Vid: MacGyver - Workin' for a Livin' (Festivids)

[sholio]

Festivid #1 - my actual assignment! This was why I was asking for fun, bouncy pop songs a little while back (I have gone back and unlocked that post; once I found my song, I locked it down to be sneaky). I'll put up another post in a little while on making this, because this show was my Big Thing when I was a teenager, and while I've rewatched episodes here and there over the last couple of decades, I hadn't actually sat down and watched this much of it since the 80s. It was a lot of fun.

Title: Workin' for a Livin'
Fandom: MacGyver
Artist: Huey Lewis & the News
Content notes: Contains scenes with flashing/flickering lights.
Summary: Someone give this man a vacation already.

Streaming: https://vimeo.com/315036151 (password: macgyver)
Download: Download 64 Mb MP4 (zipped)
Tumblr: here
AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/17344280

Watch on Vimeo

Password: macgyver
Lyrics: here

Subtitles will be up a bit later.

Comments

[madripoor_rose]

Oh that was fantastic! (and just what I needed after finding out George Eads/Jack Dalton is leaving Reboot MacGyver. He was 25% of why I watch the reboot, sigh....)

[sholio]

Thank you so much! :D I'm pretty sure it was your suggestion of Huey Lewis & the News that finally led me to the perfect song, too.

[madripoor_rose]

Heh, well, glad I could help.

[cornerofmadness]

I really had a blast with it the first time I looked at it when it was anon and it's even more fun the second time. The song is perfect for MacGyver (Oh how I loved that show) You did a great job with it.

[sholio]

Thank you; I'm so happy you liked it! :D It really was fun to revisit.

[cornerofmadness]

I bet it was. While the new MacGyver isn't bad, the original was just that, original.

[muccamukk]

That's so fun! I love the count down montage on the bridge.

(It's funny having seen about 3 episodes of Macgyver and pretty much all of SG-1 how much of Jack's body language I'm seeing in this vid.)

[sholio]

Thank you; I'm happy you enjoyed it! :D

Yeah, it's fascinating seeing familiar actors from one role in another one, and both of his major roles seem to be ones that he embodied in a similar kind of way.

[rachelmanija]

I haven't seen the show since it was on the air, so that was a delightful blast from the past. Literal blast.

[sholio]

Literal blast.

Hahaha! MacGyver definitely needs a vacation from his entire life.

Thank you!

[lilly_the_kid]

I enjoyed this so much!! Such a perfect celebration of this show and this character. Pure joy!! :D

[sholio]

Thank you so much!! I'm so delighted you like it!

[sienamystic]

OMG OMG I love you for makign this. As a rabid teenage MacGyver fangirl, I am floating on waves of joy right now. Maybe I should go unpack all my old posters and TV Guide clippings and roll around on them.

[sholio]

Awwww, thank you so much! It was truly the fandom of my teenage heart, and I had all the clippings too (though I don't still have them, alas). But I'm so happy to bring you some nostalgic joy!