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I really liked the fact that he was against guns, smoking, drugs, and drinking. All in all, MacGyver is a great show that provides plenty of action and entertainment, actual useful knowledge, and a positive role model who portrays good morals. He also was one of the most caring heroes on TV who took time to help others just because they needed help. He really had genuine compassion and kindness towards others. It really showed a human side to him. He was definitely a cool hero and those are all the reasons why I still love watching MacGyver today.

MacGyver is an adventure television series about a laid-back, extremely resourceful secret agent, played by Richard Dean Anderson. The series was created by Lee David Zlotoff and executive produced by Henry Winkler and John Rich. It ran for seven seasons from September 29, 1985 to May 21, 1992 on the ABC network and filmed primarily in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Of the 139 one-hour episodes, three had two parts. Additionally, two made-for-TV movies were produced in 1994.

MacGyver's main asset is his practical application of scientific knowledge and inventive use of common items—along with his ever-present Swiss Army knife and duct tape and the usual coincidence of being locked up in a room full of useful materials. The clever solutions MacGyver implemented to seemingly intractable problems—often in life-or-death situations requiring him to improvise complex devices in a matter of minutes—were a major attraction of the show, which was praised for generating interest in engineering as well as providing entertaining storylines. All of MacGyver's exploits on the show were ostensibly vetted to be based on real scientific principles (even though, the creators acknowledged, in real life one would have to be extraordinarily lucky for most of MacGyver's ideas to succeed). In the few cases where MacGyver used household chemicals to create poisons, explosives or other things deemed too dangerous to be accurately described on television, details were intentionally altered or vague.

The use of ordinary household items to jury rig devices shows an influence from The A-Team (though MacGyver eschewed firearms). The idea has entered U.S. popular culture; such constructions are referred to as "MacGyverisms".

Characters

Richard Dean Anderson as MacGyver
MacGyver
Angus MacGyver (who insists on going exclusively by his last name) is a highly intelligent, optimistic action hero who prefers non-violent conflict resolution wherever possible. He refuses to carry or use a gun due to a childhood accident with a revolver that resulted in the death of a friend. The character is portrayed as an outspoken advocate of gun control. Even in cases where his improvised devices are used to attack hostile opponents, he is always doing so in self-defense and, if possible, subduing or disabling rather than killing. He is often suspicious of militaristic attitudes within the government; he sees his Phoenix Foundation employer as an alternative to the more conventional (and violent) means of law enforcement.

He was born and raised in Minnesota on either January 23, 1951 (per his passport in "Everytime She Smiles") or March 23, 1951 (by working back from dates given in the episodes "Thin Ice", Passages, Friends, Runners, and "Phoenix Under Siege"). His Minnesota heritage explains why he speaks with a Minnesota accent. (Richard Dean Anderson himself was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on 23 January 1950.) MacGyver lived his childhood in Mission City. Like Anderson, MacGyver was an avid hockey player as a child, and competed in his local hockey league, continuing to play the game as an adult. He graduated from Alexander Ramsey High School in Roseville, Minnesota. His character is a graduate of the fictitious Western Tech where he earned a degree in physics.

MacGyver's first name remained a mystery until the final season; whenever he's asked about it, he says he dislikes his first name and changes the subject. Consequently, most of his friends and colleagues call him by his last name or simply "Mac." The script for the series pilot gave MacGyver's first name as "Stace", but this information did not appear in the finished episode, although it was mentioned in promotional material for the series. His first name was finally officially revealed in "Good Knight, MacGyver", in which he learns of a 7th century Scottish ancestor, Angus M'Iver, and admits that they share their first name; and repeated in the series finale, which introduces MacGyver's son, whose middle name is Angus. It is also revealed on the boxes of the MacGyver seasons.

During seasons 4–7, the show revolved more around social issues such as guns and runaway teens than did the episodes in seasons 1–3, which were mostly about MacGyver's adventures working for the United States government, and then later the Phoenix Foundation.

Supporting characters
Notable recurring characters include:

Pete Thornton (Dana Elcar)
MacGyver's boss and best friend. Pete was an operative at the Department of External Services (DXS), also referred to mistakenly as DSX in several episodes, which is where he was impressed by Mac's ingenuity while tracking down Murdoc, an international assassin. When Pete took the position of Director of Operations at the Phoenix Foundation seven years later, he brought MacGyver into the program.
Pete has a son named Michael.
In the pilot episode, actor Dana Elcar played a completely different character named "Andy Colson". The Pete Thornton character didn't appear until episode 1.11, "Nightmares".
Elcar appeared in the dream sequence/time travel episode "Good Knight, MacGyver" as King Arthur; whether this is because Pete is one of Arthur's distant descendants or because Mac subconsciously based his hallucination of Arthur on him is uncertain.
In 1991, actor Dana Elcar began to develop glaucoma, a degenerative condition of the eyes that causes blindness. This condition was written into the show, and Elcar's character also developed the disease. A number of public service announcements were composed and shown at the end of many of the later episodes, encouraging viewers to get checked early and often for the condition.
Dana Elcar died on June 6, 2005 in Ventura, CA due to complications from pneumonia. He was 78.

Jack Dalton (Bruce McGill)
An aviator and old friend of MacGyver's with a weakness for get-rich-quick schemes that invariably got him (and usually Mac) into trouble. He always wore a peaked cap and twitched an eye when lying.
His phone number is given as JOATMON or 562-8666 (jack of all trades, master of none).

Murdoc (Michael Des Barres)
MacGyver's most commonly recurring opponent, a master assassin who never failed—except when MacGyver got involved. Murdoc is a master of disguise, as well as highly skilled and creative in the use of booby-traps. He is also very fond of heavy weapons, including flamethrowers, bazookas, and dynamite. Murdoc's professional signature for each hit is to take photographs of his victims at the moment of their deaths. His first appearance in the series was presented as his second run-in with MacGyver. Murdoc returned for revenge for their first encounter—to the surprise of MacGyver, as Murdoc had apparently been killed while escaping on that occasion. Murdoc's revenge scheme not only failed, but resulted in him being apparently killed again. This became a recurring theme: each of Murdoc's subsequent appearances ended in another "death", which we learn in a later episode that he had incredibly survived.
Murdoc always screams "MACGYVER!" at the moment of his "death", except in the episode "Halloween Knights", where he and MacGyver act as allies.
Murdoc is scared of snakes (as revealed in Halloween Knights).
Murdoc was associated with the Homicide International Trust (HIT), an organization of assassins, until being excommunicated for his failures at MacGyver's hands.

Penny Parker (Teri Hatcher)
Penny Parker and MacGyver met in line in an airport in Bulgaria ("Every Time She Smiles") when she tried to smuggle some jewels out of the country in his pocket. Of little talent but with big dreams, her pursuit of a show business career got her into trouble more than once; she was sometimes used by Murdoc as the unwitting pawn in his plans to eliminate MacGyver.

The Coltons (Della Reese, Cleavon Little, Richard Lawson, Cuba Gooding Jr.)
A family of bounty hunters (Mama Colton, Frank, Jesse & Billy), introduced one at a time—the only episode in which more than one appeared was their collective final appearance in the final season, on which occasion they took over the episode entirely, relegating MacGyver to a cameo appearance. This episode, called "The Coltons", was actually intended as a pilot for a spin-off which would star the Coltons, but nothing ever came of it.

Harry Jackson (John Anderson)
Harry Jackson, MacGyver's grandfather, became MacGyver's "father" after his grandmother and real father were killed in a car accident. Seven years later, he left MacGyver. After another eighteen years (stated by MacGyver as "it's been six..seven...eighteen years"), Harry and MacGyver met again in the season one episode, "Target MacGyver", in which MacGyver and his grandfather worked together to defeat an assassin named Axminster (played by D'Mitch Davis). Harry died of a heart attack in the fifth season episode "Passages".

Nikki Carpenter (Elyssa Davalos)
Nikki Carpenter joined the Phoenix Foundation in the third season. She often had differences of opinion with MacGyver, although the two eventually came to respect each other as professionals.

Mei Jan (Michele Chan)
Initially calling herself Sue Ling, the name of MacGyver's foster daughter, Mei Jan enlisted MacGyver's help in completing her mission for the Chinese student movement.

Wilt and Milt Bozer (Robin Mossley, Robert Donner)
Wilt Bozer was MacGyver's neighbor at the marina. (Note: Wilt Bozer also appeared in MacGyver's two Western dreams in "Serenity" and "MacGyver's Women", where he had a brother named Milt. Milt only appeared in the Western dream sequences and was not mentioned in the show's regular continuity.)

Sean Angus Malloy (Dalton James)
Sean, known as Sam was introduced in the series finale as MacGyver's son from a past love named Kate Malloy. Sean was given Angus as his middle name from his mother as a dedication to MacGyver.

Cynthia Wilson (Roxanne Reese)
Introduced with her husband Booker (Michael D. Roberts) in "The Challenge" (which also had Cuba Gooding, Jr. as a guest star), Cynthia ran the Challenger's Club, a program for troubled inner-city teens. In episodes where Mac tries to help runaways or other youths, he invariably sends them to the Challenger's Club as a safe haven.

Lisa Woodman (Mayim Bialik)
A young girl that MacGyver originally meets at a Swiss boarding school, where she accidentally loses his trusty Swiss Army knife. She later returns and Mac helps her overcome a substance abuse problem.

MacGyver's vehicles
Throughout the series, MacGyver drove a number of vehicles; most frequently a brown Jeep Wrangler (YJ). Among the other vehicles he drove in the series were a Jeep Grand Wagoneer, a Jeep Cherokee Chief, a 1942 Chevrolet pick-up truck, a number of Ford Taurus (including a Silver 1989, a Twilight-Blue 1989, and a Brown 1991) and a 1957 Chevrolet Nomad willed to him by his grandfather Harry in the episode "Harry's Will".


