I had the opportunity to ask questions a few times myself, so I asked RDA about Mac's change in hair colour. I cant' give the reply verbatim, since I didn't tape it for transcription, and since he also used a word that doesn't pass the language filters here. (Rick was very funny about that: he asked if it was okay to say it in the Q&A.)

Basically, Henry Winkler didn't like the dark hair. The unprintable word was part of a direct quote regarding how the dark hair looked on camera. He asked RDA if he'd be willing to get 'highlights'. I got the impression that Rick didn't much care what they did with his hair; it wasn't a big deal to him, although he wouldn't have made any changes left to himself.

When the show moved to Vancouver, RDA had to find someone new to do the 'highlights'. Apaprently, she went way overboard, both in how elaborate the technique was and in the results. RDA said that they eventually reached a balance.

Now, an interesting point of this is what he didn't say. He was being cheerfully frank about the hair; moreover, he had been cheerfully frank all weekend about the travails of aging. He didn't mention getting his hair lightened to hide the early onset of greying. If that had been the case, given the circumstances, I think he would have admitted it.

Of course, it's entirely possible that Henry Winkler also didn't like the greying temples, and told the hair stylist on the sly to cover it up somehow; but that's pure speculation on my part.

Another funny moment in Rick vs. the Passing Years: on each side of the stage was a short set of steps, maybe four or five, to get up to the stage. At one point during the charity auction, Rick paused at the bottom of the stage left steps, announced into his mike: "And now, a trip down memory lane," and walked up the steps.

This is great!

Thanks for posting these bits of information for us Beth.

It's always really good to hear what RDA has to say about MacGyver.

p.s. Most of the word filters have been switched off so that word would probably make it now.

What a completely ordinary explanation!

Now, can he explain (and excuse) those horrible wardrobe choices?

Okay! Still, it's not really essential to the story -- and it's a word that a lot of people really do find offensive, especially if they don't hang out backstage much.

Now you've got me curious!!

It's four letters long and begins with an S.

Spit?

Well, it isn't 'salt'.

It was pretty funny hearing that Henry Winkler can cuss with the best of them.

Thanks for the information! Interesting read.

But this part is odd:

"When the show moved to Vancouver, RDA had to find someone new to do the 'highlights'. Apaprently, she went way overboard, both in how elaborate the technique was and in the results. RDA said that they eventually reached a balance."

His hair was the most blonde in season 7, when filming moved back to California. So I wonder if he changed stylists again then. During the Vancouver seasons, his hair was a kind of brown/dirty blonde. But during season 7, it was almost completely blonde.

It was becoming gray underneath.

And he did a perfect impression of a rather...let's say flamboyant male hair dresser. Even he admitted he did too good of a job

Another two quotes about his age: "Now that I'm real old" - audience goes: NO!!! - "Oh, come on, I'm twice everyone's age here!" - NO!!! - "Three times?" *tongue in cheek* LOL

And he also said:

"Losing my hair on certain parts of my body - and my head, for those that want to know"

At the end of the three days finally a man in the audience got the microphone and Rick, after all those questions from the women before, asked suspicious: "Don't ask me about make-up!"

I often did not understand many of the thing he said at the auction, his voice was so low and I didn't get it acoustically. But what exactly does he mean with this? *looks puzzled* Can you please explain it to me?

Rick said in his normal voice that after the man was finished he said: "It's the lights!" and then he said, "No, actually he said it like that" and repeated it in said voice, complete with gestures

Apparently it looked like Billy Idol.

Now you've got me curious!!

He asked: "Can I use the S . . . word?" and spoke each letter on its own.
And the original quote of Michael Greenberg is that he "looked like s... on a stick"

I'm glad to know that I'm not the only one who doesn't get the "trip down memory lane" joke. I just assumed there must have been more to it than what was posted in this thread.

I'm glad to know that I'm not the only one who doesn't get the "trip down memory lane" joke. I just assumed there must have been more to it than what was posted in this thread.

He was walking down the stairs off the stage at the time. "A trip DOWN memory lane" -- he was walking down the stairs.

Ah, ok. In the original post, it says he was walking UP the stairs. Thanks for clarifying!