MacGyver

Way back in 1985, one Wednesday evening MacGyver (a TV serial) was aired first and gained huge popularity. I was on 3rd standard. Unfortunately at that time, the place i grown up, Udaipur (a city in Tripura State, my native) was unable to catch Indian TV network. For us TV entertainment was from Bangladesh TV. We grew up seeing great Television shows like 'Knight Rider', 'Street Hawk', 'The A Team' etc aired by Bangladesh Television. Among them the best was MacGyver. It's a very charming adventure show and just right for young people, who are young by heart. I remember how we were waiting for the Wednesday to come to watch our hero. But it was not easy at that time. We had lots of hurdles to pass for MacGyver. First thing was the medium. TV was a very costly affair at that time and the place I grown up had only 2 TV's out of 10-11 houses. Next were frequent power cuts. Lastly, you have to pursue the owner to switch the TV channel for you, which was a tough task.We missed lots of episode in between, moreover most of the episodes we watched on Black and White TV. I could remember, it was on our top priority list. Even at the exam time too we never used to miss MacGyver!! The serial went up to 7 glorious seasons till 1992. And after which our hunt was started for the CD's. Last year when i asked about it to one the DVD libraries in Bangalore, the answer was as usual 'No', but the owner heard of that serial, which really encourage me to continue my hunt. At that time we knew that its available in States. The DVD version of this serial has been released. At the point of writing this entry up to 5 seasons has been released and others are slotted to release soon.

Last month, when i picked up 1-4 seasons of MacGyver DVD on my visit to States, my dream of owning that serial was fulfilled. The first thing I did was to inform my Bro that at last, we have it. And now as i am watching this great show once again i became nostalgic. This TV serial was so meant for us i could never imagine. I could only wish to watch the same with our old buddies who struggled like us to watch the glimpse of our childhood hero MacGyver. Those who don’t know about MacGyver you can find more info here or here . Long live MacGyver.. :-)