He was the reason I bought a Swiss Army knife in 5th grade and still have it in my pocket at 41.
My dad gave me Swiss Army knife for my 10th birthday (Obviously, after seeing Macguyver - I had nagged him for months) . It was 1986...I still have it and it still works as good as new.
My super tinker still lays in my pocket where ever i go, and it sure has brought some great use.
The saddest TV series finale ever . Goodbye RDA aka MacGyver ...we'll never see a hero like you ever
The saddest series finale I absolutely ever saw was the final episode of MASH. But I like the way this one had a thank you at the end!
The hug was heartbreaking, because it wasn't just the last hug between MacGyver and Pete, but it was the last hug between Richard Dean Anderson and Dana Elcar as well. And you could see it in their face as well, that it wasn't just for show. It really made me cry.
マクガイバーは最終回にフェニックス財団を辞めて息子と一緒になるそして完結。
息子『それでどこへ行くの?』
マクガイバー『新天地へ』
戻って
ピーターソーントン
『お前がここからいなくなるなんて想像も出来んよ』
マクガイバー
『変わらないものなんて何もないよ』
ピーター『それは違う良い物は変わらないお前は変わらないでくれよ?マクガイバー』
マクガイバー『君もな?ピーター』
ピーター『勿論たまには顔を出してくれよ?』
マクガイバー『必ず約束する』
Dana lived for 13 more years after this episode. Did they never see each other again?
Ppl say anything for attention and likes. This is completely inaccurate. They were together at an award show the following year and seen at a few events over the next decade… baseball games and premieres. Why do ppl run with these wild things in their heads?
For me, the most emotional moment in television history. No speeches, no nonsense, no claims. Just "thanking the audience for seven great seasons." Goosebumps.
I have to agree with you. I rewatched the entire series with my child, and it was something I’ll never forget. It was so important to me in my youth and to see a child in 2020 appreciate it was amazing.
MacGyver has been on re-run here in Norway constantly the last 23 years after the show ended...it became very popular and it still is, everybody, young and old, "knows" MacGyver :)
Saw the last episode today... I got tears... MacGyver's and Pete's friendship is one of a kind. Their love for each other is so beautiful. Wonderful that MacGyver finally got a child. I love this series, MacGyver never kills, never use guns, never drinks, he take care of both humans, animals and nature.
Now I understand why my late mother liked this series. 😢❤
In one early episode outside the beach house, MacGyver picked up a gun and forced the bad guy to surrender.
What Clint Eastwood did for the Smith and Wesson revolver, Richard Dean Anderson did for the Swiss Army Knife. For all seven seasons, he should have received a commission check.
RDA has a lifetime supply of Swiss army knives granted to him back in 2003
We don’t know, Richard Dean Anderson just might’ve received some kind of royalties from the company that manufactured the exact Swiss Army Knife he used throughout the coarse of the show. If he did, I’m not surprised at all. Macgyver put the Swiss Army Knife on the map. I know when I was kid watching the show, I also wanted one and my Dad bought me one as a gift. I’m sure while Macgyver was on air, the sales for those Swiss Army Knives had to of gone up.
@@archangel5627 The manufacturer of the original Swiss Army Knife is Victorinox.
@@s-t-f Thank you for the info. Apparently
Victorinox has been manufacturing Swiss Army knives for a long time. I always assumed Macgyver used the same style knife through out the show but as I found out, he used several different styles of Swiss Army knives.
All of this talk makes me wonder if I still have my Victorinox knife. Now I have to go look for it. Thanks again for giving me the name of the company. I had completely forgotten the name.
Seriously, when Richard Dean Anderson's voice come in the end, i get goosebumbs. Fantastic actor, fantastic show, and seven fantastic seasons.
To me the end of this show marked the true end of the 80’s even though it was 1992
The “80s” style and culture we all remember really happened from about ‘82 to ‘92 - so it really did end the 80s
Yup, but this gave birth to 10 seasons of SG1 which was even better.
