MacGyver
Created by Lee David Zlotoff
He's everyone's favorite action hero... but he's a hero with a difference. Angus MacGyver is a secret agent whose wits are his deadliest weapon. Armed with only a knapsack filled with everyday items he picks up along the way, he improvises his way out of every peril the bad guys throw at him. Making a bomb out of chewing gum? Fixing a speeding car's brakes... while he's riding in it? Using soda pop to cook up tear… From TMDB
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60 of 253 · most liked firstThere was a point in my life where I was really into the Guinness book of world records, karate, and the show Macgyver and that was probably my the happiest I’ve ever been
positive · AI labelView post →MacGyver Angus MacGyver, protagonist of the U.S. television series “MacGyver” (1985-92), known for regularly improvising solutions to practical problems with limited tools and materials
neutral · AI labelView post →So I wanted to make a track that brings all the 80s action-adventure TV show feels. I got heavily inspired by the intro theme music of MacGyver, Airwolf and He-Man on this one. I also felt compelled to do a bit of cosplay 😂 #80s #nostalgia #synthwave
neutral · AI labelView post →Peter Kwong (1952-2025) Best known as RAIN on Big Trouble Little China 1986. A legend Gleaming the Cube 1989 The Golden Child 1986 MacGyver TV series 1986 Amazing Stories TV series 1985 The A-Team TV Series 1984 Manimal TV Series 1983 Greatest American Hero 1983 Wonder Woman 1977
neutral · AI labelView post →I met Richard Dean Anderson at FedCon in Bonn, Germany. He was my childhood hero. Growing up MacGyver was my absolute favourite show. Meant such a great deal to me.
positive · AI labelView post →The hit action adventure TV series ‘MacGyver’ starring Richard Dean Anderson, Dana Elcar, and Bruce McGill premiered on ABC on this day 40 years ago. 🧠 📎 💣 #OTD "𝙰 𝚙𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚕𝚒𝚙 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚎 𝚊 𝚠𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝙼𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛, 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚐𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚝𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚝."
neutral · AI labelView post →It's me, the guy whose excitement for "VisionQuest" is 99% seeing if showrunner Terry Matalas will sneak in his recurring Original Character "Dale" who is in the Macgyver reboot, 12 Monkeys The Series, and Star Trek: Picard. Will the MCU be blessed with the presence of Dale or remain irrelevant?
neutral · AI labelView post →#OTD 40 years ago, #MacGyver premiered on ABC-TV. The first episode—"Pilot"— featured a #StarTrek connection, as series star & a guest star made their way through a control room set that is actually a redress of the Star Trek 2/3 torpedo deck (TMP Klingon bridge). #MacGyverDay
neutral · AI labelView post →I didn’t realize MacGyver was such a popular show in Venezuela
neutral · AI labelView post →MacGyver (TV Series 1985–1992) The most resourceful secret agent ever.
neutral · AI labelView post →Richard Dean Anderson in, MacGyver (TV Series 1985–1992)
neutral · AI labelView post →I've been watching a lot of older TV lately, and it really was like that. They didn't always succeed, but they tried to show people a better way. So many themes of anti-capitalism, anti-militarism, anti-authoritarianism, and even the whitest shows had their special "MacGyver solves racism" episodes.
positive · AI labelView post →Richard Dean Anderson in, MacGyver (TV Series 1985–1992)
neutral · AI labelView post →Move over MacGyver, I’m in a hotel room and just used the grippy heel of one of my no-show socks to open a tough cap on my Harmless Harvest coconut water. I can’t tell is this tweet dates me as boomer or millennial/gen z cusp.
neutral · AI labelView post →I mean, it's just a TV show, but I just finished watching OG MacGyver and they did that in the last season (ish) to deescalate a gang showdown. All the parents showed up and chewed out their sons. That was late 80s, I believe, right?
neutral · AI labelView post →When I say I'm a "Mac guy" I do not mean that I like or understand Apple computers. I mean that I'm a fan of the hit TV show MacGyver (1985-1992) starring Richard Dean Anderson
positive · AI labelView post →Thought about this watching MacGyver the other day. Every other episode’s villain is some real-estate mogul coming after a community center serving a minority population that Mac used to volunteer for. This was not thought of as a racially-progressive show in the ‘80s iirc. Would be today…?
neutral · AI labelView post →I watched the original RDA version as a kid. It probably had a bigger impact on my morals than my mother did (which a lot of people should be thankful for). Later in life, I realized some of his improvised tricks were complete TV logic or exaggerated for safety reasons, but a surprising number of those basic principles actually hold up in a pinch. I’ve noticed a few things where my own politics diverge from the show’s commentary over the years, but overall, it was a great series. A huge…
positive · AI labelView post →I’m introducing my kids to the original MacGyver TV series and they’re eating it up. He can fight, he can fix anything, and he can get out of any jam. Also, he’s flat-out jinxed. Everywhere he goes, shit goes sideways, fast. He’s transporting stolen nitroglycerin; of course his brakes will go out.
