The Spacey Awards (also referred to as The Spaceys) was an annual award presented by the Canadian cable network Space (now known as CTV Sci-Fi Channel ) from 2003 to 2007. Awards were presented in the areas of sci-fi , fantasy and horror films , television series and video games . The awards included both audience-voted categories and juried categories, whose winner was selected by a committee of employees of the channel. The award statue was an alien with large, insectoid eyes.
47-406: The awards were known for their use of humor, often with skits built around both the presenting and the receiving of awards. Rather than hosting a formal ceremony, SPACE instead took the awards to the winners, often visiting them on the set of their latest production, or in some other setting. Richard Dean Anderson of Stargate SG-1 was noted for his comedic acceptance speeches (one of which during
94-477: A MasterCard commercial during Super Bowl XL . While the plot follows the "MacGyver Formula", it is somewhat satirical of the series, showing unlikely if not impossible solutions to the obstacles faced by Anderson's character (in one shot, he cuts through a thick rope with a pine-scented air freshener ). The official MasterCard website for the commercial refers to it as "the Return of MacGyver". Lee David Zlotoff ,
141-626: A cameo role in the 1992 film Wayne's World , which featured a "Stan Mikita" doughnut shop, spoofing the Canadian doughnut chain Tim Hortons (co-founded by Hockey Hall of Fame member Tim Horton ). A restaurant named "Stan Mikita's" and closely resembling the movie's version opened in 1994 at the Virginia amusement park Kings Dominion and at Paramount Carowinds in Charlotte. On May 24, 2011, Mikita
188-409: A deliberate curve. Mikita was also one of the first players to wear a helmet full-time, after a December 1967 game in which an errant shot tore a piece off one of his ears (it was stitched back on). Mikita's later years were marred by chronic back injuries, leading to his retirement as an active player on April 14, 1980. At that time, only Gordie Howe and Phil Esposito had scored more points in
235-553: A father, well, I don't know if this is a change, but it makes me want to get out of here faster. Get off the clock. Just 'cause the baby is my reason for living, my reason for coming to work." Stan Mikita Stanley Mikita (born Stanislav Guoth ; May 20, 1940 – August 7, 2018) was a Slovak -born Canadian ice hockey player for the Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League , generally regarded as
282-531: A jazz musician. Anderson studied to become an actor at St. Cloud State University and then at Ohio University but dropped out before he received his degree because he felt "listless". Right after his junior year in college, he participated with friends in a cross-country bicycle ride from Minnesota to Alaska . He then moved to North Hollywood along with his friend and girlfriend before moving to New York City , finally settling in Los Angeles . He worked as
329-516: A little bit" due to having "a couple of reconstructed knees." During filming of SG-1 , he orchestrated both street and ice hockey games consisting of cast and crew. He was also a race car driver during the MacGyver years. From 1996 to 2003, his partner was Apryl A. Prose, mother of his only child, Wylie Quinn Annarose Anderson (born on August 2, 1998). Anderson left Stargate SG-1 because he wanted to spend more time with his daughter stating, "Being
376-503: A positive light from its premiere. Anderson was also made an honorary Air Force brigadier general . In 1995, he co-starred with John de Lancie in Legend , a comic series of only twelve episodes about a dime novel writer in the Wild West who, against his will, has to play the role of his own fictional character. Originally written as a TV movie, with the decision to make Legend a series,
423-404: A teenager, his dream of becoming a professional hockey player was ended when he broke both arms three weeks apart while playing hockey for the school team at the age of 18. According to Hockey Hall of Fame member Stan Mikita as of 2009, Anderson was "a hockey nut and pretty damn good hockey player." He developed an early interest in music, art, and acting. For a short time, he tried to become
470-473: A well-known forward duo in the 1960s, gaining notoriety for using sticks with curved blades. Such sticks gave a comparative advantage to shooters versus goaltenders. As a result, the NHL limited blade curvature to ½" in 1970. Mikita reportedly began the practice after his standard stick got caught in a bench door, bending the blade before he hit the ice; he soon was borrowing a propane torch from team trainers to create
517-420: A whale handler in a marine mammal show, as entertainment director at Marineland, a musician in medieval dinner theater, and as a street mime and juggler. He has stated that this period was "the happiest of [his] life" and has expressed an interest in teaching juggling, clowning, and other circus arts to disadvantaged youths. Anderson's first screen role was The Birthday Party, a 1975 short film produced by
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#1732852810093564-779: Is an avid supporter of the Special Olympics and was one of many speakers at the 1991 opening ceremonies. In recent years, Anderson has helped several environmental organizations around the world. He is a member of Board of Advisors of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and has worked with the members of the Earth Rivers Expeditions to Produce River Project. Anderson divides his time among Vancouver , Los Angeles and northern Minnesota . A self-described "winter sports fanatic", he loves hockey and skiing. In 1998, he noted that he "had to slow it down
