{"id":1052,"date":"2017-02-09T13:04:37","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T13:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/?p=1052"},"modified":"2021-07-02T11:55:56","modified_gmt":"2021-07-02T11:55:56","slug":"episode-53-macgyver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/?p=1052","title":{"rendered":"Episode 55: MacGyver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week Andrew and Steve school Jonathan on appreciating the rare delicacy that is Richard Dean Anderson&#8217;s MacGyver. What lies at the heart of the show&#8217;s appeal? How exactly was this action hero different from all the others from the 1980s? And of course, does anyone have a paper clip? All this and more as Andrew deep dives into the kind of high stakes adventure only the Fonz could produce.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"1988 ABC Monday Night Football and MacGyver Promo\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4ISFUy-z5I8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"1987 - CKCO - MacGyver Promo\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q9VPSnnVS7k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 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