positive · AI labelView post →Of all the 80s shows, MacGyver is the *most* 80s show. Because the early seasons were all about him doing covert espionage behind the iron curtain to stop the Soviets from launching nukes, and the later seasons were all about him helping inner-city at-risk youth say no to drugs. Maximum 80s!
positive · AI labelView post →Next show in the genre would be Burn Notice. The reboot of MacGyver never seemed to hit like the original to me.
neutral · AI labelView post →That's awesome. I love that show MacGyver, and although the script writers were creative geniuses, the TV series Myth Busters put numerous MacGyver tactics to the test and found they mostly weren't actually real. Still a great show though, and well done to this young man for proving one does work.😎👍
positive · AI labelView post →Ukrainians never cease to amaze and show the world their battle hardened determination and inner strength and smarts and willing to MacGyver absolutely anything to get the job done! Respect! Slava Ukraini!
neutral · AI labelView post →The action-adventure series ‘MacGyver’ starring Lucas Till, George Eads, Tristin Mays, and Sandrine Holt premiered on CBS ten years ago this week (Sept 2016) 📺 🧠 💥 #OTD
neutral · AI labelView post →I liked it because it was novel and had the vibe of an 80s action show, like Macgyver. Whatever charms it had quickly vanished as it progressed, and I’m pretty sure Harmony Korine’s Wario plays a large part in that. For every like, I will make his stupid hat bigger
neutral · AI labelView post →is wishing the happiest of birthdays to actor and rock singer Michael Des Barres. WKRP In Cincinnati: "Hoodlum Rock" Lois And Clark: "Wall of Sound" Batman: The Animated Series: "Prophecy of Doom" MacGyver
neutral · AI labelView post →Spent about 10 minutes doom spiraling with my coworkers about our country probably being on the wrong side of WW3. We made ourselves feel better by a quick round of "Remember that show?" Talked about: Highlander: The Series Airwolf Forever Knight Time Traxx MacGyver
neutral · AI labelView post →Meek made his on-screen debut in 2014’s The Santa Con, and had roles in various TV series, including MacGyver. He was perhaps best known for his role in the 2017 film Baby Driver, in which he played a younger version of Ansel Elgort’s titular character.
neutral · AI labelView post →TRIVIA: ‘Hawaii Five-0’ takes place in same fictional universe with fellow reboot series ‘MacGyver’ and ‘Magnum P.I.’, both of which were also developed by Peter M. Lenkov. (Wikipedia) 🖤
neutral · AI labelView post →Merge a band and a tv show: Fleetwood MacGyver
neutral · AI labelView post →The new MacGyver series, the new Magnum P.I. series, and the new Hawaii Five-0 series have all done cross-over episodes with each other. That means they all exist as "real" people in each others' universe; i.e. the same universe. In this essay I will..
neutral · AI labelView post →is wishing the happiest of birthdays to actor and rock singer Michael Des Barres. WKRP In Cincinnati: "Hoodlum Rock" Lois And Clark: "Wall of Sound" Batman: The Animated Series: "Prophecy of Doom" MacGyver
neutral · AI labelView post →OMG I just found the original MacGyver tv series available to check out at my library. Am I about to start a fully nostalgia fueled rewatch of the entire series? OF COURSE I AM! IT’S RICHARD DEAN ANDERSON!
positive · AI labelView post →Pop Culture AI. As the AI Age continues, I find myself looking back on AI’s depiction in pop culture of the past. Specifically, I think about 2 TV episodes: “The Ultimate Computer” from _Star Trek: The Original Series_, and “The Human Factor” from the OG _MacGyver_ series. Anyone who’s watched these episodes (and for those who haven’t, both are on Paramount+, or just pirate-stream it if you’re feeling ethically flexible) knows the similarities: human-based AI touted as “the next step” and a…
neutral · AI labelView post →"There's this show called Macgyver." *dies of old* I understand this is not the point of this post.
neutral · AI labelView post →Q and MacGyver co-lead a sci fi western tv series? That aired on UPN's disastrous first year? How am I just finding out about this now? I found much or all of it on youtube pretty quickly if this is of interest.
neutral · AI labelView post →Ok I will get this right this time. Does anyone remember the show Macgyver? That’s what RFK Jr, reminds me of him.
