MacGyver News

Poor thieves, if only they had read the book...

2007-05-06T21:52:00.000-07:00

Evidently, a couple of kids tried the old saltwater in coin slot trick, you know the one that makes a soda can dispenser give out a free soda. You know, the trick that hasn't worked in a decade. I'm feeling lazy,Here's the entry from the book:Make a Soda Machine Shoot Cans of SodaAs Seen in Episode: 103 - Rush to Judgment. As a juror in a racially charged murder trial, MacGyver can’t resist

Problems with Paypal Link

2007-02-15T16:20:00.000-08:00

I got a few messages about the Paypal link being down a couple of days ago. It should be fine, now. So, if you're trying to buy go ahead. I've been pretty negligent with posting on this blog. I started a new company in December and it's eating all my time. If you're curious about the ins and out of doing a startup in Silicon Valley, check out bretterrill.com. Meanwhile, expect much neglect

MacGyver Pen

2006-12-21T11:54:00.000-08:00

Ah, progress. The pen is now indeed mightier than the sword (well, knife actually). I'm happy to introduce the Swiss Military Pen. That's right Military, not Army. I haven't got my hands on one yet to access it's quality, but it's a pretty cool idea nonetheless. Here's a UK distributor. If anyone finds a US distributor, fee free to add it in the comments sections.

Breaking News: A New MacGyver TV show?!

2006-12-05T11:02:00.000-08:00

Training MacGyver. That's the name. It's evidently a TV pilot in development. I have no other details. It was an off-hand reference in an interview with an actor/actress from Nip/Tuck. Here's the quote:Right now, I am headed to the studio to record some ADR for a pilot called Training MacGyver. It’s my first series that I’m a big lead in. If anyone has info, send it my way. BTW, if anyone

Gift Ideas for Supergeeks Only

2006-12-05T10:55:00.000-08:00

Over at MAKE, they have a list of open-source gifts, i.e. gifts you need a soldering iron to construct. I love MAKE, mainly because they gave my book a good review, and because well I'm a supergeek with a soldering iron (in storage - I'm trying to reform).

MacGyverisms: First Aid edition

2006-12-05T10:47:00.000-08:00

Okay, I'm pretty jaded about well..everything..bust especially news articles that claim to make you the MacGyver of accounting, etc. But this article, from MSN, no less, is the rare exception. It gives some really good first aid tips, i.e. suck on a clove to relieve tooth pain, superglue a severed finger (it worked for John Wayne Bobbit - the crowd boos, he went for a lame, out-dated severed

Soft-core porn and MacGyver

2006-12-05T10:37:00.000-08:00

Yes, it's a misleading title, RDA was never much into the erotica, though Michael Des Barres was quite persistent; no the title refers to an amusing article about Mike Marvin, the writer of one of the better episodes of MacGyver - "Target MacGyver." You know, the episode where Mac and his grandpa fight off assassins in the woods using pinecomb landmines. Anyway, the guy also produced soft-core T

MacGyver Appeal

2006-11-28T21:46:00.000-08:00

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

While you were feasting...

2006-11-24T09:41:00.000-08:00

...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

2006-11-23T17:56:00.000-08:00

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

Happy Thanksgiving from Murdoc

2006-11-23T16:42:00.000-08:00

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

Stargate MacGyver Video Mashup

2006-11-08T18:35:00.000-08:00

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

2006-11-05T18:23:00.000-08:00

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

RSS Feed. Finally.

2006-11-05T18:20:00.000-08:00

Now all you RSS kids can subscribe away. Click the orange chiclet and enjoy.

How Duct Tape is Made: Video

2006-10-30T11:58:00.000-08:00

Cool, eh?

The MacGyver of MacGyver knifes

2006-10-30T11:43:00.000-08:00

It really exists. This is not a doctered photo. Wenger, the company that makes Swiss Army knifes, released this bad boy a couple of months ago. It has over 85 functions, and weighs nearly 3 pounds. You call only order directly via this 1-800 number: 800-431-2996. How much, you say? Only $1200 dollars. Just in time for Xmas.

