Is that the guy with the funny hair that sticks up kinda like a crown on the back of his head?

Is that the guy with the funny hair that sticks up kinda like a crown on the back of his head?

Oh yes, that's the guy.

I just watched this ep. I would give it a good rating. The boat scene definitely fake. It is quite obvious they used footage from the naked jungle. The macguyverisms were great and creative.

I just watched this episode again and found out why I'm scared of ants! I don't mind spiders, mice or hights, but ants... Seeing MacGyver's friend Charlie covered with ants creeped me out as a kid, and I didn't like the sight of it now either. I think the episode is good, although I agree that using clips from that movie made it look kind of unreal.

liked the fact that Mac was out in the middle of nowhere. The ants were creepy.

Never was a favorite episode of mine, but I have always loved the line about the value of the half-dollar these days.

For me this is the worst episode of season 1.

Nothing seems to work properly. It feels very rushed and amateurish.

The "ants" what we see on the Mac's cover suit aren't real ants, you can see closely that those are just some black dots or some dirt what were sprinkled on the suit. Just wondered why the ants didn't moved at all.

And in this Behind the Scenes shot you can see how they had to make the dots a lot bigger than real ants so they could be easily seen on camera. Tricks of the trade me boy-o; tricks of the trade.

See more behind the scenes photos in our Behind the Scenes gallery.

Looks like my kitchen counter top in the mornings.

Being an offbeat episode, I rather enjoyed Trumbo's World. It was not your run of the mill episode.

Looking at it now, yes. It looks outdated & amateaurish. But for its time, the episode offered just the right dose of something new to keep MacGyver spontaneous & interesting.

Computer says I already voted this one, but I really don't remember how I voted Anyway, I don't like this episode very much, but I hope I didn't vote this as Poor, 'cause I am big fan, you know I think the story is pretty good, it just realized badly.

What? WHAT??? You beast! You monster! I love this episode! I remember it seemed really exciting when I watched it as a kid. Sure, it uses stock footage, features fake ants, silly "ant" noises and some bad acting, but all of that helps make it great. It has Mac building/fixing stuff and using a flamethrower. A FLAMETHROWER, people! That alone sets it ahead of some other episodes. lol

You guys are just meanies and haters, and next time you find ants in your house I want you to think about this -- While you reach for a can of bug spray, Mac used a Bomb, a Flamethrower and a Flood -- meaning he's way cooler than you. lol

The truth is, that special effects in MacGyver series were very expensive and developed at the time. You couldn't see this kind of special effects at the end of 80's in the tv-serials, but only in the movies. But, back then, there wasn't such kind of technology like nowadays.
Special effects in this episode were not so good, and I don't know, if there was any real ant in this episode filmed originally, at all. All scenes with real ants were cut from other movies.
Our house is next the pine forest, so we have bad ants invasion every year when they swarm and go crazy. So, I have lots of experiences with ants.

So this episode is more like a documentary for you on how to deal with your ant problem.

If we come visiting your house are we going to find burn marks from flame throwers and water traps from your ant invasions?





I just had a thought. This episode is the one time when MacGyver could have actually used Murdoc's help (with his flame thrower).

Ooo, I smell a fanfic!

Murdoc's World

So this episode is more like a documentary for you on how to deal with your ant problem.

If we come visiting your house are we going to find burn marks from flame throwers and water traps from your ant invasions?

No, we use the supermarket's pesticides or we just kill them pressing between fingers. But there's thousands of them!!! And drones and ant queens, that are really big!!! It's disgusting!!! And it happens every year in July-August. Maybe we should use MacGyver's methods to solve this annual ant problem once and for all

That's perfect! Man, I wish I had time to write! This could be fun!

The plot had good intentions but .... they failed in the attempt to dramatize the 'terror' of those man-munching insects. It came off as a bit too lame and kinda lost it's <ermm> bite in the end.

I voted below average because there are so many other episodes better than this and I really don't like all those images of ants, I don't watch it often, I prefer other episodes.

I also voted below average, not poor though, because there's some good classic scenes. Overall to my taste, Trumbo's World is one of the weakest episodes of season 1 and even though there's lots of potential, the execution just fails. I don't feel the menace of the ants and the sound they're making is just... well, preposterous.

Ah, the episode where tried fighting fire ants with fire ...

Fashion design never was 's forte.

Or anything remotely connected to style or fashion.

So what 'was' fashionable back in the '80s, for the sort of undercover agent, casual, sporting types?

Except they were army ants... different species.

Except they were army ants... different species.

I obviously got them confused with the fire fighting episode. Sorry ...

That is an excellent question. has terrible, terrible fashion sense. No idea how to put an outfit together. I think maybe he does it on purpose, hoping that women will take pity on him and tell him to strip to his underwear so that they can put together a more harmonious collection of clothing.

After all, he has to have some flaws ...

That is an excellent question. has terrible, terrible fashion sense. No idea how to put an outfit together. I think maybe he does it on purpose, hoping that women will take pity on him and tell him to strip to his underwear so that they can put together a more harmonious collection of clothing.

After all, he has to have some flaws ...

An outfit? I didn't know the undercover folks wore outfits? Seriously, I think you've just insulted scores of MacGyver fans who scower Ebay so as to find clothes and dress just like him ..... or so I've read on this board. Would have to agree that his wardrobe lacked a bit of 'co-ordination' at times, but then again his outdoor interests & extracurricular activities were quite varied and we are talking California; not London, Paris or NY!