"Zords are on-line!" They're not the only ones. All of you Power Ranger fans are online and as a thanks for your purchase, your online system will supply you with this free Mighty Morphin Power Ranger newsletter. Use if for the bird cage, as a papercutter, and even as a cover so that your computer top won't get dirty! Order online now and receive this morphinomenal newsletter with exciting features like the Spotlight on Johnny Yong Bosch, an interview with Karan Ashley, updated info. on the original Rangers, including Thuy's new show and Amy Jo's appearance on a TV show. All in the 9th edition of the MMPR nl. And, if you order now, you will also receive the free first fanfiction story to read. This story can either be used to read or go with your newsletter. To order, call 555-MMPR and ask for the operator (She comes on quickly ;-) ) or figure out how to get a copy yourself ;-) ) Welcome to new member, Tien CO, who not only is a Power Ranger fan, but helped write the Power Ranger special. And, now Gelbert is JKERWIN@delta.is.tcu.edu. Now, it is time to tell the worst news of the century. Actually, I'll let Chris7118 tell you: Well my friend it appears that I can no longer be on- line. Right now I just cannot afford to stay on-line so I have to say goodbye to you and the other Rangers. I would, however like to stay in touch with you all... Thanks for all the great times! May the power protect you! Chris7118 If you want to K.I.T. with Chris, e-mail me or him (Quickly while there's still time) and he might give you his address to K.I.T. with him! :) THE POWER RANGER SIM ON AMERICA ONLINE IS MOVED TO THE 16TH OF JULY! THE TIME IS NOT CERTAIN YET AND THERE WILL BE MORE DETAILS LATER! BUT, IT IS DEFINETELY THE 16TH! HOPE MOST AOL PEOPLE CAN MAKE IT! E-mail NYZeta for Part II of Acropsolypse or stay tuned! BY THE WAY, earlier I mentioned that anybody could do a Friday newsletter (with a little help from me). That offer still stands! Any morphinomenal fans want to give it a shot--e-mail me! ;-) Well, you all have been doing very well with the quotes. THE QUOTE: Quote 1 was said by Billy in "The Great Bookala Escape." Bookala shakes a snowglobe and says, "Like back home." Billy says, "Ah, it snows where you live? I wish it snowed in Angel Grove...but, it doesn't!" Know how ya feel, Billy. Live in Angel Grove too and I love the West Coast but I would love it even better if it snowed! It gets SOOOO hot down here! Heatwave City! Here is the order of the right guesses: Ami Ree, Tien CO, and then Randi Twin. Quote 2 was an easy one, I guess. These quotes usually come from rarely- seen episodes. Well, surprisingly RedRng knew the answer. It was from "For Whom The Bell Trolls" and it was said by Ticklesneezer, the cutest little guy I've ever seen. Rita made him go to Earth and collect everything he thought of as a goody in his Goody Bottle so he does what she says, because he's sooo nice, and he traps buildings and stuff. Trini and Billy drive in a car, which he thinks is a major goody with two little goodies inside. Trini and Billy scream as they get sucked into his bottle. His eyelids keep opening and closing as he says in his little voice, "I don't want to hurt you. Just add you to my collection. You're mine now, mine forever. Just like all my goodies." Ooh, I love this little guy! RedRng gets three points for being the first one with the correct answer, and then : Here are today's quotes: Quote 1 (1 point)-"This is too fun!" Quote 2 (2 points)-"That Rita's a real witch." BTW, you get to choose which quote you want to answer. If you know them both, go for the second one for more points. BTW, you can only guess one. TRIVIA I AM SUCH AN IDIOT, I FORGOT LAST WEEK'S TRIVIA QUESTION! SO, THIS TIME YOU CAN HAVE TWO TO ANSWER CORRECTLY AND GET A TOTAL OF 4 POINTS IF YOU ANSWER THEM BOTH FIRST! Here's Friday's belated question: Which monster used up the last of Tommy's green powers? Here's this week's: What is the name of the principal of Angel Grove High School? Jojo Stix: 2 points RedRng: 4 points DavroPrm: 1 point Chris7118: 1 point WhiteRng: 1 point Randi Twin: 2 points DarwnONeil: 1 point CV Adam: 3 points XSENTAIX: 5 points Ami Ree: 2 points Tien CO: 1 point BTW, SEND IN YOUR RAW LETTERS TO XSENTAIX AND IF YOU ALREADY DID, TELL ME FOR A POINT! :) If you have no points now, it's never too late to start! Today's MMPR profile comes from Gelbert. SCREEN NAME: JKERWIN@delta.is.tcu.edu (Formerly, Gelbert) REAL NAME: James Kerwin CURRENT RESIDENCE: Dallas/Fort Worth BIRTHDATE: 10/13/73 FAVE EPISODE: "Bloom of Doom" FAVE QUOTE: "We ded him some spicy radishes, and made him so sick! It was totally gross!" --NOTE FROM MAX: This is from "Lights, Camera, Action." Next, we'll hear from B A C L, Rufio, Tien CO, and then WBarezz. Well, we know a little about James. Now, let's learn a little more about Johnny. TODAY'S SPOTLIGHT