MacGyver Final Season DVD Review

2006-10-24T19:36:00.000-07:00

Well, the DVD of the Final Season of MacGyver is finally being released today. I don't want to spoil it for you but it turns out that Mac had a son. Or as I like to call him, the little spinoff that wasn't.Clearly the producers were prepared for the end, besides setting up the idea of a Young MacGyver franchise, they tried to launch a spin-off based on the Colton brothers, a fraternal

Cheesy MacGyver Commercial

2006-10-24T13:53:00.000-07:00

We went for that 1980's Ronco feel. Let me know if you enjoy it. I'm wearing the exact same pair of shoes today.

MacGyver and Pig Castration

2006-10-24T13:14:00.000-07:00

Unlike the usual newspaper reference to bombmaking or middle-age mechanics, this Macgyver reference is truly admirable. Evidently there's a professor at the University of New Hampshire who teaches a class on how to Macgyverize items to help disabled people. Including disabled farmers, which is probably a large group with all those tractor accidents.From the article:"Willkomm's most interesting

MacGyver and "Lost"

2006-10-20T23:28:00.000-07:00

So some wag over at AOL, speculated that MacGyver and John Locke would be good pals. While I doubt that, it does raise the mildly interesting idea of a MacGyver guest appearance on Lost. I'm kidding, MacGyver on the Simpsons, yay! MacGyver on "Lost". Cough. Cough. Lame.A adjective which could be applied to "Lost" nowadays. It moves way to slow. Can we cover more than a day a season, J.J.?

If MacGyver was a piece of clothing...

2006-10-13T16:38:00.000-07:00

...he'd be a poufy down vest. Or at least according to this asinine "article" from the Helena Independent Record. I cringe to think that this is what passes for journalism, even in Montana. Prove to me that it wasn't written for a kindergartener. I mean, who in their right mind would speculate what kind of clothing MacGyver would be, and then what kind of moronic editor would run it in his/

The MacGyver How-to Guide to Pretexting

2006-10-06T10:06:00.000-07:00

Anyone remember Dexter Fillmore? Dexter was MacGyver's favorite alias, a computer geek before it was cool, which he used to infiltrate companies and gain information. That, my friends, is pretexting.Most pretexting isn't illegal. If you do not claim to be a specific person from a specific company, you're okay. So if you pretend you're a grad student to get info out of a receptionist, you're

Osama Bin Laden loves MacGyver...no, SERIOUSLY.

2006-10-04T23:52:00.000-07:00

Well, Macgyver fans, the club just got bigger. According to Kola Boof(pictured to the right), supposed former mistress/sex slave of Osama Bin Laden, he used to talk nonstop about "Macgyver" and "The Wonder Years." I can't decide which is more troubling, Osama learning about homemade bombs or identifying with Kevin Arnold's teen angst.Of course, this doesn't surprise me, everybody who hates

MacGyver on the Mets or something...whatever.

2006-10-04T23:38:00.000-07:00

Okay, so some writers invoke MacGyver purely to fill space and this completely unintelligible article from the New York Newsday. Something about El Duque, bubble gum, and a paperclip. Sounds like a Cuban orgy. *sigh* Is it because I don't care about baseball? Does anyone? Why are we still watching men in stripy pajamas play with their sticks and balls? Ladies, will you please stop having

A contest!: How to Make a Cigarette Lighter - The Hip-hop way

2005-11-18T08:58:00.000-08:00

Okay, so clearly MacGyver has influenced countless people, and evidently that includes underground hip-hop artists. Here's a lyric from some rapper named Ras Kass that details a MacGyverism:“Mama don’t cry/Don’t worry ’bout me/As you can see/I’m actually better than before/Live wire: motherfuckin’ survivor/Fuckin’ MacGyver/Give me some toilet paper/Three pencil leads/I’ll make a cigarette

Hey Ladies, so you want to be more like MacGyver...

