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GRUMPY PIRATE
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by GRUMPY PIRATE » Thu Feb 07, 2008 11:34 pm
dancinghomer wrote:I don't know if anyone here watches Mythbusters on the Discovery Channel, but on February 20th at 9 pm (est) they are dedicating an entire show to MacGyver. They are doing all the things he did in the show and seeing if they are really possible. They've done some small ones as previews and they've all worked so far. One was can chocolate plug a leak in an acid beaker. Another was can spraying, I think it was water, on a hot light bulb break in plunging the room into darkness.
We got hooked on mythbusters!! I like the approach to it!!
(also like the Deadlist catch, and the Dirtiest Jobs!!)
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turkeyham
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by turkeyham » Fri Feb 08, 2008 12:24 am
I have a few:
Sit down or your body will become pixie dust.
Want to see the Dolly drop? Stand up before the ledge.
Want a new face lift, lean out the bobsled.

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by Randy B » Fri Feb 08, 2008 12:25 am
dancinghomer wrote:I don't know if anyone here watches Mythbusters on the Discovery Channel, but on February 20th at 9 pm (est) they are dedicating an entire show to MacGyver. They are doing all the things he did in the show and seeing if they are really possible. They've done some small ones as previews and they've all worked so far. One was can chocolate plug a leak in an acid beaker. Another was can spraying, I think it was water, on a hot light bulb break in plunging the room into darkness.
Some of the early season ones will work fine but the more destructive or potentially hazardous ones in later seasons may not. When the show first came out there was a big problem that kids were watching and trying things without knowing safety procedures. So the producers let it be known that they made sure that in all the later seasons there was always at least one ingredient or procedure left out of the show so that kids couldn't blow their hand off with their flame thrower made from a magnesium bicycle frame (and yes that was one of the early shows and did inspire a copycat).
Of course my favorite MacGyverism I read about (in TV Guide) was his "Swiss Army Bench". When Anderson (MacGyver) locked himself out of his trailer he took a picnic bench and threw it through the window to get in. The crew heard about this and the next day the bench was painted red with the Swiss shield prominently on it. That bench was always kept right outside Andersons trailer for the entire run. :D:
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by GRUMPY PIRATE » Fri Feb 08, 2008 12:28 am
Randy B wrote:Some of the early season ones will work fine but the more destructive or potentially hazardous ones in later seasons may not. When the show first came out there was a big problem that kids were watching and trying things without knowing safety procedures. So the producers let it be known that they made sure that in all the later seasons there was always at least one ingredient or procedure left out of the show so that kids couldn't blow their hand off with their flame thrower made from a magnesium bicycle frame (and yes that was one of the early shows and did inspire a copycat).
Of course my favorite MacGyverism I read about (in TV Guide) was his "Swiss Army Bench". When Anderson (MacGyver) locked himself out of his trailer he took a picnic bench and threw it through the window to get in. The crew heard about this and the next day the bench was painted red with the Swiss shield prominently on it. That bench was always kept right outside Andersons trailer for the entire run. :D:
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by hobie16 » Fri Feb 08, 2008 7:36 am
Randy B wrote:Some of the early season ones will work fine but the more destructive or potentially hazardous ones in later seasons may not. When the show first came out there was a big problem that kids were watching and trying things without knowing safety procedures. So the producers let it be known that they made sure that in all the later seasons there was always at least one ingredient or procedure left out of the show so that kids couldn't blow their hand off with their flame thrower made from a magnesium bicycle frame (and yes that was one of the early shows and did inspire a copycat).
Of course my favorite MacGyverism I read about (in TV Guide) was his "Swiss Army Bench". When Anderson (MacGyver) locked himself out of his trailer he took a picnic bench and threw it through the window to get in. The crew heard about this and the next day the bench was painted red with the Swiss shield prominently on it. That bench was always kept right outside Andersons trailer for the entire run. :D:
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He should have used a Bronson rock.
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by Whazzup » Fri Feb 08, 2008 10:57 am
February wrote:Oh, You want to be MacGuyver.
Between Inspector Gadget and MacGuyver, definitely Macguyver.
Thanks for fixing my spelling, Bru. I knew it wasn't right but ws too lazy to look it up. ;)
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by Zazu » Fri Feb 08, 2008 12:17 pm
Randy B wrote:And ask Zazu about some of the weird things I have created to solve "problems" with my campsite and my (former) traveling monorail setup. I sometimes shock myself when something I create actually works the way it is supposed to.
I think my favorite is still the automatic station stops you rigged for your monorails. Randy can run six monorails on a single loop and none would ever run into another.
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by Big Wallaby » Fri Feb 08, 2008 9:50 pm
Zazu wrote:I think my favorite is still the automatic station stops you rigged for your monorails. Randy can run six monorails on a single loop and none would ever run into another.
I still have to see this. Might even be worth a trip to Chicago. Next time I fly to Potland, I'll have to go through Chicago and make a stop and see it.
Chicago: The only city where I've been the witness to an accident from a vantage point where the police would never have believed me.
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by February » Fri Feb 08, 2008 10:34 pm
Whazzup wrote:Thanks for fixing my spelling, Bru. I knew it wasn't right but ws too lazy to look it up. ;)
Whazzup, did I spell it right?

I don't know I kept looking at it and thinking it was wrong when I typed it LOL I can't even spell my own name right these days!!! ROFL. Let alone Angus Macgadgetdude's.
Wow what memories guys! I remember the thing about them leaving one ingredient out to prevent copycats. I still love that show in reruns. I hadn't heard the swiss army bench story though that is so funny.
I LOVE mythbusters!!! "Worst case scenario. . .Adam dies." LOL
I'll have to set the DVR for that ep about Macgyver cause we never used to miss it and I'd love to see the guys go at that stuff.
Speaking of shows like Deadliest catch. . . OMG- Ice Road Truckers.
Those guys are NUTS.
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Kindness in another’s trouble.
Courage in your own.
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by February » Fri Feb 08, 2008 10:38 pm
Zazu wrote:I think my favorite is still the automatic station stops you rigged for your monorails. Randy can run six monorails on a single loop and none would ever run into another.
*THUD*
I have a Contemporary Resort model up above my kitchen cabinates with the monorail stationary inside of it! I feel so pathetic now LOL
But all my die cast models are lined up straight! Well. . . *tilts head to side* maybe. . .
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Courage in your own.
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