Influence on culture

MacGyverisms
The spontaneous inventions have come to be nicknamed MacGyverisms and even led to the verb, 'to MacGyver' or 'to MacGyver-ize'. This word was used in Richard Dean Anderson's project Stargate SG-1, in a postmodern moment in the first episode, when the character Samantha Carter (portrayed by Amanda Tapping) comments on the time and effort that had been required "to MacGyver" a replacement for the Stargate's long-lost control system In an outtake from another SG-1 episode, Tapping becomes 'upset' with Anderson over their characters' current predicament (being trapped under Antarctica), saying that she's stuck with MacGyver who should be able to get them out of there using string and bubble gum to create a nuclear reactor. Her remarks prompted laughter on the part of the crew, and apparent shock and disbelief on the part of Anderson. However, "MacGyverism" was used long before that, in a MacGyver episode. It was used by Joanne Remmings (played by Pamela Bowen) in the second-season episode #3 "Twice Stung", in which MacGyver must con a con man. (The episode title is a reference to The Sting, with Paul Newman, Robert Redford, and Dana Elcar.)

MacGyverism is a derivative of the "robinsonade" genre, named after Robinson Crusoe (1719). In this genre, the protagonist is suddenly isolated from the comforts of civilization and must improvise the means of his survival from the limited resources at hand. MacGyverism is also an example of bricolage, and MacGyver himself is the paradigm of a bricoleur ("a person who creates things from existing materials, is creative and resourceful").

In July 2005, the American International Press released a book of MacGyverisms from the television show, called 'The Unofficial MacGyver How-to Handbook' by Bret Terrill and Greg Dierkers.

In South Korea, a Swiss Army knife is commonly called "Maekgaibeo kal" and in Indonesia and Malaysia, they are commonly called "Pisau MacGyver/Pisau Lipat MacGyver." (Kal and Pisau mean knife in Korean and Malay, respectively.) In Malaysia, the term "MacGyver knife" (English) is also commonly used. In Norway and in certain areas of Finland, duct tape is commonly known, to some degree, as "MacGyver-tape", though it is more used in a joking manner.


In the media

In 2006, MacGyver appeared in a MasterCard television commercial for Super Bowl XL. The spot poked fun at the character's inherent ability of using everyday objects to perform extraordinary feats: In it, he manages to cut the ropes binding him to a chair using a pine tree air freshener, uses an ordinary tube sock as the pulley for a zipline, and somehow repairs and hotwires a nonfunctional truck using a paper clip, ballpoint pen, rubber band, tweezers, nasal spray and a turkey baster. In contrast to previous MasterCard commercials showing people making somewhat extravagant purchases to accomplish some mundane task, MacGyver is here portrayed as escaping from some sort of deathtrap using less than $20 worth of common household items. The commercial ends by showing him purposefully buying an assortment of such things at a department store with his credit card (as a tongue-in-cheek explanation for how Mac seems to always have items he needs on hand no matter where he goes). It should be noted that although the commercial clearly indicates Richard Dean Anderson is portraying the role of MacGyver, he is never explicitly identified as such, possibly due to licensing issues related to the character.

The series is referenced in many episodes of The Simpsons, primarily detailing Marge Simpson's sisters Patty and Selma's obsession with the show and their crush on the MacGyver character. The sisters' regular viewing of the show is an unalterable element of their daily schedule to the point of death as demonstrated in the episode "Black Widower". Anderson himself is an avid fan of The Simpsons, and even provided his voice for an episode of the show titled "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore", which first aired April 6, 2006.

In the season one episode titled "Brian: Portrait of a Dog" from Family Guy, Peter writes a letter to Richard Dean Anderson asking him to save his dog using the enclosed items from the envelope: a rubber band, a paper clip and a straw. Anderson puts these together and hits himself in the eye with the rubber band.

The New Zealand Sporting skit show 'Pulp Sport' has a running gag called 'Mc Kay-Ver' in which the MacGyver theme is played, and a prank involving sports presenter Hamish McKay is played out. This usually involves his office area, or something happening to his car.


Trivia
The first episode was directed by Alan Smithee, the pseudonym used when a director does not want to be credited.

Christopher Judge appeared as a high-school student in season five's "Live and Learn", and would go on to co-star with Richard Dean Anderson in Stargate SG-1 as the alien team-member Teal'c.

Throughout the series (and especially in earlier episodes) it was extremely dangerous to be an old friend of MacGyver, as many episodes had MacGyver getting involved in a plot because of the death of a close friend.

MacGyver's producers had a tendency to use the same actor in multiple roles through the series. Some examples:

Kai Wulff played "Stepan Frolov" in season one's "Every Time She Smiles", "Hans Visser" in season four's "Collision Course", "Ladysmith" in season five's "Black Rhino", and "Nicolas Von Leer" in season six's episode "Eye of Osiris".

Gregory Sierra appeared in the season one episode "The Gauntlet", playing "General Antonio Vasquez", the season two episode "Jack of Lies", playing "Colonel Antunnez", and the season five episode "The Treasure of Manco", playing "Captain Diaz".

Nana Visitor of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine fame appeared in the season one episode "Hellfire" as "Laura Farren", and in the season two episode "DOA: MacGyver" she appears again as "Carol Varnay".

David Ackroyd appears in the season one episode "Trumbo's World" as "Mr. Trumbo", and in the season three episode "The Negotiator" as "Mr. Knapp".

Elyssa Davalos played "Lisa Kohler/Kosov" in "Lost Love: Part 1 & 2" (Season 3), then just a few episodes later (in the same season) reappeared as Nikki Carpenter, a role which she reprised in several more episodes.

MacGyver's Swiss Army Knife went through a few changes over the early episodes. His first and most often used knife was a "Spartan" model from Victorinox. In "Thief of Budapest" he gives it away; in the next episode he is using a "Traveler" model from Wenger. He is soon back to his "Spartan." At one point he uses an Orange Peeler blade; probably from a Victorinox "Executive." He may have used an older model "Explorer" from Victorinox later in the series. He also used the Sportsman "Lost Love pt. 1 and 2", the Recruit "GX-1", and the Climber "Three for the Road." In "Tough Boys" he uses a Tinker (with the key ring removed) to unlock a large padlock. He also had a couple of non-production models that were obviously modified for the series. In "Serenity," he has a knife with wood handles on it, to flow with the time setting of the episode. In "Strictly Business" he used a knife with the Victorinox shield on the back handle of the knife instead of the front. He seems to have used all of the slimmer models available at that time. The Tinker was (and still is) available in a slightly smaller model, which he may have used. The Sportsman, Tourist, and Spartan are virtually indistinguishable with the blades closed, so he may have used any one of these three, or only one. The knife seen in the opening of each episode was a Wenger, as noted by its long keychain.

A cliffhanger ALF episode ends with a voiceover by ALF saying "Next week on ALF" followed by sequences of black and white stock footage of early 20th century automobiles crashing while performing various stunts. Suddenly the image freezes and ALF says "Whoops! Wrong tape! This is next week's MacGyver!" (this is obviously a spoof, since ALF was on rival network NBC, and they shared the same time slot).

In 2003, the WB had a pilot for a possible new "Young MacGyver" series starring Jared Padalecki, but opted to pick up a new Tarzan series instead.



M A C G Y V E R I S M S

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Episode Tricks
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001 PILOT
Disarmed missle with a paperclip
Matches & rope got rifle to shoot itself
Smashed pistol barrel to use as rocket thruster
Kicked grate to test for hidden laser
Lit cigarette with hidden laser
Smoked cigarette to find hidden laser
Used binocular eyepiece to catch laser beam
Aimed laser beam at source to "kill" it
Knotted fire hose to build up water pressure
Used said hose to lift steel beam
Tested heat on door with a stick (it caught fire)
Milk Chocolate candy stops sulphuric acid leak
Used shirt to filter gases
Sodium metal & cold capsule explosive
Flipped lights in morse code


002 CRUSHER/GOLDEN TRIANGLE
Picked up thieves in car with heavy duty magnet
Inflate raft to pop a flare
Bamboo thing with alcohol & fire ash
Winched a helicopter


003 PEGASUS/THIEF OF BUDAPEST
Stole horse, got it picked up with helicopter
Lightbulbs between boards simulate flat tire sound
Weed Killer Bomb
Magnifying Glass using hair & white wine
Mess up traffic signal with credit card


004 MAP/GAUNTLET
Used SAK to push key out of lock other side of door
Key fell on map previously slid under door
Slid map out with key on it
Used map as pea shooter distraction
Rolled map around bar to knock bad person
Slid down sand dune on map
Used map & duct tape to patch hole in hot air balloon
Camera timer & "silly putty" explosive
Noise: Duct tape, firecrackers, candle on church bell
Hooked cable wire on car axle to stop car
Used Kate Connally's compact as rear view mirror
Threw Kate Connally on someone for distraction
Made car go w/ belt thru steering wheel & stick shift


005 HEIST
Distraction: String & paper clip women's dress zipper
Buffed dice with powder soap on shoe shine machine
Hid buffed dice in drink after winning (GOT CAUGHT!)
Electric cord tied door handle shut
Pushed bar cart by igniting CO2 tanks
Magnet in Chris' shoe screws up roulette wheel
Marked card with Chris' ring
Picked lock with SAK (TWICE IN THIS EP!)
Wired fuse box lights to alarm clock with hands
Picked 2:10 as time because wires would touch
Coat hanger & Mirror on camera to fool security camera
After sneak in room, yank above device off w/string
Found laser beam with cigar ashes
Plastic tube used to "route" the laser
Limbo'd under above tube
Let bird out of cage to set off motion detector
Faked musical notes with wine-filled crystal goblets
Used piece of glass lamp for funnel
"Funneled" diamonds down the drainpipe
Fire ext. & car jack, I think USA left something out..
Put parachute on car
Drove car out of plane at 20,000 feet