IS ON JOHNNY YONG BOSCH/ADAM. This comes from Terri Ann C.'s FAQ guide: _Johnny Yong Bosch_ Birthdate: January 6, 1976 Birthplace: Kansas Heroes: Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan Martial Arts style: Shaolin Kung Fu (self taught) Where it got him: Received the Purple Sash after only a year and a half of training. Life Before Becoming a Power Ranger: Has competed in numerous martial arts competitions. Has won a trophy in every one he entered. Other hobbies: Soccer From MovieWeb: Nineteen-year-old Johnny Yong Bosch (Adam, the Black RangerTM) got his early martial arts inspiration from watching the popular genre movies starring Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan. Johnny's impressive martial arts skills are largely self-taught over years of practicing on his own. In addition to martial arts, he lists soccer as his other favorite hobby. Johnny lives in Los Angeles. From Hollywood Online: Nineteen-year-old JOHNNY YONG BOSCH (Adam, the Black Power Ranger) got his early martial arts inspiration from watching the popular genre movies starring Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan. Johnny's impressive martial arts skills were largely self-taught until he began training in Northern Shaolin Kung Fu and studying JKD concepts. In addition to martial arts, John lists soccer, acting and stunts as his other favorite hobbies. Johnny lives in Los Angeles. _Adam_ Personal Description: "Half-Korean, half-American, handsome, shy, and mysterious, into meditation and a form of martial arts known as Shaolin Kung Fu, draws power from Mastodon." (_Washington Times_) Martial Arts style: Shaolin Kung Fu Good Traits: Focused, disciplined, able to draw power from his inner strength. Bad Traits: Oblivious to the fact that girls think he's a hunk. Life Before Becoming a Power Ranger: Was the constant target of bullies, due to his small size and shy manner. Relied on Martial Arts to build his self esteem. Thank you, Terri Ann C. I feel like I've known him my whole life! ;-) Here are the two remaining polls: POLL 1-FAVORITE RANGER BLUE RANGER-4 points GREEN RANGER-2 points PINK RANGER-8 points RED RANGER- 2 points WHITE RANGER- 2 points YELLOW RANGER- 1 point CONRAD- 1 point NON-RANGER BULK & SKULL- 8 points RITA- 1 point FINSTER- 1 point Come on you guys! 20 of you have voted for your fave Ranger and only 10 have voted for non-fave Ranger (The people who already voted for fave can still vote for non-fave! ;-) ANSWER NOW--SAVE YOUR RANGER FROM BEING THE WORST! KEEP YOUR RANGER BEING THE BEST! Do you know what I mean...(Cuz I don't.) POLL 2 and POLL 3 ARE CANCELLED! POLL 4 still exists: WHAT MISTAKES HAVE YOU SEEN ON THE SHOW? Any ideas for a new poll??? E-mail me! At least 10 of you on-line are attracted to Billy and have a small crush on Adam. WHY IS THIS? I would think everyone would like Jason David or Steve, but no!!! Is it a woman thing or what??? Here's some info. from Oshaun: " I don't know if you've ever watched Highlander: The Series, but Jonathan has made it his life's work (NOT) to create as many puns/parodies on the opening titles of the show as possible. Anyway, this was the MMPR-Highlander parody -- I kind of liked it so I kept a copy. Enjoy! The following was posted in the Highlander Mailing List -- Jonathan is always submitting pun filled takeoffs of the Highlander opening dialogue/series sell. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Apr 1995 10:37:08 CST From: the Jonathan currently known as the Jonathan Subject: WHITE RANGER (There can be only puns #35.) And on an unrelated topic: wowzers! (If you don't know, you don't need to know.) WHITE RANGER: "Only one Tommy can survive." -Green Ranger to White Ranger He is popular, fighting evil in Angel Grove every afternoon. He is not alone. There are five others like him, one red, one blue. For two seasons he has battled the monsters of darkness, with Tor the Carrier Zord his only refuge. He cannot die unless he loses to Zedd, and with him, to Goldar. In the end, there can be only puns. He is Tommy, the White Ranger. Here we are, glad we're employed. We're a bad merchandizing ploy. [Go, go power instrumental!] I am popular! I have beside me a talking sword. I have no rival! No Samurai can be my equal! Take me to my mighty Tiger Zord! "Your jokes are so old, they're really starting to bore me." -White Ranger, King of the Come-Backs (If you didn't get it, like me, here's some info. from Oshaun.): Highlander: The Series is based on the Highlander theatrical release films (Highlander, Highlander 2: The Quickening & Highlander 3: The Final Dimension). They starred Christopher Lambert (he played Tarzan in Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan) and Sean Connery (he was in the first 2 films). Very brief, very basic premise of the movies and the series -- there are Immortals who live amoung