2005-11-18T08:47:00.000-08:00

Evidently in 44 states across the country, you can attend a "Becoming an Outdoor Woman" workshop, where you can learn among other things, how to cook a turkey with 12 inch nails and rebar. Rebar is the metal bar they put in concrete to reinforce it, for those of you who don't work in construction. They call it "MacGyver" cooking. Just in time for Thanksgiving.Here's the link: How to Nail a Turkey

Holy Crap! People actually read my blog

2005-11-09T13:23:00.000-08:00

Okay, so I'll admit it. I pretty much wrote off this blog because I thought nobody read it, and then suddenly I receive an email telling me I need to update my readers about MacGyver Season Five being available on Mar. 14. My readers? I have readers? Will I soon be able to justify the "I'm famous on the Internet" t-shirt that I wear?Okay, enough of that self-indulgent babble. Here's the scoop,

Season 4 Coming in December.

2005-09-01T08:32:00.000-07:00

Yep, as indicated in my last post, fans do make the difference. Paramount has pushed up the release date to December for Season 4. That's four months early, and just in time for Christmas.Here's the link: Season 4 released early.Also some outfit called skullcandy.com released a mp3 player/watch and called it the MacGyver. If it can pick a lock then it doesn't deserve the name.

Internet Fans make the difference

2005-08-24T10:12:00.000-07:00

According an article in the Hollywood Reporter, Paramount based in release of MacGyver (among other titles) on the strong online fan community. So people, I guess all this blogging and forum posting and fansites pays off. Thank god. Since I don't get much feedback, I sometimes don't feel like blogging. Thus the paltry amount of posts in the last month or so. I'll try and get back on the

MacGyverism of the week

2005-08-17T10:33:00.000-07:00

Stranded researchers on an Arctic Island used spark plugs to start a fire. That's pretty ingenious if you ask me, and definitely worthy of MacGyver. Extra point for danger since they were surrounded by polar bears at the time, and teh fire was the only thing that kept the bears away. And an additional 5 points for being rescued by a helicopter in the nick of time. MacGyver would be proud.

MacGyver in the Lab - Accidentally creating waterproof paper

2005-08-09T10:19:00.000-07:00

Recently, I read a really good book called Serendipity: Accidental Discoveries in Science by Royston Roberts. It's fairly old, published in 1989, I found it on a friend's bookshelf. Basically, it's a historical survey of important discoveries made by accident, with a hefty portion devoted to chemistry. As a MacGyver geek, I love chemistry and as a former English Lit major, I don't know enough

MacGyver on the Simpsons!

2005-07-30T08:47:00.000-07:00

Hell yeah. Richard Dean Anderson has been announced as a guest star on the upcoming season of the Simpsons. Perhaps a fifth husband for Patty? Finally, a reason to watch the Simpsons again.

Blogging lazy.

2005-06-28T11:48:00.000-07:00

So I've been neglecting my news monitoring duties. Post-death of Dana, there has been nary a mention on Mac in the news. Murdoc Rulez hasn't even written in to gloat. I've been too busy to surf around to other Mac sites for my highlights features. Too busy with what? I'm glad you asked. Too busy getting my book ready for publication! That's right, July 1. Get your copy on Amazon.

Season 2 Review.

2005-06-17T10:45:00.000-07:00

Not by me. I won't muddy the waters with my opinion, instead I'll let a friend do it. Check out her reviews:http://www.tvdvdreviews.com/macgyver2.html http://www.tvdvdreviews.com/macgyver1.html

Pete's Dead -- seriously.

2005-06-10T07:56:00.000-07:00

Dana Elcar, the actor who played PeteThorton, died last night of complications from pneumonia. He was 77.Rockateer, over at macgyveronline.org, is collecting condolences and putting together something nice to send to Dana's family. Send your best wishes to dana@macgyveronline.org.

