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Do you remember this series!? What catches your spying-eye radar!?
“MacGyver” was created by Lee David Zlotoff & executive produced by Henry Winkler (“Happy Days”) & John Rich; it originally aired on ABC 09/29/1985 – 05/21/1992, with the series finale 04/25/1992 & a bonus episode nearly a month later. 2 TV movies aired in 1994: “MacGyver: Lost Treasure Of Atlantis” & “MacGyver: Trail To Doomsday”. Though the series setting was southern California, Seasons 1, 2 & 7 were filmed in Los Angeles CA, while Seasons 3-6 were filmed in Vancouver (Canada). Among the shows legacies are his extraordinary feats (“MacGyvering”) & creating inventions from simple items to solve complex problems (“MacGyverisms”). The cast included Richard Dean Anderson (in the title roll, spotted by Winkler in an episode of “The Love Boat” & encouraged him to audition for the roll), Dana Eclar & Bruce McGill.