us. They look just like other humans but cannot be killed unless their head is removed from their bodies (i.e. a sword fight, beheading, etc.). They live according to a "Set of Rules" for "The Game/The Gathering". The more heads of immortals each immortal takes -- the stronger they become. In the end there will be only ONE immortal who will have the strongest power imaginable (able to control the world if the last so chooses). There are good immortals and there are bad immortals -- the audience hopes the good will win. Also they are not allowed to kill another immortal on Holy Ground (any Holy Ground -- Christian, Muslem, Native American, Asian, etc.). The series runs in a parallel universe to the movies --- some characters have appeared in both universes but the exact timelines and histories are somewhat different. The opening credits of the series starts with: "He is immortal, born in the highlands of Scotland 400 years ago. He is not alone. There are others like him, some good, some evil. For centuries he has battled the forces of Darkne, with Holy Ground his only refuge. He cannot die - unless you take his head, and with it his power. In the end There Can Be Only One. He is Duncan MacLeod, The Highlander." The opening theme is Queen's 'Princes of the Universe' : "Here we are, born to be Kings. We're the Princes of the Universe." etc. ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ``````````````````````````````` ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` `````````````````````````````` If you compare the above stuff with the parody below -- you'll see what Jonathan did (and he's done this with other shows as well - putting them to the Highlander opening -- i.e. Knight Rider, Forever Knight, X-Files, etc.). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ He is popular, fighting evil in Angel Grove every afternoon. He is not alone. There are five others like him, one red, one blue. For two seasons he has battled the monsters of darkness, with Tor the Carrier Zord his only refuge. He cannot die unless he loses to Zedd, and with him, to Goldar. In the end, there can be only puns. He is Tommy, the White Ranger. Here we are, glad we're employed. We're a bad merchandizing ploy. [Go, go power instrumental!] I am popular! I have beside me a talking sword. I have no rival! No Samurai can be my equal! Take me to my mighty Tiger Zord! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If this piques your interest in Highlander the Series there is a very detailed FAQ available with more info. I could send you a copy if you're interested. Kathie -- "You can lead a herring to water, bu OShaun@aol.com you have to walk real fast or they die." OShaun@ix.netcom.com -- Rose 'The Golden Girls' " Thanks, Kath. Very humorous (Who is this John dude? I wanna shake his hand!....I wanna shake his haaanndddd!) Now, here is some helpful info. from Terri Ann C.'s FAQ guide about where the original Rangers are now, Thuy's new show, and Amy Jo on a game show as a kiddie. "Well, the original Rangers are off on "other projects" is the official word. Walter Jones has been spotted on the show "Step by Step". Both Thuy Trang and Austin St. John have been spotted around the country making appearances at car shows. Austin is also supposedly working on a karate video. Nicholes@aol.com adds: Oh and I have some info about Trini, if you're interested. A friend of mine was an extra on the pilot for a new show she is going to be in. It's called "Tracy Z", and it's for kids. Apparently, she is in college and is some kinda detective, like Nancy Drew or something. From: bgperkin@eos.ncsu.edu: Some trivia for all you Amy Jo Johnson fans: Anyone remember the old kid TV game show "I'm Telling!"? It still comes on some old cable TV channel. Anyway, a young aspiring actress was on it. She looked about 12 or 13, with the name "Amy Jo" on it. Puberty didn't change her much. I guess it's the gymnastics... [By the way, I'm Telling! is a game show about how much siblings know about each other. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW AMY JO HAD A SIBLING! And, a little more info.-- I'm Telling! is from Saban Entertainment! ;-) -- Marx Okman] ADREL VICENTE adds: Hello! At the local video store in my city, there was a poster of Austin St. John, Thuy Trang, and Walter Jones wearing all black tight clothes. The caption of the poster said "Cyber-force, Watch out for it". Thanks you Terri Ann and everyone else for that morphinomenal info. :) I just read "Treasure Hunt" by R Donnely and I think, if you like fanfiction, you should ask her for a copy. It's really good. Also, there are a lot more fanfic stories including "The Grey Ranger," by denbobo@aol.com, "Tremors," by Pinkran943@aol.com, and, of course "Acropsolypse". Also, look for an upcoming one (I hope ;-) from Ami Ree. Now, for the interview with Jason David