Season 2 released! (Yeah, we all know)

2005-06-08T12:17:00.000-07:00

I almost let it pass with out comment. Honestly, I've been busy trying to beat Zork 2 (Infocom's brilliant text adventure game from 1982). Which makes me think I'm stuck in the Me decade, and should avoid things such things as DVD sets of MacGyver and Miami Vice, until i regain my sanity. Anyway, Mac season 2. Finally, we get introduced to the Phoenix Foundation (joy) and Murdoc (hiss). Of

Stargate

2005-06-06T09:05:00.000-07:00

Have I mentioned that I don't watch Stargate? Never seen it, not curious, don't care. Saw the movie, didn't like it. Just because RDA is starring on it, doesn't mean I need to watch it. Believe me, I didn't watch Dana Elcar (Pete) in anything since MacGyver, although I am fond of Maxwell Smart and the Nude Bomb (1980) but not necessarily Pete's performance in it.I just thought full

Every episode of MacGyver ever available on DVD

2005-06-02T08:11:00.000-07:00

Okay, so I'm bored. I've been waiting around for Season 2 to come out, June 7 as I'm sure you already know, and now that the TV season ended (no more Alias or Lost, alas), I'm pretty much chewing on my toenails for entertainment. Naturally, I check in at the forums of macgyveronline.org. Pretty much the premier group devoted to all things MacGyver and discover a roiling discussion over whether

We'll definitely been seeing Seasons 3 and 4.

2005-05-24T07:54:00.000-07:00

Rejoice MacGyverites! (yeah, I know MacGyverites is a cheesy pseudo-religious appellation, but too bad cuz it's my blog and I like to type "MacGyverites"). Anyway, DVD sales of Macgyver Season 1 have been described as "huge" and way beyond our estimates", so it's a no-brainer that they going to continue their release schedule. Hell, they'll probably even speed it up.And maybe the Family Guy

RDA at E3 Expo

2005-05-18T09:25:00.000-07:00

Yep, Richard Dean Anderson, the one who moistens panties, is appearing at the E3 Expo in LA to promote the new Stargate game. Personally, I'd dig a MacGyver game, where the goal was to escape from weird traps using ingenuity with a entire stage dedicated to blasting bad guys with a fire hose, but my dreams will never come true. People just don't think MacGyver is cool anymore.Here's the press

The t-shirt says it all.

2005-05-12T08:01:00.000-07:00

Some guy tried to escape from prison in Colorado using a rope and grappling hooks made out of bedsheets and metal pieces of the table. Here's the picture of the criminal MacGyver. PICTUREHere's the article if you want more details.By the way, I saw a couple of MacGyver t-shirts at 80tees.com. The duct tape one was pretty cool, although I thought it was a crappy rendition of Mac.

The End of the MacGyver Knife?

2005-05-10T11:09:00.000-07:00

I don't have a Swiss Army knife anymore. Nope. It's in a giant pile of its brethen somewhere in the depths of O'hare Airport. I never got a new one. Evidently, this is a huge phenomenon because the companies behind the knives have cut back production to focus on non-knife tools. The article.Just a thought, but don't you think if MacGyver was on today, he'd be a hacker instead of a superspy?

MacGyver Website Highlights

2005-05-05T07:51:00.000-07:00

I wanted to thanks you guys for all the supportive emails that you've sent me. I really appreciate it and it return I'm going to start highlighting a favorite feature of various Mac sites. Today's feature is the MacGyver top ten lists at Live and Learn. As a part-time comedy writer, I suppose I should write my own top ten list, but I believe in outsourcing. Feel free to submit any top ten

Penny Parker/ Desperate Housewife

2005-05-05T07:41:00.000-07:00

Okay, so normally I try and start posting on Monday and then as no new MacGyver news comes in I benignly neglect the blog until the next week starts. This week, however, I 've been recovering from a weekend without sleep courtesy of the 48 hour film fest. It's this contest where basically you compete against other teams of filmmakers to make the best film in 48 hours or less. A random genre is

