Found this cool link today thought I might share it with everyone.

MacGYver battles bigfoot

That was the ultimate Scooby-Doo-inspired episode! I remember when I first saw it, I didn't know whether to laugh or groan when the mask came off. I just kept waiting for "big foot" to say, "And I would have gotten away with it if it wasn't for you pesky kids!" ZOINKS! Here, Scooby, have a scooby snack!
I need to watch that episode again one of these days.

LOL!!! I was thinking the same thing as I watched it!

Interesting.

I never saw.. and in fact still can't see it as a Scooby-Doo episode. I thought it was a lot better than that.

I'm not sure how familiar you are with Scooby Doo, but the basic plot of just about every episode is as follows: A ghost, or werewolf or vampire or whatever, is terrorizing some people. Those people call on Fred, Shaggy, Velma and Daphne to investigate, and in the end it turns out that the ghost/werewolf/vampire/whatever is actually just somebody in a costume who was trying to scare people, usually with money as a motivation. "Ghost Ship" follows this plot almost exactly. That's why I always suspect this episode was inspired by Scooby Doo. Too bad Mac didn't have a dog with him... that would have been perfect.

I grew up watching Scooby-Doo so I know the plot-lines. But I still don't see it as a scooby doo episode.

when I first saw this Epsode i was scared to death, didn't watch half of it when i was little but years later when I saw it again i watched it all the way through.

Do have to say that the whole ship exploring scene scared me too when I watched it the first time. It takes up nearly a whole act.

This is one of my favorite episodes. I agree with the previous poster who mentioned MacGyver's exploration of the deserted ship. It lasted a majority of the entire act, involved practically no dialogue, and lead to a fantastic payoff when the creature smashed it's arm through the glass window, then gave chase to MacGyver.

It was a clever episode overall. The entire plot of the tanker stealing oil from the pipeline and using the old Sasquatch superstition to keep the local natives out of the area. Very Scooby-Doo ish indeed. And I loved the idea of MacGyver in the forest, since he truly loved nature. That's the same reason I enjoyed the episode where MacGyver is overseeing Pete on his survival training and they end up being hunted.

This was an episode that wouldn't have worked as well the previous season when the series was still being filmed in Los Angeles. The Canadian wilderness, which was utilized so effectively in THE X-FILES, added a lot of atmosphere to this episode.

Not to mention actually those kinds of scenes are actually my favorites in almost everything. A good amount of suspense with no dialogue.

Nope. That's why season 3-6 are the best seasons of the whole show. Not that seasons 1 & 2 or 7 are bad.

I rewatched the episode, and you know, in spite of the Scooby Doo inspiration, I have to say it's a good episode. I had forgotten how tense it gets when he's on the ship.
I'm trying to convince my girlfriend to watch it, but ever since I told her the premise, she's refused. She says it sounds too painfully campy, and after I made her watch Harry's Will (as a joke), she can't bear to watch anymore campy episodes of Mac (I tried explaining to her that "Ghost Ship" is nothing like "Harry's Will," but I think she doesn't trust me anymore! lol.)