611-500: The Star Trek associations of its name. The 2nd Spacey Awards were presented on April 18, 2004. The 3rd Spacey Awards were presented on May 29, 2005. The 4th Spacey Awards were presented on May 27, 2006. The 5th Spacey Awards were presented on June 10, 2007. Richard Dean Anderson Richard Dean Anderson (born January 23, 1950) is a retired American actor. He began his television career in 1976, playing Jeff Webber in
658-785: The Special Olympics to Chicago, bringing his family out to volunteer at races. Internationally, Mikita played two games of the Summit Series in 1972 for Canada against Soviet Union , both of them in Canada, as well as two exhibition games also during the Summit Series, one against Sweden in Stockholm and one against Czechoslovakia in Prague. He also played several exhibition games for Czechoslovakia in summer 1967 when he came to his country of origin to visit his family. Mikita and teammate Bobby Hull were
705-520: The Stargate film over and over again and came to the conclusion that the film had "great potential" and signed a contract with the Stargate producers. Anderson agreed to become involved with the project if his character was allowed significantly more comedic leeway than Kurt Russell 's character in the feature film. He also requested Stargate SG-1 be more of an ensemble show so that he would not be carrying
752-578: The comic relief ) and Emmy nominee Beau Bridges (replacing Anderson as Base commander). At the Air Force Association 's 57th Annual Air Force Anniversary Dinner in Washington, D.C. , on September 14, 2004, then- Air Force Chief-of-Staff General John P. Jumper presented Anderson with an award for his role as star and executive producer of Stargate SG-1 , a series which portrayed the Air Force in
799-537: The 1960s and 1970s, located in the Oakbrook Shopping Center, Oak Brook, Illinois. Mikita provided the foreword to the children's book My Man Stan by Tim Wendel. Mikita is featured as a main character in the book. He became a goodwill ambassador for the Blackhawks' organization, and in fall of 2011, the Blackhawks raised a statue honouring Mikita at Gate 3½ at Chicago's United Center . For three decades
846-513: The 2005 awards. The Best of the Spaceys , a special showing clips from past awards, aired on May 18, 2007. The awards were discontinued after Space's owner, CHUM Limited , was acquired by CTVglobemedia . The 1st Spacey Awards were presented on June 26, 2003. Awards included a lifetime achievement award to William Shatner , and a special achievement award to the town of Vulcan , Alberta , for its municipal tourism campaign embracing and celebrating
893-497: The 2nd Spacey Awards ran so long it was run in installments throughout the broadcast). Anderson was not nominated for the 4th annual awards as he was no longer a cast member of Stargate ; instead, he presented an award to the actor who replaced him on Stargate via an extended art film parody of My Dinner with Andre . The Spacey Awards were produced by Michelle Dudas and Simon Evans. The awards were hosted by Natasha Eloi and Jonathan Llyr , with Kim Poirier becoming co-host with
940-559: The American soap opera series General Hospital , and then rose to prominence as the lead actor in the television series MacGyver (1985–1992). He later appeared in films such as Through the Eyes of a Killer (1992), Pandora's Clock (1996), and Firehouse (1997). In 1997, Anderson returned to television as the lead actor of the series Stargate SG-1 , a spin-off of the 1994 film Stargate , replacing actor Kurt Russell . He played
987-507: The Black Hawks won their third Stanley Cup . The young centre led the entire league in goals during the playoffs, scoring a total of six. The following season was his breakout year. Mikita became a star as centre of the famed "Scooter Line", with right wing Ken Wharram and left wingers Ab McDonald and Doug Mohns . Combining skilled defense and a reputation as one of the game's best faceoff men using his innovative curved stick, Mikita led
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#17328528100931034-528: The Blackhawks Alumni Association has hosted an annual golf tournament named in Mikita's honour. As of January 2022 , Mikita ranks 15th in regular-season points scored in the history of the NHL, and just three other players ( Steve Yzerman , Alex Delvecchio , and Nicklas Lidström ) have appeared in more games while playing for only one team over their careers. Mikita appeared as himself in
1081-523: The CBS television series Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (based very loosely on the movie of the same name). In the 1983–1984 season, he played Lieutenant Simon Adams on the 22-week Dennis Weaver series Emerald Point N.A.S. on CBS, paired onscreen with Celia Warren ( Susan Dey ), the wife of naval lawyer Jack Warren ( Charles Frank ). Anderson then played Tony Kaiser in the acclaimed TV movie Ordinary Heroes , which aired in 1986. Anderson came to fame in