006 WHITEWATER/TRUMBO'S WORLD
Used SAK to snitch towel off laundry line
Moved shower pipe on fire, "hot water"
Log lifted door out
Kerosene soaked rope lit so bad guys can't follow
Jumper Cable, generator, money makes arc welder
Rope over post, twist to lift canoe off person
Hose, metal pipe, gasoline = flame thrower
Nitrate, cellulose, acid = nitro manite
Melted garden hose spread on net = ant-repel suit
Blew up ants with aforementioned nitro manite


007 LAST STAND
Bike bars, rust, flare, used as torch
Cotton, Engine Starter Fluid, fertilizer = bomb
Wrap above in newspaper and duct tape
Light bulb melt ice down a tube
Above water went to door lock, froze, broke door
Hung on for dear life on an airplane rudder
Daveism-Knocked guy down with helicopter


008 HELLFIRE
Used gum wrapper to fix fuse
Tested nitroglycerin on barrel
Fix truck with pen spring
Drove truck with nitro downhill w/o brakes


009 PRODIGAL
Hot wire car with paper clip
Used SAK to pick trunk lock
Loosened lug nuts of bad guys car
Used string to turn on saw
Distraction: Drywall & wood chips thru a saw
Drained radiator on bad guys car
Soda, fizzies, dry ice simulated smoke
Posed as tow truck driver to take Paulie
Dropped car off truck in narrow alley to block chasers
Used string & rod to trip someone
Used SAK to pick ANOTHER lock
Rod & electrical cord used as harpoon
Telescope, camphor balls, cleaning fluid, cloth
to "fire" the harpoon
Went across harpooned cord with pulley and handles


010 KITCHEN MAGIC/TARGET MACGYVER
Pick Lock with SAK (HO HUM!!!!!!)
Stack pans on ice, heat w/Toaster Oven
Spread cooking oil on floor
Use hose as "trip wire"
Cover "bad guys" with outdoor chaise
Reeds under wood to "fake" breathing
Blowdart, using reeds & anesthetic-type plant
Decoy using a stuffed jacket
Pine cones & pine pitch as "land mines"
Used "loco weed" as anesthetic
Grain dust down a funnel, light it
Harry strung wire to use a "remote tripper"
Sawed post halfway
Harry used pine nuts as "blasting caps"


011 NIGHTMARES (even while drugged, Mac comes thru!)
LISAISM-Alarm from string, goblet, silverware
Gum wrapper fishing lure
Hid evidence in concrete base of lamp post
Water down belt into electrical outlet is "shocker"
Cot springs & cot used to "sling shot" the door open
TV tube, jumper cable, battery "shocked" bad guys
Fire hose out window faked out bad guys
Air out of tire with nail (That's not new....)
Water jugs hung on rope, let go, WHAM
Lit rope on fire to activate smoke alarm
Hit iron bar on fire hydrant to make magnet


012 FUNERAL IN BERLIN/DEATHLOCK
James Bond Trick! Casket becomes a jetski
Held armor out to test for booby traps
Metal bowl & electric juicer jam TV signals
Batteries, wires, mixer, rubber band, cart move armor
Vinegar & Baking Soda smoke screen
Spread out metal duct pipe for "warning alarm"
Rewired & disconnected "bad guys" TV signals
Used mirror as periscope
Got some "trigger" to squirt water at bad guy


013 FLAME'S END
Notice hole is blown IN, not out, with magnesium oxide
Cut wires to speed up time clock to open door
Use a pistol as a wrench


014 COUNTDOWN
Made a robot to open fridge and grab eggs
Turned cargo net into a rapel line
Dental probe coated with vasoline to go thru seal
HOW TO DEFUSE THIS VACUUM BOMB:
1. Score neon tube with sharpening stone
2. Break at score, quickly plug w/cork
3. Slide neon tube SLOWLY thru silicon seal
4. Pop cork against sharp object inside bomb
5. Release of neon sucks phosphorus inside tube
6. Pull tube out, you will hear a BANG
7. Milk & dash of liquid oven cleaner in pastry tube
8. Remove cylinder seals, sniff for chemical content
9. Put milky stuff in each cylinder
10. After liquid clears, drain cylinders
11. AW MAN!!! secondary part activates!!!!!!!
12. Tell Pete you'll play golf (you HATE golf!)
13. Tell Pete to do some cross matches
14. Pete comes back and tells you who is VIKING
15. "Innocently" ask the bad guy which fuse to pull
16. Purposely do the exact opposite!


015 ENEMY WITHIN
Fix brake line while car is in motion
Nylon = adiphic acid, hexmethylene diamene, & iron
Mirror, wires, spiral ash tray for hypnosis
Candle holder, electric cord, rubber = "Heart starter"


016 EVERY TIME SHE SMILES
Used coat rack to break wall
Hooked coat wire on conveyor to break wall wire
Rode on conveyor belt
Speeded up merry-go-round
Dropped rings in merry-go-round mesh gears
The rings screwed up the gears and threw off bad guys
Made gas from pest control, soap flakes, tile cleaner
Fused with lard, newspaper, oven cleaner
Placed above on cookie sheet with gas jet
Jumped on oil truck
Put hose on oil truck exhaust
Mixed above with water for explosion


017 TO BE A MAN
Rewired booby trap to prevent detonation
Used satellite parts & plastic shield as hang glider
Used Butane burner as torpedo
Fixed gasket on manual water pump
Hid under straw and knocked support down
Fire Extinguisher, water, & spike; broke off boulder


018 UGLY DUCKLING
Speaker & oscillator hurt bad guys ears
"Kateism"-made transistor radio into SAR-SAT
"Kateism"-jumper cables & battery burned off bars
Cooled Hot bars with hydrocarbon spray can
Cactus juice powered a transistor radio
Triangulation: 2 radios, car antena, watch, wire, sun
Headlight, mirror, binocular lens to fire gun
Got missle to counteract another missle


019 SLOW DEATH
No matter what, MacGyver will NOT miss a train!
Made doll from handkerchief and sock
Salt, Seltzer, green olives as distraction
Moonshine & matches to force bad guys off
Rewired starter on train to overload
Lie Detector from Blood Pressure pump & alarm clock


020 ESCAPE
Ball, kerosene, newspaper, cotton = hot air balloon
Spatula attached to ceiling fan simulates helicopters
PCP & "volitle liquid" on clothes for explosive
Wire, washtub, ice, PCP for timed explosive
Tape recorder against microphone simulated sirens
Emptied grenade powder on cement for explosive


021 A PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE
Potato on tailpipe caused car to backfire
Blanket, gas, rope, life jacket jammed boat gears
Hanging bucket with mop slid thru simulated "mopping"
Caulk & "hardening agent" got someone stuck on bucket


022 ASSASSIN
Put board across exit "wheel gougers" to drive over


023 HUMAN FACTOR
Got past security checkpoint hanging under car
Newspaper, magnify glass, watch crystal = telescope
Tightrope walked over laser trap floor
Plaster dust & coat simulated handprint for sensor
Mirror, mop, & pail redirected and shorted laser beam
Used pants to hang on pipe over boiling water
Magnets, matches, & paper shorted heat seeking robots
Cut cable to stop fan from sucking out air
Used wires to short fuses to start electrical overload
Used overloaded sparking cable to destroy computer
Opened mined door, hoping Pete had detonated mines


024 ERASER
Rode ON elevator, instead of IN it
Used wire to short a keypad combination lock
Rewired car phone to lock car doors on incoming call
Used metal tube, rag, & gas as tordedo
Mirror image of guy shot, fake blood included
Run foil between lips to simulate police siren


025 TWICE STUNG
Fire hose attached to elevator broke door
Flashlight battery & matches connect to floodlight
reversed wiring to short out lock


026 WISH CHILD
RC Toy used as distraction to "bad" teenager
Watch crystal, firecracker to burst crate
Rope & umbrella used as grappling hook
Gunpowder & bandana in keyhole, hit door, burst lock
Fire extinguisher smoke screen
Block door with fire extinguisher pin


027 FINAL APPROACH
Made parachute into tent
Forced snake away with "fire smoke"
Log bark used as water trough
"Watered" mountain lion away with above trough
Tube and earpiece from headset used as stethoscope
Sighting tool from branches & earrings
Got kids to make mud trough
Hollowed log as "spare tire" on airplane


028 EAGLES
Broke arrow to splint eagle's wing
Used Pen as bird feeder
ball bearing, propane stove & grinder blew up shed
Used Bicycle inner tube as sling shot
Hang glided eggs down from nest


029 JACK OF LIES
Unscrewed lightbulb with cardboard tube
"Sling shotted" an oxygen cylinder
Plugged fuel leak with stick
"Sneaked in" in a coffin
Poured wine on battery to charge it up
Hooked battery to rope and prop for snare


030 ROAD NOT TAKEN
Baseball string tied to door as "alert system"
Animal Fat & Kerosene in can as flare
Made vines into a sling shot
Rosary beads in sun made flame set sling shot off
Used wire from broom as a saw
Fertilizer and rag in can inside bamboo for rocket


031 SILENT WORLD
Plastic trash bag, branch, made delayed starter
Put snare outside front door


032 THREE FOR THE ROAD
Used paper clip for fuse (didn't work!)
Used convertible top cover to stop car
Used convertible top to stop car
Used Ball point pen case to fix fuel line
Muffler, seat stuffing, gas, knob used as cannon
Collected gas from tank with tail light cover
Horn, handle, horseshoe, battery, wire is doorbell
Made flowers from newspaper


