Duct Tape & Paperclips

Wait, wasn't this the week we were supposed to release the SEASON 3 FINALE of Duct Tape & Paperclips? Yes. Yes it was.

But we have LIVES, people! By way of apology, let us offer you this BONUS episode, originally recorded during lockdown (when we had a Patreon and NO lives).

In it, Nathan and Annie break down the 2006 Superbowl ad that brought MacGyver out of retirement. (Check out the ad here: https://youtu.be/V70bLAPevMc - and the "making of" featurette here: https://youtu.be/gYryLFfOa8k?t=30 )

And stay subscribed/alive, no matter what occurs! Season 3, episode 20 is coming, we promise!

OMG, is this the one where Nathan cancels himself?

Annie and Nathan break down this episode of MacGyver with a frank discussion about male entitlement through the ages, Mac's favorite hobby of pouting in the woods, and what kind of poachers would risk their lives for a fast casual restaurant.

Click below to listen to Season 3, episode 19 of MacGyver: The Endangered!

Duct Tape & Paperclips is the weekly podcast where we watch every episode of the original MacGyver (1985-1992) for the first time since our childhoods to see if it still holds up. New episodes every Monday, wherever you get podcasts!

Bachelors taking care of a baby? What a concept! Where have we seen that before in the late 80s? Certainly no place other than MacGyver!

This week, Annie and Nathan talk about cowardly counterfeiters, the sad fate of Jack Dalton's aircraft, and Kirk Cameron's porn addiction.

Click below to listen to Season 3, episode 18 of MacGyver: Rock the Cradle!

Duct Tape & Paperclips is the weekly podcast where we watch every episode of the original MacGyver (1985-1992) for the first time since our childhoods to see if it still holds up. New episodes every Monday, wherever you get podcasts!

Show Notes: Fireproof (Kirk Cameron) Freshman (Sept 16 at VCC)

Credits:Nathan Hartswick: Twitter | Instagram Annie Russell: Twitter | Instagram Artwork: Thomas Michael Hill Original theme: Mark Daly A production of Unicow Media

How many times can your best friend ruin a vacation you had planned before he's not your best friend anymore? And will MacGyver EVER be able to take that relaxing ski trip?

This week, Nathan and Annie discuss this and other issues, such as: the 80s "magical Indian" trope, lending your sled dogs to a man you just met, and shooting the head off a moving snowman.

Click below to listen to Season 3, episode 17 of MacGyver: Mask of the Wolf!

Duct Tape & Paperclips is the weekly podcast where we watch every episode of the original MacGyver (1985-1992) for the first time since our childhoods to see if it still holds up. New episodes every Monday, wherever you get podcasts!

Hey quick question, can PTSD be triggered by racism?

In MacGyver's world it can! Nathan and Annie discuss the mental health of a man named "Earthquake," hot pink toxic sludge, and why MacGyver likes to yell at his best friends.

Click below to listen to Season 3, episode 16 of MacGyver: The Spoilers!

Duct Tape & Paperclips is the weekly podcast where we watch every episode of the original MacGyver (1985-1992) for the first time since our childhoods to see if it still holds up. New episodes every Monday, wherever you get podcasts!

Ooooh, MacGyver has a GIRLFRIEND! Spoiler, it ends the way most relationships with him end: with her stalking him around a warehouse at night with a knife. Nathan and Annie dig into this campy, fun, dumb episode (aren't they all?), discussing Nikki's ugly new haircut, how to seduce an aw-shucks environmentalist, and Pete's first non-annoying appearance yet. Note: this was recorded during a heat wave, which nearly melted the hard drive the podcast is stored on, as well as the co-hosts who make it. Listen to Season 3, episode 15 of MacGyver: The Negotiator!

Duct Tape & Paperclips is the weekly podcast where we watch every episode of the original MacGyver (1985-1992) for the first time since our childhoods to see if it still holds up. New episodes every Monday, wherever you get podcasts!

It's another backyard, face-to-face episode with Nathan and Annie — but this time, the MacGyver ep they're covering actually has things HAPPENING in it!

We talk about ways to make Pete look competent (hint: put him in a room with Jack), how MacGyver always manages to convince bad women to turn good, and whether or not a houseboat appreciates in value. Plus we geek out over Hulu's The Bear for like 10 minutes.

Click below to listen to Season 3, episode 14 of MacGyver: The Odd Triple!

Duct Tape & Paperclips is the weekly podcast where we watch every episode of the original MacGyver (1985-1992) for the first time since our childhoods to see if it still holds up. New episodes every Monday, wherever you get podcasts!

Nathan and Annie are back in person, recording from Nathan's backyard! After a brief catchup and convo about what happens when a beer festival runs out of beer, Annie blows Nathan's tiny mind by revealing a key technology that made her viewing of this episode of MacGyver fundamentally different.

Oh, and what an episode it is! (Is the sarcasm reading? This is VERY boring episode of television.) But hey, if you enjoy low-stakes hockey, a total lack of danger and intrigue, or seeing Richard Dean Anderson yell at kids while wearing a tie, episode 13 is lucky for you! We promise the podcast ep is better than the TV ep! Listen to Season 3, episode 13 of MacGyver: Thin Ice!

Duct Tape & Paperclips is the weekly podcast where we watch every episode of the original MacGyver (1985-1992) for the first time since our childhoods to see if it still holds up. New episodes every Monday, wherever you get podcasts!

Nathan and Annie are joined by comedian, writer and all-around great guy Ahri Findling (MTV, Nickelodeon) to break down the slowest nuclear disaster episode in all of 80s television.

Together they fantasize about adding a laugh track to MacGyver, speculate about the show's writing process, and talk about unrelated subjects such as Kevin Costner's only nude film scene, the exact release date of Lethal Weapon, and more.

Listen to Season 3, episode 12 of MacGyver: Early Retirement!

Show Notes:

3 Things That Made My Daughter Cry

For Love of the Game IMDB trivia

Cyril's MacGyver Trailers

Nick Shorts

StoryCorps

Duct Tape & Paperclips is the weekly podcast where we watch every episode of the original MacGyver (1985-1992) for the first time since our childhoods to see if it still holds up. New episodes every Monday, wherever you get podcasts!

Nathan and Annie talk about one of the strangest episodes of MacGyver ever made.

In the process, Nathan manages to be entirely unaware of the irony inherent in his A) taking glee in killing actual insects in his own backyard, and B) being overly emotional about the death of a fictional dog in a TV show from 1987.

Plus, they discuss what the makeup artists missed when they turned a beautiful soap star into a creature from the Blue Lagoon.

Click below to listen to Season 3, episode 11 of MacGyver: Kill Zone!

Duct Tape & Paperclips is the weekly podcast where we watch every episode of the original MacGyver (1985-1992) for the first time since our childhoods to see if it still holds up. New episodes every Monday, wherever you get podcasts!

Show Notes:

Flight of the Navigator

Project X