MacGruber is a Saturday Night Live sketch that is a parody of the show MacGyver. The sketch stars Will Forte and Kristen Wiig (replacing Maya Rudolph). Richard Dean Anderson (who played the title role in the MacGyver series) has also appeared on MacGruber. The shorts are written by Will Forte, John Solomon, and Jorma Taccone. Taccone is responsible for creating the character and directed most of the spots with the exception of the Jonah Hill and ...
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MacGruber is a Saturday Night Live sketch that is a parody of the show MacGyver. The sketch stars Will Forte and Kristen Wiig (replacing Maya Rudolph). Richard Dean Anderson (who played the title role in the MacGyver series) has also appeared on MacGruber. The shorts are written by Will Forte, John Solomon, and Jorma Taccone. Taccone is responsible for creating the character and directed most of the spots with the exception of the Jonah Hill and Shia LeBeouf episodes, which were both directed by John Solomon. The sketch revolves around MacGruber always becoming consumed with some sort of personal issue, to the detriment of himself and his assistants.
The skit sets MacGruber, Vicky, and another assistant (typically played by the current SNL host) in a life or death situation. The sketch always occurs in three parts. The setting is always the sort that stars of action shows find themselves in (an abandoned mine, a warehouse, and so forth), and they always find themselves trapped in the...
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