MacGyver Appeal

Just musing here, but if MacGyver was ugly would he still have fans? I just stumbled across a pencil drawing of RDA (the young RDA) on another blog and my first thought was "how sad, someone spent their weekend sketching a publicity photo from the eighties."

If you ask me, the core of the MacGyver appeal is his ingenuity. But hey, I wrote a book about his cool tricks so I guess I'm biased. And I'm also a straight male, so I have never found myself fantasizing playing boy scout with RDA. So again, biased.

Anyway, if anyone cares to comment: which is more important to MacGyver fans: RDA or how he used the knife?

While you were feasting...

...RDA was hosting an exclusive Stargate convention in Scotland. 54 people, RDA and Amanda Tapping. Join the famous people for morning coffee and afternoon tea and all that.

MacGyver Flash game

Yep, some enterprising Flash guru made a mini-game that puts you in the role of MacGyver. I'm kinda jealous because I've been working on a MacGyver text adventure (you know, like Zork) but haven't touched it since last November.

Now I fancy myself quite the puzzle-solver but I did not get too far in this game. So if someone figures it out, tell me what the f**K to do to the box.

Play the game.

Note: I just beat the game. Took about five minutes once I realized there is a stick under one of the boards on the doors. Believe me, that knowledge will save you a lot of annoying clicking around.

Happy Thanksgiving from Murdoc

I have no MacGyver news, no deep-fry turkey contraptions, no stuffing recipes using chewing gum and duct tape, not even a MacGyver carving knife joke. However, Murdoc was kind enough to send in his Thanksgiving "thanks". Here it is:

Well, MacGyver lover, you'll be unhappy to know that I'm celebrating Thanksgiving in the South Seas with my new family, a very accommodating group of Tahitian cabana boys. The turkey was dry so I killed the chef. Anyway, here is what I'm thankful for:

I'm thankful for the residuals I receive from the sales of the Season 7 DVDS,
I'm thankful that the bomb I planned last week in MacGyver's turkey should have already blown him to smithereens. (Editor's Note: it was disabled with gravy and a turkey baster)
I'm thankful that I still have all my original hair.
I'm thankful that the chef baked a pie before I shot him.

Until next time, MacGyver lover.

Yours,

Murdoc

Happy Thanksgivings.

Stargate MacGyver Video Mashup

Oh yes, I'm hip enough to throw terms around like mashup. Some other hipster decided to put together clips of RDA from Stargate with the MacGyver theme song. It's actually very good. I was surprised. Enjoy!

The video "Space MacGyver" on Google Video

The MacGyver Cure for Warts

Shocking. A second duct tape post in less than a week.

Evidently, and I had heard this before, duct tape is a better cure for warts than the standard freezing or topical salicyclic acid fix. However, finally someone did a study and proved it.

The science: duct tape deprives the wart of oxygen. Wart dies.

From WebMD: The Macgyver Cure

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