{"id":5230,"date":"2010-01-07T22:09:58","date_gmt":"2010-01-08T03:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/?p=5230"},"modified":"2016-10-05T15:26:25","modified_gmt":"2016-10-05T19:26:25","slug":"macgiver-tv-for-improvisers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2010\/01\/07\/macgiver-tv-for-improvisers\/","title":{"rendered":"tv for improvisers: macgyver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/what-would-m-do.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5243\" title=\"what-would-m-do\" alt=\"what-would-m-do\" src=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/what-would-m-do.jpg\" width=\"394\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/what-would-m-do.jpg 394w, https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/what-would-m-do-95x100.jpg 95w, https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/what-would-m-do-286x300.jpg 286w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 394px) 100vw, 394px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>MacGyver is a\u00a01980&#8217;s TV series\u00a0about a cute, soft-spoken secret agent who doesn&#8217;t carry a gun or hi-tech tools; he uses ingenuity and science and whatever is at hand to invent solutions. Over the course of seven seasons, MacGyver\u00a0fixed a truck with a pen spring, fashioned a harpoon out of a rod and electrical cord,\u00a0used milk chocolate bars to stop a sulfuric acid leak, and faked musical notes with wine-filled goblets to open a lock&#8230;to name of few of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.macgyveronline.com\/pages\/macgyverisms.html\">hundreds of off-the-cuff macgyverisms<\/a>. As MacGyver said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;A paper clip can be a wondrous thing. More times than I can remember, one of these has gotten me out of a tight spot.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I watched this 7-minutes clip showing the ingenious ways MacGyver used a map to get him out of scrapes, and was smitten.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><object width=\"480\" height=\"385\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/mOY4BnsddKE&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"480\" height=\"385\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/mOY4BnsddKE&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>The re-runs (available<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbs.com\/classics\/macgyver\/\"> here<\/a>) make for hours of fun, slightly hokey, and curiously inspiring entertainment, with lots of very-80&#8217;s details (did women <em>really <\/em>wear shoulder pads that big?) Streaming MacGyver reruns is perfect for when you&#8217;re feeling like a lazy dog or home sick&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The show was so popular that MacGyver&#8217;s name has become a verb (&#8220;to macgyver&#8221;) and a noun (&#8220;a macgyverism&#8221;). It also inspired numerous reports and compendium&#8217;s of macgyverisms, like&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;.a book called\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1594630240?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=theimprolife-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1594630240\">What Would MacGyver Do?: True Stories of Improvised Genius in Everyday Life<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=theimprolife-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1594630240\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> by Brendan Vaughan. Click\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=HArlSEu_CQwC&amp;dq=What+Would+MAcGyver+Do%3F&amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=qPW9BD5gtc&amp;sig=ljn1kaAbob1VwEyUD5DkED6R5x4&amp;hl=en&amp;ei=xGk3S7GkDc-QlAerzZWjBw&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=book_result&amp;ct=result&amp;resnum=10&amp;ved=0CC0Q6AEwCQ#v=onepage&amp;q=&amp;f=false\">here<\/a> to read the Introduction and a Chapter&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and LifeHacker&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lifehacker.com\/5342899\/top-10-tricks-macgyver-would-be-proud-of\">Top 10 Tricks MacGyver Would Be Proud Of<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and a wonderful 2003 edition of the public radio show <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thisamericanlife.org\/\">This American Life<\/a> featuring\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thisamericanlife.org\/Radio_Episode.aspx?sched=989\">four stories<\/a> in which real people invent amazing and unexpected solutions to their problems,\u00a0when, like MacGyver, they&#8217;ve hit a seemingly insurmountable obstacle&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and find their way through&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;(which we love)&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MacGyver is a\u00a01980&#8217;s TV series\u00a0about a cute, soft-spoken secret agent who doesn&#8217;t carry a gun or hi-tech tools; he uses ingenuity and science and whatever is at hand to invent solutions. 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