033 PHOENIX UNDER SIEGE
Electro magnet from dry cell, copper wire, iron pipe
Create static electricity on wire, zap electric lock
"Harryism"-rubbed ropes against chair to free feet
"Harryism"-kicked phone buttons to say on 5th floor
Disarmed a bomb with hockey ticket


034 FAMILY MATTER
Sneaked directional watch under car
Put coat on Oar, tied it to boat
Float money in life jacket as "message"
Wire & rope made remote starter for engine
Explosive with gas can & oil soaked rag
Bamboo bazookas filled with methane mud


035 SOFT TOUCH
Wheel Chair Magnesium, rags, pipe shattered lock
Roped someone with speaker wire


036 BIRTH DAY
Made driving ramp with boards & barrels
Lifted Jeep with boat crane
Weight on fishing pole, knocked out someone
Water soaked sail bag, signal flags, helium filled


037 PIRATES
Shot polystyrene balls with vaccuum cleaner
Bilge pump water into boat bumper (didn't work!)
Compressed Gas under water burst boat hatch
Kept mine trip wire taught with string
Used nail to wedge button on land mine


038 OUT IN THE COLD
The Parachute thru the ski pole trick!
Squirted someone in face with packet of soy sauce
Used water as magnifying lens on broken microscope
Hid in dry clean bag on conveyer
Electrified fence by putting wire against it


039 DALTON, JACK OF SPIES
Released side car from bike to go thru narrow alley
Shoved motor bike at bad guys
Distraction: Cannon and powder
Hid inside crate
Braced dump truck to stop sledge mechanism
Used hooked bar to turn off sledge
Goofed, turned on the dumper instead
HUNG ON FOR DEAR LIFE while dump truck drove


040 PARTNERS
Shoestring, wrench, door handle attached to gas pedal
"Peteism" Pulled Mac off bed with displacement charge
Oil can, pantihose, battery, exhaust blew off door


041 BUSHMASTER
Used rock & string to make rifle shoot itself
Sent mouse thru drain to get freon
Used freon to shatter lock
Put egg whites on radiator to clog holes in radiator


042 FRIENDS
(just clips of old MacGyverisms)


043 DOA MACGYVER
Slap 2X4 against concrete, sounds like a gun
Muriadic Acid & Amonia make fog screen
Made name plate into bicycle chain guard
Kicked boat stand down to knock bad guy down
Figured out, from conversation, coat was a bomb
Stuffed said coat into jar, threw under bad guys' car


044 FOR LOVE OR MONEY
Made fake blood from red wine and ketchup
Carbon, oxygen, & glove smoke bomb in potatoe dish
Nitro tablet & alcohol explosive
Attached baling wire to ignition to "stun"
Scared everyone with grenade with explosive removed


045} LOST LOVE (Two Part ep)
046} Rode down log carrier
Entered building thru vent pipe
Duct tape over latch so vent won't close
Lowered himself with rope & carabriners
Found hidden laser with climber's chalk
Arnold Palmer's birthday unlocks combination lock
Breathed on window, wrote numbers on vapor
Hydraulic suctions, plastic tube, remote lift glass
Used clamps for pressure to "fake out" weight lock
Post-It note and rope for "distraction" to escape
Kisses Lisa, pulls out her hair pin to pick handcuffs
Used handcuffs to pick lock


047 BACK FROM THE DEAD
Used fire hose to slide across high wire
Used SAK to drop net on someone
Threw spear at dial, steam pressure hit bad guys


048 GHOST SHIP
Made oars from branch & tent bag
Extracted water from stone with metal tube
Fishing reel & line as trip wire, pole as slingshot
Put ?? in pipe, flush water??????


049 FIRE & ICE
Attached hose to rake head, used as climbing rope
Graphite from pencil to make fingerprints show up


050 GX-1
Pine needles between shirt layers for warmth
Made shoes from duct tape and plastic mat
Made hot air balloon from shed, tent, gas cylinders


051 JACK IN THE BOX
Made acetylene from carbide & water
Hooked bad guy up to cable, cable drug him to mud
Put dynamite in suitcase


052 WIDOWMAKER
Car antenae, jump cable, battery used as arc welder
Belt & rope used to climb pole
Cut phone wire to tap morse code
Used a bracelet for above morse code


053 HELL WEEK
"Rymanism"-Fix leak with gum
Acedic Acid & Amonia smoke screen for motion detector
Jam elevator with dustpan
Difuse bomb by "cooking" mercury with wires


054 BLOW OUT
Tear Gas: Hot water bottle, soda, vinegar, spices
Hung dripping yellow paint under car
Moved desk to displace weight for weight bomb
Fill bomb truck with cement


055 KILL ZONE
Used Transmitter from satellite as a radio
Tubing, freon, & gas to seal silicon leak
Hot wired an elevator to speed it up


056 EARLY RETIREMENT
Steam Pressure Hose Smoke Screen


057 THIN ICE
Replaced solenoid spring with flashlight spring


058 THE ODD TRIPLE
Fire hose on the bad guys trick!
used wine to wriggle out of having hands tied
Nitro cannisters on wine cask to break down wall
DALTONISM! Smoke flare in the suitcase


059 NEGOTIATOR
Fire extinguisher to get rid of chase car
Used jumper cables to zap Debra


060 SPOILERS
Smoke screen


061 MASK OF THE WOLF
Copper & zinc mixture to lift tomb door
Used a hemp fuse for above


062 ROCK THE CRADLE
Fixed plane landing gear while in mid air
Built a baby crib from Hockey sticks
Distract bad guys with a remote control plane
Used Fire Hose on bad guys


063 ENDANGERED
Matches & rum for diversion
Took distributor cap from bad guys car (OLD TRICK!)
Speared bandana across river to fool bad guys
Forked branch, pegs, fishing line sling shot a dart
Logs & limonite make pointing arrow
Covered ranger with branches
Rope, matches, and coat on vine simulated "approach"
Flashlight barrel & cord used to shoot dart


064 MURDER'S SKY
Hi-Fi speakers & cable simulate "sonar"
Knocked out lights with window cleaner
Hid behind paper "rock walls"


065 SECRET OF THE PARKER HOUSE
Pencil Erasers & Clay on skull remade Aunt Betty
Lit Candle detected draft to find secret door
Pipe on pressure steamer to torpedo the wall


066 BLOOD BROTHERS
Young Mac made a cart from a bicycle
Drain Cleaner & Phenolphthalen Solution=fake blood


067 OUTSIDERS
Used barrels to support "dirt tunnel"


068 ON A WING AND A PRAYER
Threw lantern on crates for diversion
Patched sea-plane gash with lifejacket material
Rope plane and rev up for take-off on short runway
MacGyver "flew economy" on a sea-plane!


069 COLLISION COURSE
Made new gasket from (?)
Silver nitrate tests for chlorine in water


070 SURVIVORS
Climber's pick and ropes to slide between rock walls
Stuffed a coat to look like a person


071 DEADLY DREAMS
Used motor oil to see thru frosted window
Soaked matches with water to keep from exploding
"Zetoism"-torn book cover plastic used as cup
"Zetoism"-Drain Cleaner & water simulate heart attack
"Zetoism"-Transport mixture via toilet paper roll
"Crossism"-Tape matches to door, light propane
"Crossism"-Phosphorus lanterns in plastic jugs


072 MA DALTON
Used lug wrench to disconnect himself from car


073 CLEO ROCKS
Tested sulfur on spoon over torch
String & SAK released a wire
Stunned Murdoc with electric cord


074 FRATERNITY OF THIEVES
Sodium Thiosulft. & Dis. Water antidote prussic Acid
Rewired Helipad signal lights


075 BATTLE OF TOMMY GIORDANO
Hot wired phone for listening to calls in next room
Sock over the tailpipe, so car couldn't start
Used telephone wire to bolt door shut
Alcohol-Ammonia-Acid used with toy for smoke screen


076 CHALLENGE
Used alcohol to test ink print


077 RUNNERS
Tied car to garbage dump with hose


078 GOLD RUSH
Used pin and map to amplify old dictaphone
Vodka, string, oxygen to blow out snow
Disarm weight mine with backpack pole
Rode plane cargo door like sled


079 INVISIBLE KILLER
Remote Sling Shot to throw leaves & dirt in guy's face
Shot vinegar & pepper through the telescope
Rope Snare Trap with pulley in fire lookout


080 BRAINWASHED
No MacGyverisms, just figured out the "programming"


081 EASY TARGET
Replaced grenade pin with lift ticket wire
Took explosisve from grenade, blew out door
Jammed door, had Pete hold a "trip" wire
Rewired walkie talkies for "short" distraction
Made an electro magnet "short" itself


082 RENEGADE
Hot wire elevator with SAK
Light bulb aim at motion detector to hide motion
Yanked "any old wire" to difuse bomb, GOT LUCKY
Roped prop on helicopter


083 UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Daltonism-Used Feet knock Deborah down w/rock
No "isms," except for clips from past shows


084} LEGEND OF THE HOLY ROSE (Two part ep)
085} Stowed away in a hot tub crate
Built a two seat airplane for rescue
Used his shoes to escape from pendulum torture
Used flag to climb castle to rescue Zoe
Used bellows as a pea shooter


086 BLACK CORSAGE
PHROGISM-pushed door open with nose
PHROGISM-dog rerouted Mac & Colton out of fish chopper
Cut ropes on fish teeth
Start Merry Go Round to distract bad guys
Used SAK to pick lock (HO HUM!!!!!)
Rigged cord to shut cover when jewelry picked up


087 CEASE FIRE
Wire, battery, jumper cable as "arc welder"
Lisa "doubletalks" bad guys
Rope self to cable car
Cut off bomb with SAK


