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ORIGINAL AIRDATE: April 16th, 1986 —
MacGyver gets arrested to free the brother of a desperate woman. [SPECIAL GUEST: Kristina Wayborn!]
MISSION: MacGyver must crash a North African prison to help bust out Brian Ashford at his sister Sara’s request. As luck would have it, there is more to the story than MacGyver is informed.
This week’s highlights include:
SPECIAL GUEST: KRISTINA WAYBORN!
Kristina Wayborn gave us a call to discuss the role of Sara Ashford, but of course we couldn’t NOT talk about James Bond with Magda herself! Ms. Wayborn shares stories from the set of MacGvyer, Octopussy, and some behind the scenes drama from one of her earlier films “The Silent Lovers” in which she portrayed the great Greta Garbo. We thank Kristina again for sharing her time with us.
If you haven’t already seen this, you’re missing out.
Boer War (History)
The Second Boer War was fought from 11 October 1899 until 31 May 1902 between the United Kingdom and the South African Republic and the Orange Free State. The British and Irish war effort was supported by troops from several regions of the British Empire, including Southern Africa, the Australian colonies, Canada, Newfoundland, British India, and New Zealand. The war ended in victory for the British and the annexation of both republics. Both would eventually be incorporated into the Union of South Africa in 1910.
The conflict is commonly referred to as simply the Boer War, since the First Boer War is much less well known.
Check out the article on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Boer_War
Watch S1E20: “The Escape” on CBS’s website or check the alternative streamability of this episode here.
Great interview! Kristina seems like a really sweet lady. Quite a story about how she was blackballed by the producer who wanted her for a girlfriend — good for her for not giving in. Fun to hear some Octopussy tidbits too — that’s my 2nd favorite Roger Moore Bond movie after Live and Let Die.
The biggest winners were the elaborate MacGyverisms-packed escape (reminded me more of the tow truck trick than Borza prison) and his quick advancing of status inside as a way towards it (a bit like in The Shawshank Redemption), with an amazingly chilled-out attitude like when he’s casually chatting with Khan in his office (it looks so little like a cell that I used to think he was the head of the prison until the commandant threatened him!) while knowing that a wrong move could cost him his life!