I have a question. Does anyone know what the red metal cuff bracelet says (is for) that MacGyver started wearing in, I believe, season 6?

The bracelet worn by MacGyver is a Gulf War memorial bracelet.. I believe it had the name of either a Missing in Action, or a Killed in Action, soldier.

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Very cool. I've been a fan since season 4. I've always wondered that was on that bracelet. Thank you!!!!!

I wondered about that too. Thanks for that information Rock.
I wonder if it was an item that was part of the MacGyver wardrobe like his clothes and watches or was it maybe a RDA thing and he wanted to wear it in character too.

Actually, I wonder if any of the MacGyver clothes and accessories are things that Rick went home with at the end of the day. If so he probably never needed to buy a roll of in his time filming MacGyver – he could just take some of the props home.

Later it became gold in Hind-Sight. Funny how you notice things on the character during the series. In the Pilot episode he wore a necklace.

And a gold ring on his finger. He gave both of them away in "lost Love" to..um.. Lisa?

She wore his ring on teh chain around her neck.

Maybe that's why they used so many SAK models on the show, coz Rick kept walking off the set with them.

Well I've noticed that MacGyver always wears white socks, and RDA has said in interviews that the only ever wears white socks. So it might not be so much a case of RDA taking home MacGyver stuff as RDA using his own stuff for MacGyver.

FWIW, costume items aren't supposed to walk off the set (nor are props), even minor things like socks -- in fact, there are Equity regulations requiring that certain items have to be washed frequently. It's more likely that the white socks were another personality aspect of RDA that rubbed off on MacGyver.

Bear in mind that at the end of a show, or a day's filming, the actors don't just go home -- they clean off their make-up, shower, and get back into their own clothes. Depending on the locale and the performer, they either turn in their costumes to a central wardrobe location, hang them up in the dressing room closet, or leave them strewn in tangled heaps around the dressing room for the wardrobe staff to pick up.

That said, stuff does vanish all the time; I once spent hours on a customised undergarment for a performer who shall remain nameless, but whom I can justifiably call a full-blown diva. This garment was nowhere to be found when we inventoried the costumes at the end of the show. I was amazed to see it again, several years later, when she was brought back for a different role in a different show . . . even more amazed to hear that she claimed to have bought it in an exclusive European boutique! Trust me, I can recognise my own hand-stitching. Well, at least she appreciated my workmanship.

There was nothing we could do about it but laugh at her behind her back. So we did.

whats FWIW mean?

Some do. I was recently watching the "Seaver Family Reunion" feature on my Growing Pains Season 1 DVD, and they comment about how Alan Thicke used to walk off the set wearing the wardrobe from the show. So finally they started making scenes with him wearing a nightrobe the last thing he filmed for the day- they figured he wouldn't walk off the set wearing just a robe!

It means "For What It's Worth".

I was actually thinking along the lines that RDA might have just left his own socks on...
maybe he has some weird hangup about only wearing his own socks or something

It means "For What It's Worth".

Oops, my apologies! I guess I use that acronym often enough that I forgot it might not be easy to follow. I will police my acronyms more carefully from now on!

*writes self a ticket for TMA (Too Many Acronyms)*

*writes self another ticket for use of unlicensed TLA (Three-Letter Acronym)*

I only wear white socks... though not the big tube socks for which RDA is so famous...

My feet are happier with light cotton socks. Dark socks are fine for formal times or dress-up, but they make my feet hot and uncomfortable if worn daily.

Sorry if that was TMI! (Too Much Information)

*writes Loth a ticket*

*looks at ticket . . . don't worry, it's a movie ticket.*

I thought that leather jacket he used in MasterCard commercial was the original used in MacGyver? It sure looked like it (...and was a tad small on him then too...)

nope the Mastercard jacket had flaps on the cargo pockets.

The original had zip up cargo pockets.

Its a bomber jacket to be sure.. but not the "raider" styled.

Ahh... okay. Never noticed the pockets... Thanks, Rocky.

I thought he said it one of his old jackets... I know I have the interviews from the commercial. Now only if I could find them in my mess of files...

In our 2014 interview with Richard he explained that in season 1 the brown bomber jacket was his own personal jacket which he was also wearing when he auditioned for the role.