[Angelone]

Cover ups and poor customer service rarely get you far. I seem to recall having a computer with this problem... my dad thought it was something I did to it.

[thalandar]

Face-man, was THE orginal face.  I would say human or elf.  Hannibal, human street sammie.  BA, ork for sure-street sam/mechanic.  Murdock rigger.

[voydangel]

Face-man, was THE orginal face.  I would say human or elf.  Hannibal, human street sammie.  BA, ork for sure-street sam/mechanic.  Murdock rigger.

My vote is that Hannibal was a fixer/face/weapons specialist.
Face was a hacker/face.
/agree w/ others

[Aces]

For TV shows still on the air, Burn Notice is indeed an excellent example of present day Shadowrunning. Each episode usually starts with meeting 'The Client' (or Johnson, in SR terms), followed by doing Legwork, which leads to forming the Plan, and ultimately doing the Job (or Run). Not every job is what it seems to be and a lot of the Johnsons aren't to be completely trusted.

[Qemuel]

I'll have to check the show out.  Probably a nice amount of good SR ideas there from how you describe it.

[FoxBoy]

Face-man, was THE orginal face.  I would say human or elf.  Hannibal, human street sammie.  BA, ork for sure-street sam/mechanic.  Murdock rigger.

Murdock was just nucking futs. I loved his antics, especially the adventures of captain sock puppet.

[voydangel]

oh man, i totally forgot about the sock puppet! that was hilarious. thanks for reminding me..... maybe I'll make a npc with that.... "quirk".

[FoxBoy]

"The taxi cab wars" - 1983

----
Cal Freeman: [Murdock has just done a sock puppet show] Are you sure he's okay? I mean, he doesn't seem quite normal.
Col. John "Hannibal" Smith: That sock is telling the truth.
----
Capt. H.M. "Howling Mad" Murdock: Hi, I'm Doctor Vern, veterinarian and this is my talking dog, Socky.
Sgt. Bosco "B.A." Baracus: This is my talking fist. His name is Knock-out. Do you want to hear Knock-out speak?
Capt. H.M. "Howling Mad" Murdock: No.
----

To /really/ pull it off voydangel, you need a straight man in your skits. And lots and lots of 'study materials' (a-team episodes)

[thalandar]

Don't forget Murdock's Masked Avenger character, complete with paper mask.

I'd love to see BA's fear of flying in a Shadowrun game-that's a good quirk.  "I don't care if there are insect spirits coming to get us, I am not getting on that plane with you, fool!"

[hazmat the monstar]

A team were definitely runner icons!

[hazmat the monstar]

It makes me sad when people refer to the 80s as the "old days". I swear I was just there in the 80s.

However, whenever our rigger or hacker is jury-rigging something in-game I may happen to play the theme to Macgyver. It made me sad that 1 or 2 players didn't know the music.

They didn't know mcgyver? who are these kids? Have you seen Macgruber? hilarious.

[FastJack]

I still think one of the greatest moments in TV history was the first episode of Stargate: SG1, when they go through the gate to an unknown world.

Samantha Carter: Amazing. This is what was missing from the dig at Giza. This is how they controlled it. It took us 15 years and three supercomputers to MacGyver a system for the gate on Earth.
Jack O'Neill: Captain?
Samantha Carter: Look how small it is!

[Angelone]

That quote taken out of context

MacGyver: Slapping reality in the face one episode at a time.

[FastJack]

Actually, (being a avid fan of Mac--I have three swiss army knives, one on me at all times) I watch a lot of background stuff on MacGuyver and a lot of the stuff they wrote into the show was scientifically-feasible (although not always workable in the real world).

[Nomad Zophiel]

My understanding is that for a lot of the stuff that could be dangerous for kids to try, they skipped a crucial step or two. Sort of like on Mythbusters where they make a point of not mentioning certain chemical compositions or formulae. Of course, back before the Internet you couldn't just go to the Mac website and find a post in the forums about all the steps that were skipped.