Cool MacGyverism (not from the show)

2005-04-26T09:52:00.000-07:00

In my ever lengthening quest to become more MacGyver-y...by the way, I have the trademark on the term MacGyver-y...in my ever lengthening quest to become more MacGyver-y I search the web for cool tricks. With this one you can start a fire with a coke can and a chocolate bar. It has pictures---neato!http://www.trackertrail.com/survival/fire/cokeandchocolatebar/

MacGyver News Reference of the week

2005-04-26T09:44:00.000-07:00

Okay, so maybe I'm a little protective of the term MacGyver. I thinks it's great that "to macgyver" something means to improvise a solution out of everyday materials. But for some reason I don't find making a splint out of socks and newspapers to be particularly MacGyveresque. I mean, aren't splints always improvised out of what's lying around? If you break your leg and you're not in a hospital,

File under: Freak (The MacGyver Cookbook)

2005-04-22T08:48:00.000-07:00

So I found a link to something called the MacGyver Cookbook, which kinda weirded me out because an ex-girlfriend and I had an idea for a book called MacGyver in the Kitchen and I thought maybe she went ahead and did it. Well, she didn't. Instead a discovered a picture of a freaky Nordic guy posing as MacGyver. Here's the link:The freak.By the way, the idea of MacGyver in the Kitchen was a book

This American Life: MacGyver

2005-04-21T13:19:00.000-07:00

I love This American Life. It's a radio show on NPR, usually on Sundays. Well, I was 'trolling through their archives and discovered a MacGyver themed episode. The part about Prisoners' inventions is the most interesting. I guess we now know what would have became of Angus MacGyver if there was ever a crossover episode with Oz. Let's just say the knife gets replaced with toilet paper. Oh,

MacGyver in the News Reference of the Day

2005-04-21T10:15:00.000-07:00

A boring USA Today article about football with a throwaway mention of MacGyver, which if you weren't aware was originally broadcast as a companion to Monday Night Football because they both appeal to the young male demographic. Of course, the women I know loved MacGyver more than any guys did. The article

MacGyver in the News Reference of the Day

2005-04-19T12:31:00.000-07:00

MacGyver mentioned in reference to a swiss army knife which is only mentioned as a metaphor in reference to a Canadian general and frankly and couldn't follow the article. My eyes glazed over after I read "Canadian army."The article.

Britney Spears Hates MacGyver

2005-04-18T15:14:00.000-07:00

In a recent post on her official website Britney Spears indicated that she despised MacGyver calling it a "boring show". Though she did say that Richard Dean Anderson was a hottie. Or not. C'mon people, do you think I'd actually visit Britney's website! We all know her sister's website is much more interesting. www.jamielynnspears.com

Mathew McConaughey as MacGyver

2005-04-18T00:40:00.000-07:00

Somebody thinks so. Well, at least in the new movie Sahara evidently Mr. McConaughey displays MacGyver-like qualities.Click here for the review.

MacGyver Spotted Again!

2005-04-15T15:21:00.000-07:00

Yep, got another email from that nutball, Murdoc Rules!. It's edited for family viewing.Dear Mac Guy.It's so f**king awesome that you posted my s**t. If Murdoc didn't rule so much than I'd say you rule. But you suck. Cuz you like talk about MacGyver who isn't even cool enough to be cool as Murdoc. Murdoc Rules!Anyway, I saw MacGyver again. In B.C. OH yeah. This time, he was like walking 8

Book Excerpt: Introduction

2005-04-13T09:25:00.000-07:00

Okay, so here's another taste of the book. I think you'll get a good sense of the tone (irreverent--a word so overused it's almost lost its meaning) . Enjoy.Excerpt:Who wouldn’t want to be a little bit more like MacGyver? Smart and handsome, MacGyver led a life of excitement and adventure. Yet this is not why millions of Americans still find him intriguing today.No, it’s because he could make a

The MacGyver Book Chapter List

2005-04-13T09:23:00.000-07:00

Chapter I: Great EscapesThe Amazing MacGyver: How to Escape from a Straitjacket while Trapped UnderwaterKeep Your Cool: How to Escape from a Meat LockerEscape from an IncineratorEscape a Pack of Hunting DogsTake That, Indy: How to Escape from a Pit of SnakesEscape from the Basement of a Collapsed BuildingChapter II: Car TroublesRecharge a Car

PDF is now ready!