088 SECOND CHANCE
Shot a syringe through rolled up paper
Exploded a gate lock


089 HALLOWEEN KNIGHTS
Pool Chalk, candle wax makes thumbprint impression
Apple & cabbage deflects rifle with motion detector
Garbage Can Lid deflects rifle with motion detector
Tent cloth prevents motion detector from working
Pouring kerosene on self repels snakes


090 CHILDREN OF LIGHT
Vise Grip forced heavy pipe to burst down door
Used metal pole to slide down cord used as rope


091 BLACK RHINO
(no MacGyverisms, just a bunch of fighting)


092 TEN PERCENT SOLUTION
Earring, tube, light bulb broke thru metal door


093 TWO TIMES TROUBLE
Climbed out of elevator, and up shaft
Camera lens = magnifying glass
Got fingerprint with tempura paint and tape
Figured out double life, dressed up as Carla
While underwater in tank, breathed on bubble pipe
Kicked light bulb, cut straightjacket on broken glass


094 MADONNA
Rolled stage on barbells


095 SERENITY
(no MacGyverisms, BOO HOO!)


096 LIVE & LEARN
Glycerol & water to recover a burned paper
Lifted cement slab off someone


097 LOG JAM
Squirt fire hose at a killer (didn't work too long!)


098 TREASURE OF MANCO
Used SAK to dig out grout seal on rock
Stood on stone to activate Inca mechanism


099 JENNY'S CHANCE
Wire & microchip makes high frequency noise
Everybody was somebody else!!!!!


100 DEEP COVER (2nd appearance of DEXTER!)
Flare, oxygen, wire, popped submarine cover
Pinned bad guys with raft
Hooked boat to dock
Cable "hooked" bad guy


101 LOST AMADEUS
LULUISM-took key while looking over someone's shoulder
LULUISM-"Therapied" guy to distraction, then hit
Hid inside grate
Hair pin opens lock
Lit kerosene lamp in trash, activates CO2 Extinguisher
Cut ropes against scroll saw blade


102 HEARTS OF STEEL
Swung on Cable to knock bad guy down
Heavy electro-magnet lifted car


103 RUSH TO JUDGEMENT
Used SAK to pick lock on soft drink dispenser (YAWN..)
Made soft drink dispenser shoot cans for distraction
Pushed cart to knock bag lady down
Spilled perfume to put dogs off scent trail
Dressed manequins in Macs clothes to fool dogs


104 PASSAGES
HARRYISM-Gum wrapper fishing lure
Fire hose threaded on boat axle winches door open
Used boat cable to jump from ship
Drew symbol in baby powder to tell Pete something


105 TOUGH BOYS
Picked lock w/SAK (how many times was THIS done?)
Cowboy roped a bomb w/electrical cord
Attempted to disarm bomb w/ string & copper tube
Didn't work, got lucky, bomb was phony
Paint can handle & lawn mower rope pull lift door bolt
Used oozie as wrench to turn on fire hose
Thread said hose thru ladder, squirt bad guys


106 HUMANITY Phone & Speaker to listen to "clicks" in comb. lock
Threw bomb in safe after opening it


107 GUN
Used (??) to pry box open
Explosive: Grenade detonator, copper wire, dry cell


108 TWENTY QUESTIONS
Last computer file accessed = next house robbery
Threw picture for distraction
Lamp, small figure, table, = LARGE shadow on curtain
Chained truck so it wouldn't go over edge


109 WALL
Signal Flare to detect laser beam
Used "slimy goo" to get ropes off hands
Used hand puppet as distraction
Toy Blimp as distraction
Dropped snare drum on bad guy


110 LESSON IN EVIL
ZETOISM-Use pin to pick lock (how original!)
Mac deciphered Zeto's code
Jumped on bell rope, caused bell to hit Zeto


111 HARRY'S WILL
SAK to pick lock (AGAIN???)
Used wire to pull air pump hose
Inflated doubled-over inner tube to raise car
DIVINE INTERVENTION gave clue to Harry's puzzle


112 MACGYVER'S WOMEN
Used belt hook to cut ropes
Roped building, horse pulled building down
Alcohol poured on seeds in stove mimics gunshots


113 BITTER HARVEST
Sunglasses, Nail Polish Remover, Lamp = spectroscope
Used homemade spectroscope to analyze stick for "fix"
Kicked off welded bar, cut ropes on welds
Breathed oxygen from hole left from kicking bar
Squirted wine from tank at bad guy


114 VISITOR
SAK to pick lock (ho hum!!!!!!!!!)
VORTEX caused distraction
VORTEX posts Mac's bail
VORTEX shorts out the flame thrower
Uranium, amonia, nepalm, wires = chemical plasma
Spear salted wires to power lines = chemical plasma


115 SQUEEZE PLAY (3rd appearance of DEXTER!)
Pull out brick to listen in room
Record tone dials to figure out phone number
Kent McCord bats ball to cause sign to fall


116 JERICO GAMES
Jerico pin picks lock (yawn........)
Mac escaped by hanging on under truck
Metal rod pushed window out of incinerator
Used same rod to push incinerator handle to OFF
Rod & string to open latch on incinerator door


117 WASTELAND
Propeller Parachute man to hospital (GOOD 'ISM!)


118 EYE OF OSIRIS
Sugar/Water to dry Sand impression for plaster mold


119 HIGH CONTROL
Found Biotoxin in Teddy Bear
Used broken glass to break ropes
Squirt ether thru pump hose to knock someone out
Mixed explosive, put on bike, hit car with it


120 THERE BUT FOR THE GRACE
Stapled coat to ground, person was in coat
Blown up rubber glove & light bulb thing


121 BLIND FAITH
Steam Pressure Hose Shot Gun
Used grinder to cut ropes
Jam Door with a Crowbar (TOO EASY!)
Used Display Shelf as Bullet Proof Barrier
Used Jumper Cables to make "stunner"


122 FAITH HOPE & CHARITY
Made a Crutch from Hat Rack
Ropes against saw to cut binds
Made wheelchair from Baby Carriage
Saw thru stair support to stop bad guys
Found a secret tunnel
Cayene Pepper on a mop in someone's face
Pull Stair Carpet runner to trip someone
Vaccuum Cleaner in the Chili, squirt at someone


123 STRICTLY BUSINESS
Used Rifle to prop Booby Trap wires


124 TRAIL OF TEARS
T-Bar inside tube for rocket to break door
Used feather as cotter pin to stop bomb


125 HIND-SIGHT
(Just clips of old MacGyverisms)


126 HONEST ABE
Use Flashlight Morse Code to access helicopter
{"Waxed" cloth thru candle for a fuse
{thread above fuse into keyhole
{Pour Brandy into bellows, flush thru keyhole
{Lit fuse by stiking metal hoop on concrete floor
Fired helicopter weapons by shaving & flashing mirrror


127 HOOD
Speared skeleton hand to pull lever
Candle Wax enhanced printing on burned matchbook
Hid in Laundry Cart, kicked someone
Knocked scaffolding down w/ fire hose & elevator


128 OBSESSED
Used shoes to pull cart with nitrogen toward him
Used Nitrogen to break rope
Stuffed cloth in the intake of rocket to mess it up
Squirted "409 Cleaner" on light bulb for diversion
Murdocism-Dart in payment briefcase


129 PROMETHEUS SYNDROME
Used bomb to break down door
Pulled bomb pin with officer badge
Used above pin to unhook motion sensor in bomb
Used walkie talkie magnet against bomb circuit


130 COLTONS
Got the dog to bring acid to him to cut rope


131 WALKING DEAD
Grab rope thru knothole in coffin
Knotted rope, swaying truck broke coffin
Throw Mama L.'s "magic dust"
Wire, brick, barrel as distraction
Escaped in cloud of magic powder


132} GOOD KNIGHT MACGYVER (Two part ep)
133} "Ducked" on horse to prevent joust jab
Cowboy-roped a knight
Sliced standing rope with SAK (so what?!?!?!?!?!?!)
Lit a match (This WAS the 16th Century!!!!!)
Pewter goblet, 4 eggs, & (?????) for poison antidote
Alcohol, candle, wire, metal, glass; isolated tinadium
Soda & vinegar in bag is fire extinguisher
Corkscrew on SAK pulled Mac out of pits
High pitch dog whistle from metal tube & paper?
Lighter & "black powder" make letters show up on rock
Polished barrette with amonia to make mirror
Wet cloth strips, quills, silk, knife makes kite
Vitriol & zinc make hydrogen gas in a boda bag
Used said gassed boda bag to fly kite
Said kite caught fire and blew off jail door


134 DEADLY SILENTS
Open SAK with one hand!
SAK thru wallet, poke curtain, slide down curtain
Used shoe as "grappling hook"
Pulled prop down on "bad guys"


135 SPLIT DECISION
Homemade boxing training devices
Sodium Thiosulfate & water is "chill bag"
Knocks window with crane truck


136 GUNZ 'N BOYS
Tore off Air Conditioner to get in warehouse
Lit whiskey covered kindling in wastebasket for flame
Used flame, Duct Pipe, cinch belt to torpedo beer keg
Picked lock with champaigne cork wire (original....)


