Action/Adventure

A man, a plan, a mullet ~ MacGyver

If I ever get into trouble, MacGyver is the guy I want on my side ~ no question about it. (Although, NOTCOT readers seem pretty skilled at escaping from a room using only cups, candles and a keychain.)

Here’s just a partial list of some of the useful things MacGyver can do to get me out of danger:

~ Diffuse a nuclear warhead with a paper clip (Season 1, Episode 1)
~ Distract bad guys by making a smoke bomb out of soot, a helium tank, a latex glove, duct tape, and his pocket knife (Season 2, Episode 22)
~ Escape in a hot air balloon he constructs using homemade super-glue, clothes, a parachute, welding equipment, a refrigerator and metal box (Season 3, Episode 6)
~ Save me from hydrogen cyanide poisoning by concocting an antidote from a compound he finds at a print shop (Season 4, Episode 10)

Considering his awesome talent for beating bad guys, it’s surprising that this action hero was only turned into an action figure in one country. Alex Bickmore found this MacGyver action figure in Brazil, the only country to carry it. The motto, “a inteligencia vencendo desafios” roughly translates into “overcoming challenges with intelligence.”

I will study MacGyver’s techniques, so that I can handle myself in case of emergencies. I want to overcome challenges with intelligence, too! Wikia has a list of all the problems MacGyver has solved. Lee D. Zlotoff, creator of MacGyver, has a regular feature in MAKE magazine where he challenges readers to submit their MacGyver-esque solutions to problems he poses ~ from containing an outbreak on a passenger plane to staying alive in a bank vault. All good research material.

Have you had an MacGyver moments?