MacGyver DVD

Frankly, I thought this day would never come: MacGyver on DVD!!! I once tried getting the series on VCD’s via eBay, but I lost out on the bid. My patience has paid off—I will soon have the entire 7-season collection in pristine-DVD quality!

It’s funny, but most people growing up today would associate Richard Dean Anderson with Colonel Jack O’Neill, the gun-toting military man from Stargate SG-1. That character is a far cry from MacGyver, a thinking man’s hero who outwitted his opponents with his mind instead of guns or burly biceps.

Some of my favorite episodes include:

• Gauntlet: Has the greatest opening gambit of all-time!
• Thief of Budapest: Thought this one had The Map opening gambit, but that was Gauntlet. A good episode on its own, though.
• Deathlock: A deadly house and MacGyver’s trapped. Can he escape?
• Trumbo’s World: Ants, ants, and more ants!
• Eagles: The climbing was great (albeit a little unrealistic).
• Phoenix Under Siege: Stanley Cup Playoffs and MacGyver and Harry are stuck in the Phoenix Foundation.
• Partners: Murdoc’s first appearance.
• Ghost Ship: Bigfoot sighting!
• The Widowmaker: Murdoc strikes again!
• Hell Week: Is this what college was supposed to be like?
• The Endangered: Lost opportunities and Forest Rangers!
• Blood Brothers: With an early appearance of 90210’s Jason Priestly.
• The Invisible Killer: Still suspensful after all these years.
• Logjam: More lost opportunities make up an excellent subplot to this exciting adventure.
• Passages: Definitely a philosophical episode.
• Strictly Business: Murdoc’s back!
• Good Knight, MacGyver: No wonder he never goes by his first name!
• The Stringer: Season finale, the end of MacGyver’s TV run.

Finally, some links to other MacGyver resources on the web:

Links to various MacGyver information, I’ve collected over the years:

• MacGyver News
• MacGyver Online
• Episode Guide
• MacGyver’s answering machine message
• MacGyver’s theme
• MacGyver quote, “You can do anything you want as long as you put your mind to it.”
• 2IAB345: MacGyver’s license plate number, for his yellow and brown, 5th season truck