Frank. This interview comes from Teen Beat's September 1995 issue: --Teen Beat ("The Power Rangers Get Personal!".) _Teen Beat_. New York: The Sterling/McFadden Partnership, September, 1995. Pg. 84.) Now, here is her interview with Teen Beat (TB): TB: "Tell us about Tommy." JDF: "Tommy's the White Ranger, the leader of the Power Rangers. He's always got to find a way out of situations. He's got to make sure the others don't panic." TB: "Has your life changed since you became a Power Ranger?" JDF: "It hasn't changed." TB: "Do you have a background in martial arts?" JDF: "Yes, I'm a black belt. I own a couple of schools, actually. That's the reason it took me a while to do anything [in acting]. I own two schools and I was teaching all the time and didn't have a chance to go on auditions. I wanted to audition for this." TB: "Is the Power Rangers Movie your first movie?" JDF: "Yes, it's my first feature." TB: "Looking beyond Power Rangers, do you want to continue in film?" JDF: "Yes, definitely. I'll be doing a film with Saban Entertainment and we don't know who else yet, but it's going to be like a co-production and we'll be doing that in Septemeber of '96. I'll get to be a different character, so it's exciting. TB: "Will that be an action/adventure?" JDF: "Yes." TB: "According to your co-star Karan, you're a real practical joker on the set!" JDF: "Yes, sort of! I always joke around." IMPORTANT: Ami Ree (Heather) has an important announcement to make: " Yes folks, I have lost my mind and agreed to publish a fanzine. For those who don't know what one is, a fanzine is a collection of stories, poems, filks(songs), pictures, and anything else you can think of that has to do with the Power Rangers. But I need your help. I need submissions!!!!!!!!! So if this sounds like something you like to do, EMail me with your stories. If you have friend that have great stories or other stuff, EMail it in. This is your chance to get published and be read by millions of closet Power Ranger fans all over the world!!!! If you have pictures or other things you feel you should mail though, EMail me and I will give you an address to send them too. The reason being I don't have a GIF printer. So send them today, I am awaiting your submissions!!!!!! Ami ree :) Well, most of you must know about Ami Ree fanzine by now. " Here's some more info. from Ami Ree: " Thunder Megazine is now taking subbmissions for artwork, stories, poems, and filks (songs). Sumissions have to be IBM compatible. Send stories, poems, filks through E-Mail to Ami ree@aol.com. artwork or anything you don't want to send E-Mail, send to Thunder Megazine 100 Briarhaven #312,Granite City,IL. 62040. We're going to try to get this out by October 31st, so the deadline for submissions is September 30th. (if this isn't enough time,tell me!). Please, only G - PG13. I know that there are people under 18 that will read this and I don't want their parents mad at me. Maybe later,we'll try pushing the envelope a bit. I think that takes care of everything...I hope. Hope to hear from you soon. Ami ree " If you have AOL and are a MMPR fan (Which I hope you all are ;-) you can have a lot of fun! Not only is there chats and sims, but now there is going to be fanfiction too. Here are the rules: 1. An order must be chosen to determine who goes when. 2. The first person who starts the story writes three lines. 3. When that person is done, he/she writes NEXT. 4. Then, the second person writes three lines to add to the story. 5. When that person is done with his/her addition to the story, he/she writes NEXT. 6. When everyone has a turn, the first person starts over. 7. This continues until the story is finished. 8. At the end, the fanfiction will be typed up as a story and added to the nl (maybe). If you want an example of fanfiction, read the special edition, for Tien CO, GRIFTER, and Marx Okman's fanfiction story, "Ranger For A Day." (GRIFTER thought up the title.) Well, that's about it for today. Coming sometime in the future: A list of Sentai shows, a long list of MMPR spoofs, info. on the MMPR rip-offs, info. on Sentai, Dynaman, and Voltron how each episode is created, etc. ALL FROM TERRI ANN C.'S FAQ GUIDE! Interviews coming soon...Johnny Yong Bosch, David Yost, Brian Spicer, another Jason David Frank, and Paul Freeman! Coming next time....WL's 10 reasons for watching the show, a morphinomenal article about Power Rangers submitted by Oshaun, the spotlight on , an interview with Johnny Yong Bosch, and hopefully some stuff from you guys (Articles, info. poll answers, reviews on MMPR merchandise/episodes/movie/scripts/fanfic, trivia/quote answers, Friday nl?, etc.) Also, if there's room, a review on the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers CD Rom game. More fun, more thrills, more interactivity! All coming soon! NINJETTI! The cow! Mooooooooooooooooooo! Mm__)