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The Real Origin Story “The Real Origin of MacGyver” is Lee Zlotoff’s own recollections of how the MacGyver character was created. Part 1 – The Beginning Once upon a TV show… Hard to believe that it’s been a generation since MacGyver first whipped open his Swiss Army knife on the cultural horizon. Harder still to […]
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/AgentOfFun on 2024-07-16 00:08:43+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that “Macgyver” started off as “Hourglass,” a show that was to take place in real time over an hour. However, since each episode was supposed to stand by itself, its creator thought that they couldn’t make it work as a series. The same concept was later used to make “24.”