26 years later and I still love this.
McGyver was a huge part of my childhood...this made a tear drop
This was a good show. Telling us that being intelligent and a good guy is a good thing.
And that it was ok for guys to have mullet....then again that was more of rule than except back in 80s I guess :D
Mcgyver didn't have a mullet in season 1...and looked better truthfully...
Never watched a single episode of the original 'MacGyver'. Not even one. However, the classy badassery of this series-closing scene leads me to suspect that I may have missed something really good.
Correct, for then. I was a fan of the series, and not pleased ABC allowed it to "fight" with MNF. Having seen a few shows on dvd, it does, now, seem a bit cheesy and campy. Richard Dean Anderson did an excellent job with the show, including the subsequent TV movies that followed. It got many interested in science and physics. Enjoy your trip through that part of the 1980's.
@@gregaj7 how did MacGyver "fight" with Monday Night Football? Both aired on ABC. MNF didn't moe to ESPN until 2006.
Perfect ending to a genuinely perfect show!
Thanks for all memories
I miss MacGyver.
I miss MacGyver too. Buy the DVD's - you can watch him anytime you want.
Im watching MacGyver again...oh, my, I miss so much my childhood, brings me so good memories and those happy days in the 80'. I cannot believe Dana Elcar is not here anymore and RDA is already 70 y.o. 😢😢😢
2:09 Oh man sometimes i find myself forgetting hollywood used to have some class & respect... wish it was still like that
Thank you to all at the studio's that filmed MacGyver for 7 great seasons 👌
Some of the best show viewing ever 👏👏👏
I still have memories of watching MacGyver with my grandpa grandpa I was a kid. This show is so wonderful and nostalgic. Kids these days don't know what they're missing.
Used to come home from school and watch this everyday. From age 7-14, learned a lot
Macgyver: _"It was bound to happen. Things change."_
Pete: _"Not always. Good things don't."_
. . . . perhaps not change, but definitely end. I think back to my earlier years, and how much of what I cherished is now gone. It seems this world is dead set on a downward spiral.
Element of Kindness I’m reading this a day after... same for me. Keep up the 🤔
@Element and I love you for just bringing this up and living on the same level as I live in...you're not alone
Greatest TV show ever!
I'm only 21, so I didn't really see much of it when it originally aired, but growing up, my brother always watched re-runs, so I fell in love with it.
This scene makes me so sad.
RIP Dan Elcar
This is back when shows were enjoyable to watch and people had class.
They actually thanked the audience at the end, and networks would actually let shows complete from start to finish without ending them prematurely, leaving the audience with no resolve or ending as if the series never existed.
Back then just as today shows end prematurely all the time.... those kind of nostalgia comments without any foundation in reality are really everywhere whenever there is a clip if any old show.
@@pokefrosch617 and I don't recall any other show back then thanking viewers. Nostalgia makes you kinda blind.
So sad everytime i see this....one of the best shows ever made!!
I cannot stop crying. What an ending to such an amazing series. Its just not the same anymore. "Things change"
kendall rivers Not a troll. Just a grown up. Can’t say the same for others here.
If you grew up watching this show, you wanted to live on a house boat and drive a jeep. Great show.
Right you are. I only bought my first Jeep at 38 and I watched MacGyver when I was only 11.
Shame that there was only 12 episodes instead of 24 episodes in season seven. He is the one and only true MacGyver.
Alimoo1971 We did get two MacGyver movies after the final episode!
I felt so sorry for Pete...I can't imagine how hard was for him to live far away from his best friend, specially when he needed the most. Brings me very good childhood memories. RIP, Dana!
Love this scene. Reminds me of saying goodbye to my dad that passed away. Brings memories from watching this show as a kid. And brings a tear to my eye. Wishing I can go back and re live my childhood just to spend more time with my pops.
30 years ago today this happened and here I am still watching it
Loved this show.
