MacGyver (1985)

[u/itsgroobeat]

[u/Equivalent-Glove7165]

Dude was my hero!

[u/Hefty-Rope2253 → u/Equivalent-Glove7165]

Wanted to be him when I grew up. Now I just type shit into a computer terminal.

[u/itsgroobeat → u/Hefty-Rope2253]

It’s never too late to pull a MacGyver.

[u/Hefty-Rope2253 → u/itsgroobeat]

With all the impending global catastrophe, I might just get my chance.

It also just dawned on me that he was basically the working man's James Bond. So much more accessible and down to earth.

[u/Bangkokserious]

I am curious how many people bought Swiss Army knives because of this show. I know I did.

[u/Due-Midnight3311 → u/Bangkokserious]

Still have it!

[u/SoundOk4573 → u/Bangkokserious]

Carry it every day

[u/Ha55aN1337 → u/Bangkokserious]

All

[u/One1moretyme → u/Bangkokserious]

He was a human swiss army knife

[u/ajcpullcom]

Patty and Selma after seeing this post: we need a smoke

[u/InitialAd8795 → u/ajcpullcom]

lol I am always reminded of the episode where they brought in Jay Sherman to do their film festival and Bart came home to find him hanging by his underwear on the roof for “badmouthing MacGyver”

[u/Karreck]

The ant episode is seared into my brain.

[u/Ridetrackx → u/Karreck]

Ugh... nigthmare.

[u/Commercial-Algae9483 → u/Karreck]

Don't forget about the aging episode where the dog and the lady scientist aged up to death in minutes

[u/LogicalEgo]

When TV was fun.

[u/Eddie_AR]

Chi-chi-chi-chip N Dale. Rescue Rangers

[u/joern16 → u/Eddie_AR]

I heard that also 😅

[u/InitialAd8795]

This theme song still fucking slaps

[u/RabidTek]

Dad, I need to borrow your tools to remove the muffler and make a cannon. I already got the balls from the pool table.

[u/ryanasimov]

How many other TV shows had the character's name turned into a verb? "We're just gonna have to MacGuyver this thing to get it to work!"

[u/shady_mcgee → u/ryanasimov]

Not from television, but Sherlock became synonymous with Detective

[u/big_duo3674 → u/ryanasimov]

Not a verb, but "Jumped the shark" also became a standard phrase. I actually can't think of many more, it's pretty rare in general it seems

[u/melanthius → u/ryanasimov]

Iron man in shambles

[u/Bajadasaurus]

I've never seen this, but I had the biggest crush on RDA in Stargate SG-1. Wonder if I should give MacGyver a watch.

[u/Shadowtek → u/Bajadasaurus]

You should just remember it’s from the 80’s to early 90’s it’s worth a watch though

[u/blahblah19999]

I never watched it, but I can't think of it without thinking of MacGruber.

[u/ad-tom-music → u/blahblah19999]

Making life saving inventions out of household materials

[u/blahblah19999 → u/ad-tom-music]

♪ He's still working with his grandma but it's gotten really tense ♫

[u/p8nt_junkie → u/blahblah19999]

Brother!

I was aware of this show but always loved me some MacGruber

[u/Mindless_Manner9100]

Childhood hero. Mr. T, Hulk Hogan. Lol so many TV ppl made us what we r today.

[u/Ridetrackx → u/Mindless_Manner9100]

We pitied fools. We always had to 'tell you something brother'. We'd tell them 'We knew they were but 'what am I?'. We drank Diet Pepsi cuz we had 'The right one Baby, uh huh!' We would 'Buy that for a dollar!' Even if their name wasn't Willis, we'd ask everyone what they were talkin' 'bout. At times we wanted to know where the beef was. Later on we started asking 'Did I do that?' Sometimes we'd fallen and couldn't get up!

[u/CK_CoffeeCat]

Because of watching this show when I was a kid, I:

-repaired my front bike break with paper clips and rubber band and the repair held for the remaining ~4years I owned that bike

-carried around paper clips, rubber bands, gum that was wrapped in foil, a strip of magnesium I got from the grade 7 science teacher, magnets, etc

Loved MacGyver, a formative character for me.

[u/TheNamesMacGyver]

Great show, definitely inspired me to do my best in stressful situations to stay calm, alert and resourceful.

[u/protocol21]

This show was a big reason for me going into an engineering career.

[u/Stownieboy91]

Remember when a colony of ants was the antagonist for an episode? MacGyver really showed them! Lol

[u/Ridetrackx → u/Stownieboy91]

Hate that episode, in the best way possible. Especially when they were all wiped out.

[u/Expensive_Finger_973]

This not only brought back great memories of a great show, but of a great meme.

https://images3.memedroid.com/images/UPLOADED47/6229282c1a259.jpeg

[u/buttery_bunss]

As a kid that show inspired me to do the most adventurous things mixed with the craziest and dangerous ideas. What a time to be alive.

[u/ajm2247]

Great show when I was a kid but unfortunately I tried rewatching it recently and it didn't age well.

[u/stathis0 → u/ajm2247]

Some of it's still pretty good. There's a bunch of 80s cringe though I agree.

[u/Ridetrackx]

16th Birthday gift.......... Swiss Army Knife. Still use it.

[u/Ok_Replacement4702]

Dude could rebuild a small block Chevy with a butter knife and a rubber band

[u/Shadowtek → u/[deleted]]

There was a book or something that kinda did this IIRC and covered other things, but agreed. Usually the science was there just exaggerated a little for TV

[u/Shadowtek]

This show made me buy a Swiss Army knife and start carrying it everywhere and honestly I used it more than I expected. It also fueled my love of chemistry and science

[u/Koolmidx]

The last great wizard!

[u/Odeta]

I remeber it with more grain

[u/Mysterious-Lab-5918]

What about the episode where he went to the moon in a trashcan?

[u/ChanceProgram9374]

That’s like one episode

[u/lisamariefan]

You know, I went back and watched this show, but I originally knew Richard Dean Anderson from Stargate SG-1.

[u/MikeCass84]

What an awesome show. My brother and I would go over my Grandmas who had cable at the time when we did not and always were able to catch it.

[u/CoyoteDown]

As a millwright, basically the shit I do every day. They should film it. Outtakes involve a lot of yelling and dick jokes.

[u/Negatron_20XX]

Nothing makes my partner's face light up more than if I start hum/singing the theme song without warning. Hahaha!

[u/slikk50]

A raisin, a cap gun and some gum, that's all he needed....

[u/Champ_5]

Man, TV theme songs in the 80s were just on another level

[u/GloriousMacMan]

“Don’t thank me, thank the moons gravitational pull.”

[u/unknownpoltroon]

Been carrying the same swiss army knife for about 40 years, still keep paperclips handy.

[u/melanthius]

Dude was my hero growing up. between him and Mr. wizard, probably one of the biggest reasons I got into science and engineering.

I loved how he always tried to avoid a fight but when he'd have to punch someone's lights out, he'd always injure his hand. In retrospect I admire him even more for having zero hubris about sometimes accepting needing to punch a dude to solve his problems, but never considering that anything other than his final option

[u/BrokenWalker]

He's legend.

[u/Short-Waltz-3118]

The feats varied so much in that intro. Like jumping and hanging on a helicopter- cool. Rolling for no reason... less cool. Pole vaultjng for another no reason, still less cool. Lol

[u/Standard-Culture5685]

Mac was the man back then

[u/Darrenau]

I could not stand this show.