Unaired MacGyver scene
Jul 6, 2008 TV Shows
XKCD gives you a look at an unaired, never before seen scene from the 1980’s hit show, MacGyver:
In case you haven’t heard of MacGyver (and I’m still surprised that some people haven’t. Am I getting that old?), he was a “get out of any problem with my Swiss Army knife and my brain” type of guy. “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 the applied sciences, and particularly engineering.”
Wikipedia has a list of problems solved by MacGyver which is definitely an interesting read. The problems range from blocking a sulfuric acid leak with chocolate to bypassing a biometric device with wax and pool chalk. The MythBusters have done an episode on MacGyver myths you can read about on their wiki.
Of course there have been spoofs done of MacGyver’s ability to get out of all types of situations, MacGruber being the one I find most funny:
July 6th, 2008 at 1:15 am
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