MacGyver: What You Didn’t Know About The Classic Show

Fans Were Paid to Come Up With “MacGyverisms”

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MacGyver was known for getting out of the stickiest situations—but even the best Hollywood writers began having trouble coming up with new MacGyverisms. So, the producers got creative and reached out to the show’s fans. Director John Rich even went as far to offer viewers a cash reward if they could successfully submit a scenario for the show that the cast and crew used.

The directors received a steady flow of letters from fans, but very few had plausible ideas. One idea that did make the cut was to fix a leaking cooling system in a vehicle by cracking an egg into the radiator—sealing the hole as it heated and hardened.