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Mac. Gyver - Wikipedia. Mac. Gyver is an American action- adventure television series created by Lee David Zlotoff. Henry Winkler and John Rich were the executive producers. The show ran for seven seasons on ABC in the United States and various other networks abroad from 1. The series was filmed in Los Angeles during seasons one, two, and seven, and in Vancouver during seasons three through six.

The show's final episode aired on April 2. ABC (the network aired a previously unseen episode for the first time on May 2. The series was a moderate ratings success and gained a loyal following.

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It was popular in the United States and around the world. Two television movies, Mac. Gyver: Lost Treasure of Atlantis and Mac. Gyver: Trail to Doomsday, aired on ABC in 1. A spin- off series, Young Mac. Gyver, was planned in 2. Merchandise for Mac.

Gyver includes games, toys, print media and an original audio series. A reboot series of the same name premiered on September 2. CBS,[3] which today owns the rights to the series through its acquisition of the original Paramount Television. The show follows secret agent. Angus Mac. Gyver, played by Richard Dean Anderson, who works as a troubleshooter for the fictional Phoenix Foundation in Los Angeles and as an agent for a fictional United States government agency, the Department of External Services (DXS). Educated as a scientist in Physics at Western Tech ("Hell Week"), Mac.

Gyver served in the U. S. Army Special Forces as a Bomb Team Technician/EOD during the Vietnam War ("Countdown"). Resourceful and possessing an encyclopedic knowledge of the physical sciences, he solves complex problems by making things out of ordinary objects, along with his ever- present Swiss Army knife, duct tape, and occasionally matches. He favors non- violent resolutions and prefers not to handle a gun due to a gun death of one of his friends in his teenage years. His main asset is his practical application of scientific knowledge and inventive use of common items‍—‌. The clever solutions Mac.

Gyver implemented to seemingly unsolvable 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[by whom?] for generating interest in the applied sciences, particularly engineering,[4][dubious– discuss] and for providing entertaining storylines. All of Mac. Gyver's exploits on the show were ostensibly vetted by consulting scientists for the show's writers to ensure a basis on scientific principles (even though, the creators acknowledged,[citation needed] in real life one would have to be extraordinarily lucky for most of Mac. Gyver's ideas to succeed).

In the few cases where Mac. Gyver used household chemicals to mix up poisons, explosives or other items deemed too dangerous to be accurately described to the public, details were altered or left vague or an essential component or step was omitted.[5]The show often dealt with social issues, though more so in seasons 4–7 than 1–3, which were mostly about Mac. Gyver's adventures working for the United States government and later for the Phoenix Foundation. Richard Dean Anderson as Angus Mac. Gyver, a secret agent who prefers not to carry or use a firearm, due to a childhood accident with a revolver that resulted in the death of a friend.[6] However, Mac. Gyver is willing to use an acquired gun, its parts, or its bullets in non- standard ways, such as a substitute for a wrench. There are three exceptions when he uses a gun for its original intended purpose: in the pilot episode, Mac.

Gyver is seen firing an AK- 4. TV movie Trail to Doomsday.

He is often suspicious of militaristic attitudes within the government; he sees the Los Angeles- based Phoenix Foundation, his employer, as an alternative to more conventional (and violent) means of law enforcement.[8]Dana Elcar as Pete Thornton, Mac. Gyver's boss and best friend. He was an operative at the Department of External Services (DXS), which is where he is impressed by Mac's ingenuity while tracking down Murdoc (Michael Des Barres), an international assassin and master of disguise.

When Thornton becomes director of operations at the Phoenix Foundation several years later, he brings Mac. Gyver into the program. In addition to sending Mac out on various tasks for the foundation, Thornton is many times forced to bail Mac. Gyver out of the trouble he gets into.

Thornton has a son named Michael. Late in the show it is learned that Pete has glaucoma, an element written in because of Elcar developing glaucoma in real life. Dana Elcar is first cast in the pilot episode as Andy Colson, the Chief of Operations at the KIVA Laboratories.[9]Bruce Mc. Gill as Jack Dalton, Mac. Gyver's comical best friend. He is a soldier of fortune/bush pilot who periodically gets everyone into a heap of trouble with various get rich quick schemes that only Mac.

Gyver can get them out of. His left eye twitches when he's lying. Dalton often attempts to romance the women he is introduced to. Production[edit]Development[edit]While creating the series Mac. Gyver, John Rich was working on the sitcom Mr.

Sunshine for ABC, which was short- lived and cancelled quickly. Henry Winkler had just finished off his eleven- year run on Happy Days and was looking for another project. Lee David Zlotoff was working as a producer for Remington Steele, which was airing on NBC. The three got together to form the basis for Mac. Gyver and sold the idea to Paramount, and ABC became interested in the series.[1. Filming[edit]The series was filmed in Southern California for its first two seasons and again in its final season. From seasons 3~6, it was filmed in various locations around Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada.[1.

Los Angeles remained as the setting of the show for the entire duration. The move to Vancouver was due to the threat of the series being cancelled due to the high production cost. In seasons 1 and 2, Mac. Gyver was portrayed living in a waterfront apartment in Venice Beach.

In season 3, he moved onto a houseboat at an unspecified location, though implied still to be in Los Angeles (the actual shooting took place at Coal Harbor near downtown Vancouver).[1. Casting[edit]When the series was in pre- production, Winkler and Rich were looking for a suitable actor for the lead.[1. After Richard Dean Anderson's appearance in the American television series The Love Boat, Winkler got Anderson to audition for the part.[1. According to Rich, every auditioning actor "hulked" his way through his audition. When Anderson eventually auditioned for the role, Winkler and Rich felt that he gave the character a human touch which the other actors could not. Both believed that Anderson would become one of the new "breakout" stars on American television.[1.

Anderson is known for having done many of the stunts in the series, though in later seasons he reduced his participation because of accumulating injuries. He injured his back and required foot surgery because of accidents working as a stuntman.[1. Writing[edit]Two episodes of Mac. Gyver's first season were co- written by Terry Nation, a British writer best known as the creator of the Daleks in Doctor Who.

Episodes[edit]Season. Episodes. Originally aired. First aired. Last aired. September 2. 9, 1. May 7, 1. 98. 6 (1. September 2. 2, 1.

May 4, 1. 98. 7 (1. September 2. 1, 1. May 9, 1. 98. 8 (1. October 3. 1, 1. 98. May 1. 5, 1. 98. 9 (1. September 1. 8, 1. April 3. 0, 1. 99.

September 1. 7, 1. May 6, 1. 99. 1 (1. September 1. 6, 1. May 2. 1, 1. 99. 2 (1. Lost Treasure of Atlantis. May 1. 4, 1. 99. 4Trail to Doomsday.

November 2. 4, 1. Several episodes, including the pilot, begin with a cold open, finding Mac. Gyver already on a mission. Mac. Gyver often narrates a story from his childhood relating to his current situation.

He resolves this situation quickly, and the main story commences after the opening credits. The credits refer to such an opening sequence as the "Opening Gambit"‍—‌it occurs far more commonly in earlier episodes than in later ones.