1128-553: The Gekko Film Corporation. The company was involved with Stargate SG-1 , producing every episode from 1997 to 2007 with the exception of 2006. The company itself has served as Anderson's backing agency. Anderson has supported Waterkeeper Alliance , an organization trying to stop water pollution . Anderson is a member of the Board of Trustees for Challengers Boys and Girls Club , a youth organization established in 1968 with
1175-571: The Marine Reserve Public Affairs Unit to mark the 200th anniversary of the founding of the United States Marine Corps . Shortly afterwards, Anderson joined the American soap opera, General Hospital as Dr. Jeff Webber from 1976 to 1981. Afterwards, Anderson guest-starred as one half of an interracial couple in an episode of The Facts of Life that also served as a backdoor pilot . In 1982–1983 he starred as Adam in
1222-550: The NHL, and just six players had appeared in more games. Mikita was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1983, and into the Slovak Hockey Hall of Fame in 2002. After retiring, Mikita became a golf pro at Kemper Lakes Golf Club . His other business interests, under Stan Mikita Enterprises, included making the small plastic sauce containers that accompany chicken nuggets at McDonald's. He owned Stan Mikita's Village Inn in
1269-526: The actor was kidnapped by Selma and Patty Bouvier , Marge Simpson 's sisters, his MacGyver character having been their longstanding heartthrob. Dan Castellaneta , the voice actor who portrays Homer Simpson (among other characters), made a guest appearance on Stargate SG-1 (" Citizen Joe ") and, in describing his unnatural ability to see the life events of Jack O'Neill, made reference to O'Neill's fondness for The Simpsons . Anderson briefly reprised his role as Angus MacGyver in 2006 when he appeared in
1316-523: The age of 78 on August 7, 2018. He was survived by his wife, four children and nine grandchildren. Mikita’s ashes are interred at Bronswood Cemetery in Oak Brook, Illinois. On September 14, 2019, it was reported by the Boston University CTE Center, that upon performing a posthumous study of Mikita's brain, it was found that he suffered from stage 3 chronic traumatic encephalopathy , or CTE, at
1363-544: The area of Slovakia) had been reinstated at the end of World War II. His aunt and uncle also gave him their surname, and he anglicized his first name to Stanley. He attended high school at St. Catharines Collegiate . After three starring junior seasons with the St. Catharines Teepees of the Ontario Hockey Association , Mikita was promoted to the parent Chicago Black Hawks in 1959–60 . In his second full year, in 1961 ,
1410-528: The best centre of the 1960s. In 2017, he was named one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players . In 1961, he became the first Slovak-born player to win the Stanley Cup . Mikita was born as Stanislav Guoth in Sokolče , Slovak Republic , during the brief period it was in existence as a client state of Nazi Germany . He was raised in a small farming community until 1948, when he moved to St. Catharines , Ontario. He
1457-470: The creator of MacGyver , announced on May 3, 2008, that a MacGyver film was in production. Anderson expressed interest in revisiting his role; however, the film has not been made or released. Anderson cameoed as MacGyver in what seemed to be a Saturday Night Live advertisement parody featuring the show's recurring character MacGruber (portrayed by Will Forte ), but was rather a real commercial for both Saturday Night Live and Pepsi , in which
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1504-488: The help of MacGyver producer Stephen Downing, and featured in an episode from season 4 of the show. Anderson received the 1995 Celebrity Award from the Make-a-Wish Foundation because of his commitment to the foundation . He is also a supporter for various Sclerosis Society non-profit organizations and has done several public service announcements to show his support for the various organizations. Anderson
1551-460: The incident. Anderson described it as an "exploded" disc that caused a "severe sciatic condition". From 1997 to 2005, Anderson starred as Jack O'Neill in Stargate SG-1 , based on the movie Stargate starring Kurt Russell and James Spader . John Symes , president of Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer (MGM), called Anderson himself and asked him if he wanted a part in the series. Anderson watched
1598-494: The lead from 1997 to 2005 and had a recurring role from 2005 to 2007. Since 1997, he has starred in only one film: Stargate: Continuum , released in 2008 as a sequel film after the Stargate SG-1 film The Ark of Truth . He appeared in the follow-up Stargate spin-off series Stargate: Atlantis and Stargate: Universe (reprising his role from SG-1 as Major General and later Lieutenant General Jack O'Neill ). Anderson
1645-399: The lead role of Angus MacGyver in the hit television series MacGyver , which lasted from 1985 to 1992 and was highly successful throughout its seven-year run. The character Angus MacGyver, also known as just MacGyver or Mac, was an optimistic action hero who was notable for using a Swiss Army knife instead of a firearm as his tool of choice. Anderson stated that he was initially drawn to
1692-437: The league in scoring four times in the decade, tying Bobby Hull 's year-old single-season scoring mark in 1966–67 with 97 points (a mark broken two years later by former teammate Phil Esposito and currently held by Wayne Gretzky ). The 1967–68 season, an 87-point effort from Mikita, was the last year a Chicago player won the scoring title until Patrick Kane 's 106-point 2015–16 season. In his early years, Mikita
