Hey people under 30 or so, do you even know who MacGyver is? :)
MacGyver is referenced all the time, to the point where I imagine most people pick it up from context clues, even if they've never seen the original show
To this day my favorite MacGyverism is bypassing a fuse by wrapping it with tinfoil.
I used that trick once to see if a vintage Pioneer AV receiver with a spent fusible link was worth keeping. I wrapped the link in a gum wrapper and it worked perfectly.
part 5: http://macgyverglobal.com/2013/03/20/macgyver-the-real-origi...