MacGyver

MacGyver is a Televised series American in 139 45 minutes episodes and two 90 minute old telefilms, created by Lee David Zlotoff and diffused between the September 29th 1985 and the August 8th 1992 on the network ABC. In France, the series was diffused starting from the January 4th 1987 on Antenne 2. With the Quebec, it was diffused by TQS.

Synopsis

This series puts in scene MacGyver, agent of the Fondation Phoenix . This organization, directed by his/her friend Peter Thornton, is a privately held company.

That which one calls the " hero without violence" do not use firearms, which are repugnant to it with the more high degree, that to strike its enemies with the stick. This genious handyman never leaves his faithful Multi-fonction pocket knife thanks to which it manufactures all kinds of inventions to leave itself the kneader: he will be able just as easily to clog a water escape with a chewing-gum, to stop an escape of acid with chocolate, or to manufacture an hyper-engine with a cleaner high pressure fixed on his back.

The ecologist-bricolo was the model of a generation of young people who have the memory of an intrepid adventurer able to manufacture a helicopter with a trombone (even if it is by no means about an invention practiced by MacGyver).

Although they lend sometimes to smiling, its inventions, for the majority, have a teaching goal and thus function almost all. The authors have even due to stop descriptions of manufacture of explosives which damaged several courses of re-creation (Reference?).

Dalton jack, pilot of plane and friend of the hero, appear regularly in the series and most of the time plunge in MacGyver delicate situations, come to help it.

This series marks also the first steps on scene of Teri Hatcher, in the role of Penny Parker, cumbersome friend of MacGyver.

A mystery planed a long time on the true first name of MacGyver, which is made call " Mac" by his/her friends, and will be revealed only in the last episodes: Angus.

Distribution

Episodes

See also: List of the episodes of MacGyver

Anecdotes

The name of MacGyver became synonymous with a person able to find a solution with any situation by a brilliant idea.

Don S.Davis which played the general Georges Hammond in Stargate SG-1 (series with Richard Dean Anderson) was the lining of Dana Elcar. Besides he plays the driver of the truck with concrete in the episode where MacGyver is caught cold. Christopher Judge had a small role in MacGyver (Teal' C in Stargate SG-1).

With episode 11 of season 2 (the foundation Phoenix), a memorable quotation is marked: everyone knows that MacGyver is MacGyver (VO: Everyone knows that MacGyver is MacGyver).

A mistranslation awkwardly slipped into the episode 14 of season 2. The original title is Birth Day in two words what means day of birth what is perfectly in connection with the history of the episode in question. However the episode at summer baptized in the French version the birthday (English Birthday) as if it had been considered that the original title was Birthday in only one word, which means birthday well.

See too

External bonds

  • MacGyver Web site
  • the Club MacGyver
  • the Forum MacGyver

Simple: MacGyver

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