Too bad Hollywood doesn't seem to be able to make series of this caliber anymore or even give peomising ones any chances.
And by promising I meant shows like Firefly (That was supposed to be Joss Weedon's masterpiece)
And Terra Nova that was a huge cliché breaker!
Back when shows ended with class instead of the abrupt cancellations of today.
Back when they let a show end and gave it a proper end instead of leaving it open ended.
What?! Shows were abruptly cancelled all the time and still are. What the hell are you even talking about?
Warbird Phoenix I hate when that happens. I still haven’t got over The cancellations of The Event and The Unit Big cliffhangers. So thankful the same fate didn’t happen to Timeless😊
That's nonsense. If anything, abrupt cancellations were WORSE back then. The reason being that episodes were not serialized as much as they are now. So there was little thought of having a goodbye arc or giving a sense of resolution. At best somebody might get married and go off on a honeymoon or Richard Kimble finding the man with one arm.
But mostly shows were giving the hook.
He's on his way to do some classified work with the military.
ricaard -- Yeah, it seems a large mysterious ring was found in the desert and they need smarties to do some poking at it.
But first needs plastic surgery to loook like Snake Plisken but after surviving that suicide mission, has more surgery to look like himself again.
I feel extremely touched by this ending , no matter how many times I 've watched it .😢😢😢
The best tv series in tv history. Thank you Richard Dean Anderson for your amazing series. 📹🎥👍👍
If you like watching amazing shows like this I have a few other suggestions for the greatest shows ever:
1. Breaking bad
2. Dark
3. Better Caul Saul
4. Bloodhounds
5. Attack on titan
that’s about it
MacGyver and Miami Vice had such an emotional ending in the final episodes. Feel Like crying every time i see it!!
they dont do series like this anymore... this serie will live in our memories forever.:))
+tubehkl reponen Under NO circumstances will I see the reboot of MacGyver; I have a tough time with Hawai'i Five-O. What is Hollywood thinking?
Here's wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving.
Oh my god this is so great. I remember watching the series finale when Richard came on and thanked the audience for watching. The reruns don't even have this at the end. This is great. Thank you for posting.
*Awesome TV Series...Thanks Richard Dean Anderson & Cast For 7 Great Seasons :)*
Great comment. Totally agree. Thank you RDA and cast = wish you could have gone on for 7 more years. But then there is Stargate!
Spent all my savings on a big Swiss Army Knife when I was 12 I think, way before MacGyver was on over here in the Netherlands.
Started carrying it with me everywhere after seeing the first few episodes, kids in school started nicknaming me MacGyver, I felt honored.
When this episode aired and I heard his voice over at the end I started crying! 😭
MacGyver has made a profound impact on my life and on who I have become.
The Swiss Army knife will remain in my pocket when I get buried!
we will always remember you, macgyver...
Maybe the remake should be MacGyver's son, not MacGyver. Noone can replace RDA as MacGyver. This ending was so perfect, full of feeling.
Totally agree. This ending always leaves us sad but satisfied. But there will never be another true MacGyver. We miss RDA so much!
Macgyvers son would probably be retired to as he would be around 50 now :P so could have his grandson instead :D
They kinda tried that, with Mac's nephew. And nobody heard about that again.
And to think that if that was successful that actor wouldn’t have joined Supernatural
Still missing him after 27 years.....
No one will be talking about the reboot 30 yrs from now...sorry.. its forgettable....
Guys, don't be sad, after this MacGyver joined the United States government and used an ancient alien device called the Stargate to explore the galaxy and defend the world against alien threats.
Don't worry, he comes back out of retirement a few years later - when they reopen the Stargate program.
+Matthew Bunn It's a joke because RDA played O'Neill in SG-1, who comes out of retirement in the first episode. The show started a few years after MacGyver ended.
That was another Colonel O'Neil with only one L, and he had no sense of humor at all, haha.
Quite glad I have MacGyver on DVD, so I can rewatch this masterpiece whenever I feel like it.
