MacGyver Blows Away the Competition

Posted Sep 13th 2007 12:46PM by Celly

He could make a bomb with toothpaste, chewing gum and a paper clip -- and even though the show hasn't been on the air for fifteen years, fans would still take MacGyver over Bond.

A new poll from McCormick Tribute Foundation found that 27 percent of Americans polled said that they'd want MacGyver, as played by Richard Dean Anderson, with them in the event of a disaster. McCormick Tribune Foundation found that the brown leather-jacketed MacGyver beat out Indiana Jones, Jason Bourne, Bond and other adventurers as the favorite fictional hero.

Said Don Cooke, McCormick's Senior Vice President for Philanthropy, "I love 'MacGyver.' You could give him a sock and a piece of string and he could somehow create electricity for the whole city."

Filed under: Wacky & Weird


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1. And this is news WHY??????????????????

Posted at 12:52PM on Sep 13th 2007 by hi

2. Plus..... people wonder why others hate our country. I can't believe time was actually WASTED conducting this poll. They have nothing better to do? How senseless

Posted at 12:53PM on Sep 13th 2007 by hi

3. MacGyver was cool... He could fix any situation with a little duct tape.....

Posted at 1:02PM on Sep 13th 2007 by MisG

4. Thou shalt not make fun of McGyver!

Posted at 1:05PM on Sep 13th 2007 by Patty & Selma

5. HAHAHA IT LOOKS LIKE HEIDI AND SPENCER FROM 'THE HILLS'

Posted at 1:05PM on Sep 13th 2007 by JACK1973

6. What's a matter TMZ -- no more Brittney news today??

Posted at 1:06PM on Sep 13th 2007 by Crabby

7. It's just a random poll- chill out. You don't come to this website for serious news anyway.

Posted at 1:07PM on Sep 13th 2007 by Trudy

8. McGyver kicked ass....but even his skills could not fix Britneys carreer.

Posted at 1:10PM on Sep 13th 2007 by Screwdriver

9. jack - it is Spencer and Heidi. They were trying to bail on paying the tab after dinner. I hear he's broke.

Posted at 1:15PM on Sep 13th 2007 by lauren

10. i absolutely love mcgyver! thankfully he IS still on the air - here in europe!

Posted at 1:35PM on Sep 13th 2007 by go

11. Met MacGyver in the 80's, he's such a nice guy, didn't he date olympic ice skater, Katarina Witt?

Posted at 1:49PM on Sep 13th 2007 by MacGyver

12. HE WAS AWESOME. that is all i have to say

Posted at 2:00PM on Sep 13th 2007 by hora

13. Marge from the simpsons ,her sisters love him and his show.I belive he even did a voice over once

Posted at 2:22PM on Sep 13th 2007 by Lets not be like europe

14. Yeah well, there are so many more reasons to hate this country other than a poll about MacGyver. Such as how we murder thousands of people in the name of peace (dropping the A-Bomb not once but twice) and the constant lies told by our politicians. Polls about MacGyver are the least of our problems.

Posted at 2:32PM on Sep 13th 2007 by Hi from NYC!

15. Check out the whole study at http://sev.prnewswire.com/entertainment/20070912/AQW14212092007-1.html
McCormick Tribune Foundation also did that survey on the 1st amendment rights and the simpsons.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/03/01/tuned_to_america_simpsons_trumps_civics/
I say - keep the surveys coming, I love this stuff!!!

Posted at 2:35PM on Sep 13th 2007 by Monkey Man

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