McGyver Would Never Fly Today--Literally

I was thinking about this recently in light of recent trips to New Orleans and New York.  I bet if someone pitched McGyver right now as a series, it probably wouldn't get picked up, and this is an example of how we as a society are not as progressive anymore.    Somehow, I don't think the concept of a man who can make, for instance, a bomb out of a tampon and a gum wrapper would be produced in our post 9/11, you can't bring your toothpaste on the plane atmosphere.

It's still a good idea for a character, I'm just saying if I were a studio executive green-lighting a series right now, I think I would pass on this one.