This scene always gives me a strong pain in heart , a feeling mixed with sad and happiness ; despite how many times I watch it ! Miss u Macgyver !!!😢
Hope he's being paid well for all the reruns, this show will be on forever.
I remember this when it ended and i was so sad. It was such an amazing show. It showed me nothing is impossible. All about how bad you want it
When they get to Cheyenne Mountain Sam goes through quite a change
@@drklingon I think he was talking more about something else than the name change... especially since there is a Sam in SG-1.
I had grown up watching this tv series. Love you
It broke my heart. I just can't imagine it is over now. We will never back again that old days. we miss you Macguyver. You remember our childhood.
"So uh...where to?"
"Hmm. I've got a cabin in the mountains that has a nice pond out back. We could fish, have a few cold ones, talk about movies we've seen at least a dozen times."
"Oh! I love fish!"
"Then we'll have to pick some up at the supermarket to grill."
"There's no fish in that pond, is there?"
"No?"
The one and only MacGyver! ❤️
how much nostalgia for a show masterpiece that can never be redone again and exactly like those years that will never come back ....
Great is his originality, his genius, and we all carry him in our hearts
Now thats how you end a series, sweet and to the point. Then make it personal and thank you for sticking around and seeing it through. RDA is a class act!
Oh wow, an 80’s/ 90’s show with actual closure and a solid ending: no cliffhanger! 😀
my childhood memories, the one and only.
that is so emotional. I remember still. Missing Macgyver. Missing 90's era
There's NO other MacGyver and there NEVER will be !
Psk Dasanayake I don’t think you realize there is a reboot and it’s 10 times better lol.
You learn something everyday!
@@christinagurl0522
Well I know there IS a reboot but it's not really MacGyver , just an abuse of a name of a popular classic and it's characters . Classics should remain classics ,not to be messed up again .
@@christinagurl0522 if its so much better then why are you here? You have zero taste if you think some mindless regurgitated mess is better than this classic.
kendall rivers cbs obviously thought while making the reboot “if at first you don’t succeed, try try again” and I can see why
I give a salute to Richard Dean Anderson, Dana Elcar, Bruce McGill, ad the rest of the Macgyver crew for 7 awesome seasons.
I watched most of the show as a kid...one of my favs of all time...you can even learn actually tricks in life by watching too.
Thank you too Macgyver you are one of the inspirations of my life. Being resourceful and getting things done using with whatever you have at your disposal.
I'm about 14 years younger than RDA, wow did I learn so much from him, loved the show and, since I'm retired now, every Thursday on Heroes and icons I get to watch 5 episodes of Macgyver, I try to never miss it and still to this day.. and still have my Swiss army knife i bought 35 years ago
Still remember that particular night. I was 10years old. I cried my heart out that night. Next day at school we were all sad....
Love you macgyver 💚💚 for giving me a happy childhood.
i love you MacGyver u r my childhood hero
l Loved MacGyver and the ending was Really Touching From Richard Dean Anderson.
The last episode should have been a final showdown with Murdoc.
You know how many things I MacGyvered in life. I owe him everything
Good bye Mac .. this scene actually breaks my heart ! 😢
2019 here... Nostalgia, I grew up watching this, such an awesome and irreplaceable show... Thank you for showing this clip I dunno how did I end up here... They don't do series like this anymore just a bunch senseless reality TV.
I remember watching "MacGyver's" final scene when it was fresh... I was five years old at the time and a HUGE fan of the show. When he and his son drove away on their motorcycles, all I could manage was a tearful "Goodbye, MacGyver..." while waving... Then, once it was all over, I just lost it... :.-(
Onions damn these onions! :(
The best TV series I've watched.. No one can replace RDA as the original Macgyver.. missing my childhood days..my childhood hero.. where can I watch the original Macgyver again? in 2021?
