May 2010
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“ ‘MacGyver’ highlighted that science could be cool,” Tapster says. “There was always a grain of truth to what he was doing. It wasn’t complete nonsense. That was important. And the mullet. Let’s not forget the mullet. That was equally important too.”
—‘MacGyver’s’ pop cultural hold on us - latimes.com
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“Translation: the proper function of spies is to remind those who rely on spies that the kinds of thing found out by spies can’t be trusted. If this sounds like a lot of trouble, there’s a simpler alternative. The next time a briefcase washes up onshore, don’t open it. ♦”
—Operation Mincemeat and spycraft in World War Two : The New Yorker
“On one script,” Overmyer says of an experience developing a show with a different network, “I counted it up: I actually got 72 separate sets of notes – from the production company, the studio, the network – many of them contradictory.” The most memorable note Overmyer ever received was from an executive very high up at a network. “She said, ‘They’re being so unpleasant with each other.’ And I said, ‘Well, that’s drama. That’s conflict.’ And she actually said, ‘Could we have the drama… without the conflict?’”
—David Simon: Katrina and all that jazz | From the Observer | The Observer