137 OFF THE WALL
Heat Coil & Coat hanger to break plastic hand ties
Threw bomb down chute, hit car


138 STRINGER
Water Pressure Hose "Turbo" Lift
Smoke screen down a funnel


139 MOUNTAIN OF YOUTH
Test tube & scarf to split wire
Put stopper in door to jam it so it wouldn't lock


140 LOST TREASURE OF ATLANTIS
Replaced Medal used to hold bars with lens cap
OOPS, that didn't work!
Now, HOW did they get out of the rock pile???
How to get out of Jail with an electrically
charged floor:
1. Attach chain to wooden chair.
2. Place chair on electric floor.
3. Make sure you don't step on electric part!
4. Hop on chair, don't touch floor.
5. Lean back in chair.
6. Fill keyhole with butane gas from lighter.
7. Jump off chair.
8. Push light hanging from cord against door
to ignite the butane.
9. BAM, door is open.
Take apart gun, use pin to pick handcuff locks.
How to get a car with no engine to "go:"
1. Put booster rockets on side of car
2. Hook the car to a box of grenades.
3. BAM, building door is blown off, car goes.
Used the booby trap stalactites to cut rope
Candle in armor to burn rope for distraction
(Shades of "Deathlock" here????)
Used SAK to start the plane (OH PUH-LEEZ!!)
How to get out of a volcano:
1. Thread rope thru funnel
2. Throw funnel with rope to top
3. Hope it "catches," it does
4. Loop rope thru pulley
5. Put coat over steam pipe
6. The pressure of steam forces coat out
7. Rope moves, hang on, get out


141 TRAIL TO DOOMSDAY
Air nozzle w/powder to distract bad guy
Wet rag w/charcoal used as gas mask
Used eyeglasses as magnifier
Use belt as a pole grip to climb pole
Used vaccuum switch and hose to distract bad guy
Screw driver blocks door
Tone generator of oscilloscope rewired uranium separator
Used insulation to crawl on "hot" uranium pipes
Red & Black lead wires and tennis racket used as tricket wrench


142 MACGYVER RETURNS - A NARROW ESCAPE MasterCard Unveils Ad During the Super Bowl Featuring Actor Richard Dean Anderson. Latest Priceless Spot Features MacGyver, Highlights Debit MasterCard. Purchase, NY, January 30, 2006 - MasterCard International today unveiled plans to air its latest Priceless television execution during the broadcast of Super Bowl XL on February 5, on ABC Sports. The 30-second spot features actor Richard Dean Anderson, who starred as the lead character in the popular 1980s series MacGyver, and focuses on the benefits of Debit MasterCard®. It will air during the game's fourth quarter. Entitled MacGyver, the ad finds Anderson's character in typical fashion: held hostage in a remote warehouse with time running out on a self-destructing bomb. Cleverly, MacGyver uses the purchases he had made with his Debit MasterCard card everyday items at a convenience store to free himself and escape to safety. While I've had offers to bring the MacGyver character back to life, MasterCard had the sense of humor I felt was needed to bring the character back, said Anderson. The commercial really speaks to how oftentimes everyday items are truly 'priceless' and can serve as life savers. At the end of the spot, consumers are encouraged to visit www.priceless.com, a new website containing behind-the-scenes footage and interviews from the filming of the spot. "Consumers want to be able to purchase the everyday items they need in a way that is easy, quick and convenient," said Amy Fuller, group head, Americas marketing for MasterCard International. "Because the MacGyver character continues to have a presence in today's pop culture, we believe featuring him in a Super Bowl ad further articulates the ease and convenience of Debit MasterCard® in a manner that truly resonates with the millions of TV viewers who tune-in to the game each year." The spot, which will go into general brand rotation beginning March 6, consists of the following sequence of events:
As a bomb is ticking, MacGyver struggles to free himself from a chair to which he is bound utilizing Little Tree air freshener. Voice over: air freshener: $1.29 on Debit MasterCard
In the nick of time, MacGyver breaks free of the ropes and breaks through a window, only to realize he is dangerously high from jumping to safety. He notices a wire leading to the ground and quickly realizes he has a tube sock in his pocket, which he utilizes as a handle. Voice over: tube sock: $4
Sliding to safety, MacGyver runs to a broken down truck, which he jump starts employing a paper clip, ballpoint pen, rubber band, tweezers, nasal spray and turkey baster and then drives away, narrowly avoiding an explosion caused by the bomb. Voice over: little things that get you through the day: priceless.
The spot culminates with MasterCard's traditional voiceover, There are some things money can't buy...for everyday stuff there's Debit MasterCard, and completes with MacGyver in a convenience store purchasing an array of off-the-cuff items, awkwardly avoiding the questioning looks of the cashier.


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Melissa Kelley got in touch with a writer from the MacGyver show. Here is some background on how the MacGyverisms were developed, from writer Rick Drew.

Greetings, Melissa...

While writing the show, the MacGyverisms were usually developed out of the nature of the story. We seldom if ever came up with an idea for a MacGyverism then built story elements around it. More often than not, they evolved from the location of the story itself. Given that I (and others) were on location, we often developed ideas at the last minute due to location restrictions. For example, a writer in LA may have written an elaborate stunt to take place in a auto plant, but when it came down to shooting, the location might be changed to something like a saw mill or an abandoned fish cannery -- as a result, the elements necessary for the MacGyverism conceived in the original script would no longer be available, and we would have to brainstorm something based on what would logically be available on the new location. In short, to create MacGyverisms, we had to think like MacGyver.

One of my favourites was in "Murderer's Sky"; MacGyver was trapped in a subterranean hidden room in Chinatown. Knowing that Vancouver's Chinatown is (supposedly) honeycombed with tunnels and opium dens from the last century, I thought this would be an interesting place to trap he and the boy he was locked up with. The problem then became, how do I get him out? While watching our art department build a cave set for an up-coming episode, I came up with an idea: They would use industrial aluminum foil to create a rough surface, then spay it with liquid styrofoam, which was then painted. I then wrote in a stove an packing paper to be placed in the room, and had MacGyver and the boy disguise themselves as rocks! It proved to be a lot of fun...

Steve Downing had a phrase that always guided such notions "Simple but memorable". I'm sure you will agree, the best ones were based more on creative ingenuity, rather than a vast knowledge of scientific theory.

We had two researchers proved extremely helpful, John Koivula in LA, and Jim Green in Vancouver. When we were stuck, they would help us brainstorm, and would provide us with the scientific theory behind the ideas. Whenever we created anything "bomb-like" or otherwise destructive, we took pains to be certain we were not being instructional, by leaving out or changing a key element. We all were disturbed when every now and then, we'd read in the paper that some kid did some damage or blew something up based on what he'd seen on MacGyver. This was never the case.

As for the ideas for episodes in general, they came from as many different areas as there are episodes. Recalling a few of my own...

THIN ICE: Was my first original episode. It was inspired by the upcoming winter Olympics at the time, and the fact that Richard Dean Anderson was the honourary captain of the US Olympic hockey team. We felt we could take our "non-violent" theme and apply it to the blood sport of hockey.

BLOOD BROTHERS: This was an effort to examine why MacGyver never used a gun. Steve Downing (a former police officer) has very strong views about gun control, shared by all of us. Though the shooting of (the young) MacGyver's friend did not occur in R.D.A.'s life, the shooting of the bird did. He told me about an incident when he was a kid when he shot at a bird casually, and actually hit it. He was sickened by the fact he had taken a life so casually, and never shot at anything again. I borrowed this true incident as a set up for the accidental shooting. A point of trivia; the fellow playing the sheriff of MacGyver's home town was actually Rick's best friend when they were kids. There was a storm of controversy about the episode because ABC bowed to pressure from the NRA, and refused to air a message at the end of the show stating the facts about deaths related to handguns and children. Also, it marked the US network debut of Jason Priestly, who was still a local Vancouver actor at the time. In a way, it was his first big break into prime time TV.

CLEO ROCKS: Murdoc as the Phantom of the Opera. I had just come back from having seen Phantom in London, and I couldn't resist. John Sheppard and I had fun with that one. As always, Michael had fun chewing the scenery as Murdoc. It was also a chance to show off Teri Hatcher (now Lois Lane on "Lois and Clark"). The song she did was written by Michael. It was fun to feel like a Broadway producer for a little while.

JENNIE'S CHANCE: Also written with John. It was inspired by a true incident in England where ultra sonic signals were being broadcast from a riding crop to throw off other horses in a race. I had worked on a couple of movies with Linda Blair, so it seemed like a nice idea to create a vehicle for her. "Stings" such as these are hellish to write.

THE WALL: I remember when the wall came down in Berlin, I thought "Freedom rushed in, but what got out?" The rest of it was based on research from the New York Times magazine about Stazi agents left out in the cold. G. Gordon Liddy, who had been on the show as an actor proved to be a helpful and inspirational resource for information and wild ideas.

EASY TARGET: Was based on an article Liddy wrote for OMNI magazine suggesting that terrorists could cripple an area by generating an electromagnetic pulse that would ordinarily accompany a nuclear explosion. The episode came out pretty lame for a number of reasons. It was written to be shot at a local power plant, but they backed out at the last minute for technical reasons. The rest of it just came off like a lame 50's sci-fi flick. Not one of my favorites, and easily my worst experience writing the show.

THE SECRET OF PARKER HOUSE: John and I rewrote it based on the original by one of our producers. [name deleted], who took a pen name due to the re-write. The explosion scene got out of hand, and several windows in the old house we were using were shattered as a result.

Another bit of trivia: "The Endangered" (one of the few spec scripts we ever bought), was written by Peter Felardi, who went on to write the successful "Flatliners".

Hope these ramblings are of interest to you. Keep up the good work.

Best regards....

RD

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RICHARD DEAN ANDERSON
TELEVISION AND MOVIE CREDITS


1976-1981
GENERAL HOSPITAL
ABC Television Daytime Serial
Role: Dr. Jeff Webber
Richard first gained national recognition in this long-running daytime serial. He joined the cast from 1976 to 1981 as young resident and neurosurgeon Dr. Jeff Webber. His story lines included discovering that his wife, Monica, had slept with his brother, Rick. Depressed, he shot himself in the head, but later survived brain surgery. He also fathered Heather's baby, which was sold to the Taylor family. When his wife, Heather, was institutionalized, he left Port Charles for Carson City, to start a new life with his son P.J.