2005-04-13T09:20:00.000-07:00

Follow the Amazon link on the right side of the page and you can download the book. Cool, eh?Check out the sample entries I posted in March to get an idea of the book. I'll also provide the chapter list in the next post.

My book is at the printers!

2005-04-11T11:48:00.000-07:00

Woo hoo! After a long wait, the book is at the printers just waiting for a cover redesign. The first design sucked. The new one appears to be really good. When I get a copy of the cover image, I'll post it.

MacGyver Season 2 DVD and bittorrent

2005-04-11T09:01:00.000-07:00

Release date: June 7, 2005. What are they going to release these every six months? Bastards, then they'll put out a complete set with every season and with a bunch of extras and I'll have to buy them all twice.Of course, the savvy MacGyver fan knows he can download any episode she wants with Bittorrent. Check torrentspy.com. It's a torrent search engine. But you didn't hear it from me, or

The book in PDF form.

2005-04-08T16:50:00.000-07:00

I'm trying this new Amazon Honor System thing so that anyone who wants to can buy the book in PDF form. I put a link on the right side on the blog. It'll take you to a page in Amazon that will provide instructions on how to download the PDF (well, once I actually write instruction--so don't try it yet because you won't get anything. I'll post again when the link becomes active.

New Magazine called Make

2005-04-05T12:35:00.000-07:00

Check this out:http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050404/NEWS05/504040308/1064It's an article about a new magazine that in dedicated to making cool stuff cheaply. And it featured a MacGyver challenge (well, they call it the Makeshift challenge) were they give you a situation and some items and you have to figure out have to make something to solve the problem. The first

News: MacGyver Arrested.

2005-04-01T14:15:00.000-08:00

I found this fake news story. It seemed to be a good April Fools' Day post. The news: MacGyver was arrested for building a bomb on an airplane. Complete with photo. Read it here.

Bizarre MacGyver Reference of the Week

2005-03-31T12:43:00.000-08:00

So some sportswriter is clearly a MacGyver fan, or he just ran out of baseball metaphors. The guy compared the upcoming season of the Aspen baseball team to a MacGyver episode, complete with references to some of MacGyver tricks. Believe me it makes no sense. Or you could just read the article.http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20050330/SPORTS/103300019

"MacGyver Bomb"

2005-03-19T13:19:00.000-08:00

A couple of kids in Oregon were arrested for "possessing a MacGyver bomb". The bomb was described as being made of toilet bowl cleaner, tin foil and a plastic liter soda bottle. Mac Guy does not recall any episode where MacGyver used this combo to blow something up. I guess anything homemade nowadays is considered a MacGyver bomb.MacGyver bomb article

MacGyver Book Sample 2 -- Knock Out a Lights with Glass Cleaner

2005-03-10T10:34:00.000-08:00

How to Turn Out the Lights with Formula 409 As Seen in Episode: 64 – Obsessed. Recurring nightmares about Murdoc make MacGyver sleepless and on edge as he provides security at the criminal trial of a deposed dictator. What You Need A light ﬁxture with a standard light bulbFormula 409Gun-toting thugsWhat You Do Wait until the thugs are underneath the lightbulb. Brandish Formula 409 bottle in a

MacGyver Book Sample 1 -- Develop Film with Orange Juice

2005-03-10T10:15:00.000-08:00

How to Develop Film with Orange Juice As Seen in Episode: 070 - The Survivors. MacGyver and Pete find a crashed DEA plane while on a rugged wilderness survival test and have to flee from the drug smugglers responsible for downing the plane. What You NeedOrange Juice Battery Acid (diluted)Ammonia Tongs or glovesDrug smugglers who have left incriminating film behind.What You Do Find your

MacGyver Virtual Seasons.

