MacGyver

The TV action hero was revered for his arcane ability to make weapons out of ordinary household objects

I commented last week that MacGyver has unexpectedly become a major pop-culture icon; this week, legendary producer/huckster Dino De Laurentiis and his daughter Raffaella helpfully confirmed my statement by announcing that they’re making MacGyver into a feature film.

It’s not news that the quality of a Saturday Night Live show can’t be predicted from just looking at the name of the host. Some of the worst shows this year have had reliable types like Hugh Laurie and Alec Baldwin, while the most recent show made very good use of The Rock. He does a much better Obama than Fred Armisen (even with the Hulk dialogue, he got Obama’s inflections and speech mannerisms and frequent “uh”s more accurately than Armisen).