1980
DINAH!
Syndicated Television Talk Show
Guest/ Episode: "Sex Symbols in Daytime TV"
Airdate: Summer, 1980
Guest
Richard joins other stars of daytime television for a guest appearance on Dinah Shore's talk show, where he and his friend Carl Dante perform the song "You're Just a Runaway" with their band, "Ricky Dean and Dante."




1981
THE FACTS OF LIFE
NBC Television Series
Guest Role/ Episode: "Brian and Sylvia"
Airdate: March 25, 1981
Role: Brian Parker
This episode was an unsold spinoff pilot for the series The Parkers. Richard plays Tootie's uncle, married to her Aunt Sylvia. The pilot explores their happy inter-racial marriage, and deals with Sylvia's opportunity to pursue a TV-news career in New York City, and Brian's wish to remain in Buffalo as a hockey coach.




1981
TODAY'S FBI
ABC Television Series
Guest Role/ Episode: "The Fugitive"
Airdate: November 29, 1981
Role: Andy McFey
Richard plays Andy McFey, a childhood friend of series regular Al Gordean, played by Richard Hill. Andy had been a dispatcher in a trucking company who helped to engineer an armored car robbery, had been caught, and sent to prison. In the episode, Andy and two other inmates escape and are hunted by the FBI. Al tries to convince his friend to surrender, but Andy, distraught over the direction his life has taken, would rather die than return to prison.




1982
THE LOVE BOAT
ABC Television Series
Guest Role/ Episode: "Cold Feet"
Airdate: March 20, 1982
Role: Carter Randall
Carter Randall, Julie's cousin, is sailing on the cruise with his fiancée Muffy, played by Linda Blair. In a serious case of "cold feet", Carter begs Julie to help him back out of the wedding by getting Muffy to fall in love with another man. However, the "other man" ends up being Carter, in a cowboy disguise.




1982
YOUNG DOCTORS IN LOVE
ABC Motion Pictures Production
Airdate: 1982
Guest Role: "Vanilla"
Produced and directed by Garry Marshall, and written by Michael Elias and Rich Eustis, this comedy is a frenzied sendup of the medical profession. Richard has a small uncredited cameo role as "Vanilla", a drug-dealing ice cream vendor.




1982-1983
SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS
CBS Television Series
Series Premiere Airdate: September 19, 1982
Role: Adam McFaddan
This musical series is based loosely on the 1954 MGM musical of the same name. Richard plays the eldest of seven orphaned brothers, who marries Hannah in the pilot episode, and brings her home to the family.




1982
$25,000 PYRAMID
CBS Television Game Show
Airdate: November 1st to 5th, 1982
Guest Contestant with Didi Conn

1983
$25,000 PYRAMID
CBS Television Game Show
Airdate: February 21st to 25th, 1983
Guest Contestant with Nancy Dussault




1983-1984
EMERALD POINT N.A.S.
CBS Television Series
Series Premiere Airdate: September 26, 1983
Role: Lt. Simon Adams
This prime time serial, in the tradition of Dynasty, centers around the interlocking relationships of two families at the Emerald Point Naval Air Station. Richard plays Lieutenant Simon Adams, a hot-shot Naval pilot.




1984
BATTLE OF THE NETWORK STARS
ABC Television Special
Guest/ Episode ..16
Airdate: May 3, 1984
Guest Contestant
Representing Emerald Point N.A.S, Richard joins the CBS team in the 16th Battle of the Network Stars special. He participates in the swimming relay, touch football, baseball dunk, obstacle course, tandem bike relay, and tug of war, helping to lead CBS to a victory over the other two networks.




1984/5
ODD JOBS
Silver Screen Partners Production
Airdate: 1985
Guest Role: Spud
In this comedy, produced by Keith Fox Rubinstein, written by Robert Conte and Peter Martin Wortmann, and directed by Mark Story, five college buddies on summer break team up to form a moving company despite local loan sharks and mobsters. Richard has a small guest role as "Spud", the conceited and self-absorbed boyfriend that Julianne Phillips uses to spark jealousy in her former boyfriend, played by Paul Reiser.




1985/6
ORDINARY HEROES
Feature Movie Released to ABC Television
Airdate: October 19, 1986
Role: Tony Kaiser
In this updated remake of the 1945 movie Pride of the Marines, Tony Kaiser is drafted to serve in Vietnam, but three days before he is due to return home, he is blinded, and must face his loss of sight, and the girlfriend he left behind.




1985-1992
MACGYVER
ABC Television Series
Series Premiere Airdate: September 29, 1985
Role: Angus MacGyver
Described as a cross between Indiana Jones and Mr. Wizard, MacGyver spent seven seasons on television using his scientific knowledge and the objects around him to solve almost any problem.




1980s
ABC WEEKEND SPECIALS WITH O.G. READMORE
ABC Children's Television Series
Airdate: 1980s
Repeated appearances as guest host
This Saturday morning children's program used Captain O.G. Readmore, a puppet cat character, to encourage children to read by introducing cartoon and live action stories based on classic children's literature. Richard made several appearances as a guest host who helped O.G. introduce the stories.




1992
IN THE EYES OF A STRANGER
CBS Television Movie
Airdate: April 7, 1992
Role: Jack Rourke
Justine Bateman plays the witness to a crime, and Richard is the cynical cop assigned to protect her. Their relationship leads to a passionate affair, and to numerous plot twists involving deception, betrayal, and two million dollars.




1992
THROUGH THE EYES OF A KILLER
CBS Television Movie
Airdate: December 15, 1992
Role: Ray Bellano
Richard plays a building contractor hired to renovate an apartment for Laurie, played by Marg Helgenberger. What follows is a passionate sexual affair, and a suspenseful blend of jealousy, stalking, mystery, and murder.




1993/4
MACGYVER: LOST TREASURE OF ATLANTIS
ABC Television Movie
Airdate: May 14, 1994
Role: Angus MacGyver
MacGyver returns for a new adventure in England, joining an eccentric archaeologist and a young female scholar in a quest through Europe for the treasure of the legendary Atlantis.




1993/4
MACGYVER: TRAIL TO DOOMSDAY
ABC Television Movie
Airdate: November 24, 1994
Role: Angus MacGyver
In MacGyver's last adventure, he investigates the death of his friend, which leads him to a mysterious plot involving international terrorists and a secret nuclear weapons facility.





1994
BEYOND BETRAYAL
CBS Television Movie
Airdate: October 11, 1994
Role: Bradley Matthews
Richard stars as a sociopathic cop searching for the estranged wife he has abused, played by Susan Dey. Although she has gone into hiding, she is unable to escape the threat he poses, both to her, and to the new man in her life.




1994
WORLD OF AUDUBON/ Tenth Anniversay Special
TBS Television Special
Airdate: November 20, 1994
Guest Host
Lauren Hutton and Richard Dean Anderson co-host a special retrospective that examines some of the most significant Audubon specials in the past ten years. Richard participates in a program for releasing wolves back into the wild, and a plan for cleaning up Long Island Sound.




1994
SPEED: HOLLYWOOD'S LOVE AFFAIR WITH RACING
ESPN Television Special
Airdate: 1994
Guest Host
Richard hosts a special look back at the important role auto racing has had in Hollywood movies, as actors and professional race car drivers share their stories, experiences, and film clips.




1995
LEGEND
UPN Television Series
Series Premiere Airdate: April 18, 1995
Role: Ernest Pratt/Nicodemus Legend
Set in the West of the 1870's, Richard plays Ernest Pratt, a dime novel writer, who reluctantly assumes the role of Nicodemus Legend, the heroic fictional character he created.




1995
PAST THE BLEACHERS
ABC Television Movie
Airdate: June 22, 1995
Role: Bill Parish
Richard plays a man haunted by the death of his son. When he agrees to coach a youth baseball team with the help of a lonely widower, he is drawn to the team's star player, a boy who is mute, and mysterious, yet reminds him of his son. As he searches for the boy's true identity, he slowly comes out of his grief and comes to terms with his son's death.




1996/7
FIREHOUSE
CBS Television Series
Unaired Pilot
Role: Lieutenant Michael Brooks
Richard leads a team of New York City firefighters as they deal with the addition of a female paramedic to the team, as well as a sniper who targets firefighters. The series was not picked up by the network, and the pilot as yet remains unaired in the US.




1996
PANDORA'S CLOCK
NBC Television Miniseries
Airdate: November 10-11, 1996
Role: Captain James Holland
In this four-hour miniseries, Richard is cast as the heroic pilot of a doomed airliner who must weave through a maze of biological warfare and international intrigue when his plane is suspected of carrying a virus so deadly that no airport will allow it to land.





1996/7
FALLOUT
Interplay Computer Role Playing Game
Release date: Autumn, 1997
Role: Mayor Killian Darkwater
In the fall of 1996 Richard joined celebrities including David Warner, Ron Perlman, Richard Moll, and Tony Shalub, to lend his voice to a "post nuclear role playing game." Set in the aftermath of a world-wide nuclear war, the game challenges you to take on the role of an underground Vault-dweller and to survive in an unknown and dangerous world. Richard takes the role of Killian, a character who "could be an ally. He could be an enemy. He could be mocking you." Fallout deals with adults themes, and is intended for mature audiences.





1996/7
NEWTON'S APPLE
PBS Television Series
Guest/ Episode ..1508
Airdate: November 23, 1997
Guest Host
In a segment taped in December of 1996, Richard shares the physics of hockey with viewers of this PBS science program for young people. Through a series of on-ice demonstrations, Richard shows how direction, mass and acceleration affect the force one hockey player has on another.