"Thanks for the memories." And now a shameless remake will ruin it.
meg nope the REMAKE is in my opinion not macgyver but something unique . Nothing can replace macgyver
Ethan Robison (& Meg), did you know Dana Elcar went blind on the show. The producers went above and beyond to help him transition. During the last season he was totally blind. I recall an episode of ET where they showed how they methodically led him through scenes with tape, props, etc. Dana Elcar was worth it. A fine actor.
brought back childhood memories. loved this show
i watched every single episode of macgyver too. macgyver touched me on mental and spritual level. with him being the humanitarian that he is. it always made me feel good looking up to him. i had many of my family members die including my dad. But one episode that piqued my interest in particular was passages where macgyvers grandfather dies. it also made me feel that of my grandfather when he died i cried for that moment realizing how much i missed him and all the memories he brought me.
The episode is called "Passages" and for me it was also emotionally and spiritually strong because I was doing mourning for the death of my grandmother and it was my 15 years. It is one of the episodes that I love the most.
I’m not going to lie here; I grew up years after MacGyver ended, but I grew up with the reruns, and this is legitimately making me cry
Still get teary eyed when I see it
Thank u, for all the good memories richard :))
He was my frist tv star😍
Macgyver is my favorite actor since 1985 much love to Richard dean Anderson ♥️
That gets you right in the feels and is the reason why we love the show so much. Honest, appreciative, and loving.
I'm from Spain and here we love MacGyver too.
how classy for Richard to thank the audience. Bravo, man, bravo....
Always brings me back to my childhood. Never killed anyone just incapacitated the enemy I wish the future was the same. His most powerful weapon was his mind. Long live this fantastic show.
I was 5 years old when Macgyver was airing with newly released episodes. It was my highlight of my week each week they were released. I'm now 41yo and just Binge watched as many episodes as I could on Pluto stream. Like other, this last scene gave me goosebumps and made me very sad. The "Thank you" that Richard had was touching. As a 5yo till 10yo boy as it aired, Macgyver was my idol. There was no other individual that was more of an idol than he was. It would be a dream to shake his hand and tell him this.
There's never gonna be something like this again bye guys
You said it. I saw the new MacGyver, and kept myself from throwing something at the television set.
Thank you,MacGyver..
Richard Dean Anderson. I have so much respect for u sir. U are always be our Mac Gyver, our hero. I grew up watching Mac Gyver and I can honestly say that it is the best show ever. Best memory of my life. You played the character so well. Just to remind u that u are love by so many around the world. God bless u!!!!
Now that's a proper series finale. The hero rides off and everyone's happy.
If RDA never left Macgyver we wouldn't have his wonderful portrayal of Jack O'niell. So really, this was a blessing in disguise. Also, a fantastic and heartwarming ending to an amazing show.
I never saw the last series of MacGyver but in it apparently we found out what his first name was - Angus ;).
i was lucky that i grew up in the 80s with shows like this one. My faves are Macgyver of course, Miami Vice, Moonlighting and Simon and Simon. Was a great decade for TV back then. They just dont make them like this anymore.
this show made me appreciate sciene at a very young age...7 seasons flew fast.. never thought this series would end then.. but Thank God for internet, i can watch it over and over again... Thank you to the creators, actors and staff for a very very good show...❤️❤️❤️❤️
ah, those memories...
This ending was deep, especially when he thanked the audience, all series should do something like this to their finale.
I think that was a clear indication that the people on the show truly cared about the viewers, and each other.
Think the closest I saw was star trek 6 with the original crew signing off. It was touching just like this was. I like that Richard Dean Anderson personally thanked the audience as himself. Gives it that personal touch.
It's sweet, but I wouldn't want every series doing it. It would get very cheesy, and imagine the ones that were cancelled too early...
"Hi, this is Nathan Fillion. On behalf of everyone at Firefly, I'd like to say 'this is some bullshit'. Bye."
Well I wouldn't call thanking the audience "deep," but yeah, I liked it.
LexCorp213 like magnum pi's goodnight