MacGyver
Angus "Mac" MacGyver was an ex-secret agent of the TV Series MacGyver in the late 80s and early 90s. Aside from being the sexiest man on the planet according to Patty & Selma Bouvier, he was also probably the most resourceful.
This link to Wikipedia provides a near comprehensive list of all of the problems solved by MacGyver during the course of the TV show.
Some of the more intriguing entries include:
- The time he plugged a sulfuric acid leak with chocolate
- The time he rescued a dying friend by breaking down his door with a fire hose and elevator handrail
- The time he was in a plane being chased down a runway by several jeeps and built a roadblock with a fire extinguisher
- The time he fixed a broken fuel line with a ballpoint pen
- The time he blinded a couple of "bad guys" in a strip club by loading a confetti cannon with makeup powder
- The time he safely detonated a triggered landmine with a piece of string
- And who can forget the time when he blew open a locked truck door with an oil can, a pair of pantyhose, an old exhaust pipe and an old battery
It was amazing how he always found exactly the right items lying around him (wherever he was) and had such a vast amount of general science knowledge that enabled him to get out of just about any situation he encountered.
You might nearly say he was the greatest American hero but that was actually this guy:
posted by Kub at 11:22
1 Comments:
I can tell that by the mid-80´s in Spain we were already watching the same TV shows than in the USA. We had these two on national TV, in fact I have the theme song to the American Hero in some tape. Not that bad, but so 80ish, I prefer the Cheers song, which I have in that same tape. By the way, the other day I felt nostalgic and bought the Moonlighting DVD pack with the first season. It´s OK, but of course I remembered it better.
j
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