2000
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EXPLORER
CNBC Television Series
Guest/Episode: "Battle For Paradise"
Airdate: October 15, 2000
Guest Participant
National Geographic Explorer sets out to explore the magic of Headwall Canyon, a remarkable wilderness 60 miles outside Vancouver. Richard joins Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Kathy Francis, chief of the Klahoose First Nation, and host Boyd Matson for an exploration of North America's last true wilderness. Said Richard of the experience, "It was more than coming home. I never should have left in the first place. This is where I belong."





1997- THE PRESENT
STARGATE SG-1
Showtime Television Series
Series Premiere Airdate: July 27, 1997
Role: Colonel Jack O'Neill
Based on the 1994 MGM movie StarGate, this science fiction adventure series stars Richard Dean Anderson as Colonel Jack O'Neill, a soldier who must lead a team of highly trained experts on a classified mission through an infinite corridor that slices across universes. The series debuted on the Showtime network and moved to the Sci Fi Channel for its sixth season, with syndication worldwide. It is currently in production in Vancouver, British Columbia. Season 9, Episode 194, Aired March 10, 2006.
Airings for June, 2006.
Stargate SG-1: [Season 1-7] Weekdays 6:00pm ET on SCIFI.
Stargate SG-1: [Season 1-7] Mondays 7:00-10:00pm ET on SCIFI.
Stargate SG-1: [Season 8] Syndicated Weekly.
Stargate SG-1: [Season 9] Fridays 8:00pm ET on SCIFI.
Stargate SG-1: [Canada 1-8] Weekdays at 1pm and 8pm on SPACE.
Stargate SG-1: [Canada 9] Thursdays at 10pm on SPACE.

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Stargate SG-1 cancelled, Atlantis renewed

Monday - August 21, 2006 | by Darren Sumner

The future of Stargate is in question today, as SCI FI Channel has cancelled the long-running Stargate SG-1, Multichannel News reported today and a GateWorld source has confirmed. The news regrettably follows the airing of the show's milestone two-hundredth episode on Friday.

Stargate Atlantis, meanwhile, has been renewed for a fourth season, with the network hoping to see that the spin-off series can stand alone, according to a source.

SG-1 has struggled in the ratings all summer, with the record-breaking tenth season premiering with a 1.4 household rating -- down more than 20 percent from last season's average. After a brief climb to a 1.6 in its second week, the show fell to a 1.3 in week four.

Viewers and production personnel alike have blamed a number of factors for the show's dramatically lower ratings, from SCI FI and Sony's lack of promotion to the removal of anchor show Battlestar Galactica from the Friday night line-up, to new competition from such shows as USA's hit Monk.

Though also down significantly in the ratings this summer, Atlantis has consistently scored better than SG-1.

"Studio executives are working to identify an alternative outlet for Stargate SG-1," Multichannel News said, citing sources close to the production.

Stargate SG-1 premiered on Showtime in the United States in July, 1997, where it aired for five years before the pay cable network cancelled it. In 2002 MGM brokered a deal to continue production and move the show to SCI FI Channel, where it became the cable channel's biggest hit and aired ten times per week in reruns.

In addition to holding the record for the longest-running science fiction series ever produced in North America, the series is largely responsible for making SCI FI a Top 10 cable network. Though the writers intended to end the show several times, its larger, newfound audience on basic cable rejuvenated the series, extending its life far beyond the average science fiction series.

Series lead Richard Dean Anderson left the show in 2004, to be replaced by Ben Browder and Beau Bridges when the show relaunched in a new creative direction in Season Nine. Ratings remained strong, though no longer at their historic peak. The show's producers had even intended to rebrand the show Stargate Command, but SCI FI ultimately opted to stick with the established SG-1 name.

Ironically, this is the first year since Season Four that plans were already in place, both creatively and in signed actor contracts, for another year. The show has lived on year-to-year since moving to SCI FI, with the writers forced to write a possible series finale every year -- only to find the show renewed once again.

Following the September 22 mid-season finale, SCI FI Channel intends to air the final 10 episodes of Stargate SG-1 beginning in March, 2007, a source confirmed to GateWorld.

What is to come? Both the producers and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer have expressed a desire to continue the hit franchise with not just Stargate Atlantis, but something new in the future -- be it an SG-1 feature film or TV mini-series, or a third television show. The benefits of a simultaneous dual production in Vancouver, with two projects sharing producers, writers, and crew members, are tremendous for the studio. And Stargate is owner MGM's flagship television property, having recently been compared to its venerable "James Bond" film franchise in importance.

MGM has a great deal invested in an expanding field of licensing, official conventions, syndication, and international TV distribution. Notable is the upcoming MMORPG video game Stargate Worlds, perhaps the franchise's largest licensed project to date, due out at the end of 2007.

Meanwhile, Stargate Atlantis will have the chance to step out of the shadow of its parent show and stand on its own two feet. Though the foundational chapter of the Stargate saga draws to a close, hope remains for the future.

An official announcement with additional details on the future of Stargate is expected this week. Check GateWorld for the very latest.

Stargate SG-1 airs Fridays at 9 p.m. Eastern and Pacific on the SCI FI Channel in the United States.

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Richard Dean Anderson's Current Work:

Stargate: Continuum is a planned direct-to-DVD movie which will be written by Brad Wright and directed by Martin Wood. Some scenes for this movie were already shot at the end of March 2007, but the original start date is set for May 22 at Vancouver's Bridge Studios. The movie will be released on DVD late in 2007, followed by possible broadcasts.

Stargate: Continuum
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article or section contains information about one or more scheduled or expected films. The content may change as the film's release approaches and more information becomes available.

Stargate: Continuum will be a time-travel adventure. It will be the second sequel to Stargate SG-1, after Stargate: The Ark of Truth.

The movie will include scenes filmed at the US Navy's Applied Physics Laboratory Ice Station in the Arctic, 200 nautical miles north of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. These scenes will feature Richard Dean Anderson, Amanda Tapping and Ben Browder. They were filmed between March 23 and March 29, 2007. The scenes will also feature the USS Alexandria (SSN-757).

Plot:

While SG-1 attends the execution of Ba'al, the last of the Goa'uld System Lords, Teal'c and Vala inexplicably disappear into thin air. Carter, Daniel and Mitchell race back to a world where history has been changed: the Stargate program has been erased from the timeline. As they try to convince the authorities what's happened, a fleet of Goa'uld motherships arrives in orbit, led by Ba'al, his queen, Qetesh (Vala), and his first prime, Teal'c. The remaining SG-1 members must find the Stargate and set things right before the world is enslaved by the Goa'uld.

Writer Brad Wright has stated that this movie will be a stand alone and it's hoped it will launch a continued series of movies based on the SG-1 TV series. Wright also stated fans can expect many guest stars including characters that have been killed off during the TV run.

IMDb profile:

Stargate: Continuum (2008) (DVD) (TV)

Director: Martin Wood

Writer: Brad Wright

Release Date: 2008 (USA)
Genre: Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
Plot Outline: Baal travels back in time and prevents the Stargate program from being started. SG1 must somehow restore history.

Production Notes/Status:
Status: Filming
Comments: Currently shooting in the Arctic
Status Updated: 24 March 2007
Note:Since this project is categorized as being in production, the data is subject to change; some data could be removed completely. For expanded development & in production information on over 5,200 film and TV projects from Pitch through Completed, including contact details, visit IMDbPro.

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(Credited cast)

Ben Browder ... Cameron Mitchell

Michael Shanks ... Daniel Jackson

Amanda Tapping ... Samantha Carter

Christopher Judge ... Teal'c

Beau Bridges ... Major General Hank Landry

Claudia Black ... Vala Mal Doran

Richard Dean Anderson ... Major General Jack O'Neill

Cliff Simon ... Ba'al

Produced by
Robert C. Cooper .... executive producer
Robert C. Cooper .... producer
John G. Lenic .... producer
Brad Wright .... executive producer
Brad Wright .... producer

Original Music by
Joel Goldsmith

Art Department
David Clarke .... assistant art director

Camera and Electrical Department
Justin Bergler .... second assistant camera: artic unit

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Country: Canada / USA
Language: English
Color: Color
Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1
Sound Mix: Dolby
Filming Locations: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Company: Stargate SG-1 Production (II) Inc.

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Trivia: Been in the works for five years
Movie Connections: Follows Stargate: The Ark of Truth (2008) (TV)

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Stargate: The Ark of Truth (2008) (TV)

Director: Robert C. Cooper

Writer: Robert C. Cooper

Genre: Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
Plot Outline: SG-1 search for an Ancient Artifact to finally defeat the Ori. But the Artifact is in the Ori Galaxy.
Plot Keywords: Time Travel / Evil God / Wormhole
Production Notes/Status:
Status: Pre-production
Comments: Filming starts April 15th
Status Updated: 5 March 2007
Note: Since this project is categorized as being in production, the data is subject to change; some data could be removed completely. For expanded development & in production information on over 5,200 film and TV projects from Pitch through Completed, including contact details, visit IMDbPro.

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(Credited cast)

Ben Browder ... Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell

Michael Shanks ... Dr. Daniel Jackson

Amanda Tapping ... Lt. Colonel Samantha Carter

Christopher Judge ... Teal'c

Claudia Black ... Vala Mal Doran

Beau Bridges ... Major General Hank Landry

Tim Guinee ... Tomin

Produced by
Robert C. Cooper .... executive producer
John G. Lenic .... producer
Brad Wright .... executive producer

Original Music by
Joel Goldsmith

Art Department
Chris Beach .... art director
David Clarke .... assistant art director

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Country: USA / Canada
Language: English
Color: Color
Filming Locations: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Company: Kawoosh! Productions VII

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Movie Connections: Follows Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods (1997) (TV)

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April 5, 2007