the suave ways to shimmy out of trouble most of the time and he did get into a *lot* of trouble.
imdb.com /title/tt0165375?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnxteD0yMHxzZz0xfGxtPTIwMHx0dD1...   (305 words)

  
 The Real MacGyver -- Anderson
The series began with a lead pilot movie in 1985 and then the weekly series appeared for seven years (ending in 1992).
His MacGyver character was so loved that he made to TV movies long after the series ended: MacGyver: Lost Treasure of Atlantis (1994) and MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday (1994).
MacGyver was one of my favorite characters on TV.
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 Macgyver 2008
Macgyver understands the needs of the average American, tax breaks, free swiss army knifes for every child.
Macgyver will take care of this in under twenty four hours once elected, no blood shed, just common sense.
Delivered to Washington smarting from one line quips and red-faced from a beating by a man armed with no more than a piece of chalk and an onion.
www.specialfarm.net /macgyver2008.html   (174 words)

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