McGyver's Best Trivia
McGyver premiered in September from a distant already 1985. The series of the man who was able to fix a car with gum, a paper clip and a Swiss Army knife that he always carried with him, came to the small screen to become one of the best known series in history.
McGyver curiosities
Richard Dean Anderson lands lead role in series
Richard Dean Anderson landed the role of MacGyver almost unintentionally since he went to the audition with glasses and without many expectations. This, it was ideal for the casting director, who considered that this sample of the actor's unpretentiousness, he was ideal to play the main character of the series.
McGyver hates guns but…
One of the best known aspects of the character played by Richard Dean Anderson is his aversion to the use of weapons. According to the story line, This is due to an incident he suffered as a child and ended with a friend of his dead. But nevertheless, this feature was not in the beginning and was incorporated with some chapters of the series already underway. In the pilot episode, shoots an AK-47 and in the episode 10 from the first season, point a gun at some guys to hold them back.
The 'Macgyverisms’
In the episode 3 it's from the season 2 from MacGyver the term was used for the first time “MacGyverismo”. Term that referred to the protagonist's ability to do or invent anything to get out of a hurry or mortal danger with minimal material thanks to his great ingenuity. This remained in popular language among fans of the series..
The actor and his character were born on the same day one year apart
MacGyver was born on 23 of January of 1951. Richard Dean Anderson the actor who gave life a 23 of January of 1950.
Dana Elcar McGyver's boss almost by chance
Dana Elcar (1929-2006) gave life to Peter Thornton, McGyver's boss at the Phoenix Foundation. However, what few people know is that this was not going to be the case and that the well-known actor came out first in the pilot episode playing another role and that Dean Anderson himself recommended him for the role of head of the great inventor.
Richard Dean Anderson, the erotic myth of Marge Simpson's sisters
Patty y Selma, Marge Simpson's sisters and poor Homer's harpies had it clear. McGyver is his favorite series and Richard Dean Anderson his erotic myth.
McGyver and the Basques, surreal it's little