1739-450: The original teleplay became the two-hour pilot episode. Anderson was applauded for his roles as Ernest Pratt and Nicodemus Legend by many critics, most notably John O'Connor from The New York Times . A great fan of the television show The Simpsons , which he repeatedly referenced during his time on SG-1 , Anderson was invited in 2005 to guest star on the show. He voiced himself in the episode " Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore ", in which
1786-623: The penalty box again. During his playing career, in 1973, Mikita teamed up with Chicago businessman Irv Tiahnybik to form the American Hearing Impaired Hockey Association ( AHIHA ), to bring together deaf and hard-of-hearing hockey players from all over the country, and he founded the Stan Mikita School for the Hearing Impaired, inspired by a friend's deaf son who was an aspiring goalie. He also helped bring
1833-786: The plot alone as he did on MacGyver . According to Anderson, he also would ad-lib "a lot of lines to bring a slightly sarcastic humor to the character". In season eight , he chose to have his character "promoted" to base commander on Don S. Davis 's advice. This enabled Davis to retire from acting due to his ailing health and Anderson to take over the smaller role which involved far less on-location shooting so that he could spend more time with his young daughter. The following season , Anderson terminated his status as star and producer of Stargate SG-1 opting to make several guest appearances per season instead, allowing his sizable role to be filled by veteran actors Ben Browder (replacing Anderson as field commander), Claudia Black (replacing Anderson as
1880-456: The recurring role of David Smith, appearing in three episodes. Anderson has served as an executive producer in six shows in which he has acted himself: MacGyver: Lost Treasure of Atlantis , MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday , Legend , Stargate SG-1 , Firehouse and From Stargate to Atlantis: Sci Fi Lowdown . Anderson composed the song "Eau d'Leo" for the MacGyver episode "The Negotiator". Together with Michael Greenburg, Anderson created
1927-503: The role because he "was intrigued by the idea of a TV hero who had an aversion to guns", noting his own aversion to violence and how the MacGyver character differed from popular action heroes of that time. Anderson would go on to produce two follow-up movies to MacGyver in 1994. After MacGyver ended, Anderson stated " MacGyver was seven years of being in virtually every frame that was shot and having absolutely no life at all." During
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1974-424: The run of the program, Anderson suffered a number of injuries related to doing his own stunt work, some of which required surgery. He suffered a compressed disc in his back when he fell into a hole while filming an episode midway through the first season of the show; he continued filming in a "fairly crippled" state for a year and a half before having surgery that improved his condition, but still experienced pain from
2021-595: The titular character becomes obsessed with the soft drink. This aired three times during the January 31, 2009, SNL broadcast, and the second part aired again during Super Bowl XLIII on the following day. Anderson has also played the role of General Jack O'Neill in Stargate Atlantis and Stargate Universe , which first aired in October 2009. Anderson joined the cast of Fairly Legal on USA Network in fall 2010 in
2068-469: Was adopted by his aunt and uncle, Anna and Joe Mikita, who had emigrated from Slovakia to Canada 20 years earlier and were childless. They came to Czechoslovakia to visit the Guoth family before Christmas in 1948 and took the 8-year-old Stan with them when they went back to Canada. His parents believed that there was a brighter future for him in Canada than in then Communist Czechoslovakia , whose borders (including
2115-592: Was among the most penalized players in the league, but he then decided to play a cleaner game and went on to win the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy for particularly sportsmanlike conduct combined with excellence twice. Mikita's drastic change in behavior came after he returned home from a road trip. His wife told him that while their daughter, Meg, was watching the Black Hawks' last road game on television, she turned and said, "Mommy, why does Daddy spend so much time sitting down?" The camera had just shown Mikita in
2162-532: Was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota , the eldest of four sons born to Stuart Jay Anderson, a teacher, and Jocelyn Rhae Carter, an artist. He is of Norwegian , Scottish , Finnish-Swedish , English, German, Swedish and possibly Mohawk descent. His last name, Anderson, derives from his Finnish-Swedish paternal grandfather. He grew up in Roseville, Minnesota , where he attended Alexander Ramsey High School . As
2209-507: Was diagnosed with oral cancer and began external beam radiation therapy. On January 30, 2015, the Chicago Tribune released this statement from his wife: "Stan has been diagnosed with suspected Lewy body dementia , a progressive disease, and was under the care of compassionate and understanding care givers". In June, 2015, it was stated that Mikita had no memory of his former life and was being cared for by his wife Jill. Mikita died at
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