neutral · AI labelView post →My dad bought the box set of MacGyver when I was young. I used to have favourite seasons and I've watched maybe the entire box set twice, and of my favourite seasons maybe 3-4 times. I think it's okay, the old timey vibes are pretty charming and it didn't age poorly in my recollection (has been decades since I last watched it) MacGyver uses a gun in the pilot which iirc he doesn't use ever again MacGyver meets people of different cultures respectfully but the "American saviour" trope is very…
neutral · AI labelView post →MacGyver? My childhood hero? Oh what *do* I think about the series oh boy [5 hours of gushing omitted for brevity] I have the DVD box right on the shelf in case I have a MacGyver emergency and need to watch MacGyver
positive · AI labelView post →Going through some boxes tucked away in my closet. I never had much pocket money as a kid, but you can see where it went. Knight Rider, The A-Team - oh, yeah! MacGyver was my favorite, but I haven't a single thing from that show. This was too much fun!
positive · AI labelView post →Me, every three years: wait they made a new MacGyver series? Huh. *proceeds to forget it exists*
negative · AI labelView post →So I’m watching the old MacGyver series off and on. There’s an episode called ‘The Ten Percent Solution’ from 1989 where Nazis begin to slowly take over the US by infiltrating every layer of society.. Prophetic..
neutral · AI labelView post →MacGyver (1985) His mind the ultimate weapon and he’s always prepared for adventure. This series holds a special place in my heart and is one of my top 5 comfort shows.
positive · AI labelView post →The British show, good diversity. However, if MacGyver couldn't save you, then you got yourself into a major situation
neutral · AI labelView post →Banshee: Remember that old TV show MacGyver? He always came up with ingenious ways to get out of difficult situations using whatever he had on hand. You may need to channel that energy this week. Here’s my oracle COTD for Monday, June 9, 2025. #tarotsky #occultsky
neutral · AI labelView post →Repost with 10 tv shows to get to know you (no particular order) Star Trek: Deep Space Nine The Muppet Show WKRP in Cincinnati Obi-Wan Kenobi MacGyver (original) Frasier Star Trek TNG MST3K/RiffTrax Disney World live streams Iron Chef (original)
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching a video, and the presenter says, "If anyone's seen it, there was once this old show called MacGyver,where he did all these creative hacks...", and right there, my bones disintegrated and my body dissolved into a fall of dust 😥 #GenX
neutral · AI labelView post →@vimse93.bsky.social Here I am again, I messed up the post and reposted it also because other drawings will be linked to it 🤣 Soap will also do his part in the videos💣🧼💀✏️I was saying that I'm trying to rewatch the MacGyver series but I can't find the original one from the 80s anywhere 🥹
neutral · AI labelView post →I spend all this time perfecting opening a bottle with, if nothing else was available, another bottle, and then Big Aluminum comes along and turns my alcoholic MacGyver show-off dreams to ashes in an instant
neutral · AI labelView post →Share an 80's TV series you love. 📺 My choice: MacGyver
positive · AI labelView post →Legendary actor James Hong turns 96 today. Did you know that he unsuccessfully auditioned for the role of Lt. Sulu on Star Trek The Original Series, which went to George Takei. Twenty years later, his and Takei's characters faced off against each other in an episode of MacGyver.
neutral · AI labelView post →semi-related: any show produced/filmed in Toronto or Vancouver to fake parts of the US? that's CanCon TV. X-Files? CanCon. seasons 3-6 of MacGyver? CanCon. i think pretty much all of The CW? take a guess
neutral · AI labelView post →A couple years before SG-1 started, I played music for Richard Dean Anderson's birthday party at a TV shoot in Tucson. I wish I'd known then that his show was about to become one of my all-time faves. I liked MacGyver as a kid, but I adore the Stargate franchise.
neutral · AI labelView post →Now for the obscure nostalgia ones #promosky The Pirates of Dark Water 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo Olmec’s Legends of the Hidden Temple Tom Lehrer Centurions Johnny Quest Wacky Races Batman the Animated Series Futurama Red Dwarf Stargate MacGyver The Twilight Zone DuckTales Darkwing Duck Global Gutz
neutral · AI labelView post →10 shows to get to know me Star Trek DS9 Star Trek TNG The Muppet Show Doctor Who Black Books WKRP in Cincinnati Frasier Project Runway The Mandalorian MacGyver (original)
neutral · AI labelView post →hi I'm Andy, working on a horror TTRPG about the last city on earth and I published a single page game based on the TV show MacGyver called One Paperclip
neutral · AI labelView post →Ukrainians watched - and learned from - the tv show "MacGyver". Russians did not. #SlavaUkrainii
neutral · AI labelView post →Merge a band with a TV show Fleetwood MacGyver
neutral · AI labelView post →TRIVIA: The ‘MacGyver’ reboot takes place in the same fictional universe as the ‘Hawaii Five-0’ and ‘Magnum P.I.’ reboots. The three shows have been collectively referred to as the “Leskov-verse” in honor of the showrunner of each show Peter Lenkov. (Wikipedia) 🖤
neutral · AI labelView post →Note to self at some point write a blog post about how the TV show MacGyver inspired my dungeons.
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