2005-03-03T13:53:00.000-08:00

So I mentioned this before, but some people are still writing MacGyver episodes, well, they were, it looks like the last one was posted in 2001. Anyway, if you're curious about what MacGyver would have done after the series ended, these guys have some answers. And no, Stargate is not one of them.So I read a couple of them and they're interesting. Up at the level of Tom Clancy. I wish that were

Young MacGyver

2005-02-18T01:08:00.000-08:00

In case any of you missed it, there was supposed to be a show on the WB called Young MacGyver following the adventures of Angus MacGyver's nephew. A pilot was shot with Jared Padelecki, Rory's badboy boyfriend on Gilmore Girls (I love that show). Evidently, it sucked so the WB decided not to air it. Check out the details at IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0352117/.The guy who directed the

2005-02-03T14:39:00.000-08:00

One of the hazards of writing a blog is that you get email from freaks. Here's an email sent to me by a guy who calls himself Murdoc Rules! I'm shocked he didn't spell it with a z.I'm going to call him the MacGyver Stalker, or nutball, whatever is easier to type.Nutball's email:Hey Mac Guy, you suck. Murdoc rules. You never give any info about the whereabouts of MacGyver which is fine because

MacGyver DVD now available.

2005-01-27T22:53:00.000-08:00

It took long enough, finally Mac is available in DVD form. Now, I can cancel my subscription to TVLAND.Here's the link to Amazon.

My MacGyver Book, Pt. II

2005-01-25T10:40:00.000-08:00

Needing illustrations, I crashed the wedding of an old friend and demanded that she illustrate the book, something she had never done before. So slowly but surely, she'd send me graphics and I'd complain and she'd send me more until finally, the book was illustrated. And I was like, I better actually finish writing it, or else these graphics are going to be useless. So I did.Tired of the agent

My MacGyver Book

2005-01-24T00:26:00.000-08:00

So about three years ago my agent told me to come up with a good idea for a book in the vein of the Worst Case Scenario Guide. It happened to be around Thanksgiving so I went to my parent's house in Illinois and did what any good child would do, hid away in the den with its giant TV and Satellite TV. But it was the Tivo that got me. My dad had recorded nearly every MacGyver episode on Tivo.

My handle

2005-01-19T18:09:00.000-08:00

It's come to my attention that my handle, Mac Guy, might lead people to believe that I am a proponent of Apple Computers. Nope. I wish I could afford one of those shiny Mac laptops with the widescreen. But I'm poor, so instead I have an old Pentium 2 (yeah I said Pentium 2) IBM laptop with a flickering screen. But I could become a Macintosh Guy, I really, really could...are you listening

If MacGyver was an Electrical Engineer..

2005-01-15T12:56:00.000-08:00

There's now a site devoted to making cool DIY electronics gear. My favorite is the Altoid Tin MP3 player. Of course, I didn't actually make it or anything. Please, I have an Archos 20gig jukebox--that's right not an Ipod. Not an Ipod. There are other MP3 players out there people.Anyway, the site is http://www.hackaday.com/. Very cool if you went to MIT. But then again if you went to MIT, anything

MacGyver Projects

2005-01-12T11:02:00.000-08:00

Check out Readymade Magazine (http://www.readymademag.com/). They have a monthly column devoted to cool things you can make with household objects. They named it after some TV superspy, I can't remember which one...

Welcome

2005-01-07T15:02:00.000-08:00

If you're reading this you clearly have an unhealthy fixation with a certain Angus MacGyver. Well, I can't promise to clothe or feed you, but I can try and give you an occasional Mac hit. News about MacGyver is hard to come by, the promises of the WB's Young MacGyver series faded a couple years ago. Now it's just those kids doing the Virtual MacGyver series over at www.macvs.com. They are already