TODAY ON POWER RANGERS . . . Mark gets a new assignment from Angel Grove High and has to give as much info. on the MMPR Geneis game that he can. Meanwhile, Zedd and Rita decide to give spread some info. of their own by sending Maka7 to tell about herself. Maka lands under the infamous spotlight with Finster and tells him about herself, even though he's on the evil side. Rita points out the mistake and sings "Hey Rita" to give Maka a clue -- a fun and games clue. While Max is finishing his interview with Austin St. John, Maka comes and interrupts the fun. Can five new CD Rom games save the day? Find out on this all-new issue of MMPRNL! WHAT DO WE HAVE TODAY? I Today On Power Rangers II What Do We Have Today? III The Online Welcome Mat IV Ask Max V Nobody's Purfict Guide VI You Can Quote Me On That VII Trivia Pursuit VIII Scoreboard IX Fun and Games X Did you know...? [WALTER JONES SIGHTING!] XI The Swimming Poll XII Hee ha! [Mark's Joke Column] XIII The Grand Prize XIV Quiz Show XV Standing In The Spotlight XVI. Nice To Meet You XVII Help, I need somebody! XVIII Trapped in a computer with a moron! XVIV Austin St. John gives his new career some kick! XVV The Genesis of MMPR XVVI MUSIC BOX: Hey Rita XVVII Missing: MMPR Episode XVVIII Happy Birthday, Baby! XVVIV That's All Folks! THE ONLINE WELCOME MAT The online welcome mat still needs to be worn in! It looks too nice! If you know a MMPR fan, point him in the direction of my online welcome mat!!! Of course, Zap113@smartlink.com has joined but his footprints are too clean so he doesn't count! ASK MAX I had a lot of questions but they were from Eddie and his questions are like "Why can't the Rangers reveal their identities?" and "If Zordon isn't evil, prove it!" So, send in your "NORMAL" questions now! ;-) NOBODY'S PURFICT GUIDE The NP poll is still preempted and I am still accepting mistakes from the shows....but, the first version of "Nobody's Purfict!" is COMPLETED! AOL people can get it from me NOW and I'm hoping I'll get it on the Internet soon (with help from Oshaun). I am done editing and it will be handed out to anyone on AOL who asks for it. BTW, I am also working on a Masked Rider episode guide. YOU CAN QUOTE ME ON THAT Last week's quote was "You'll be old Elvis!" It was, of course, said by Skull in "Life's A Masquerade". Bulk and Skull were trying on Halloween costumes and during the comical scene, it shows Skull as young Elvis and Bulk as old Elvis. And, Skull says, "I'll be _young_ Elvis, and you'll be _old_ Elvis!" sbolton@nbnet.nb.ca got this right first, then KibaRanger, XUGKX, and trek@ssnet.com. The second quote was easy so I was surprised almost no one got it right. It was "Oh, I'm crushed!" and it was said by Scorpina in "Goldar's Vice-Versa". When Sabrina turned into Scorpina, Aisha said 'I knew there was something wrong about you -- besides your clothes and your hair!" and Scorpina laughs, "Oh, I'm crushed!" br550 got this right. Today's quotes are: QUOTE 1- "I've been wanting to do that for a long time." QUOTE 2- "What'd you go and do that for?" QUOTE 10- "What goes around comes around!" TRIVIA PURSUIT Last week's trivia question was "Which Ranger was put under a spell to act like Rita? On which episode?" No one got this right. A lot of you answered Kim from "Beauty and the Beast". Like, I said none of you got this right. The answer was actually no one. No one was put under a spell to act like Rita. I'm going to quote Kim, "That gold goon thinks his spell worked, huh? Well, I'll show him!" The answer to the 8th question on my quiz was "c. none of the above" by the way. I kept hinting about this to Mesia13 and it only took her 3 days to figure it out. ;-) SCOREBOARD br550: 7 points c.mikoluff@genie.geis.com: 7 points Freakling: 2 points Herndons: 3 points Hoshiko466: 8 point jrovang: 1 point KibaRanger: 19 points Mesia13: 19 points MooTant: 4 points Patri56297: 2 points PinkRan943: 1 point sbolton@nbnet.nb.ca/Matt H.: 21 points sgraeff@ns.net: 1 point trek@ssnet.com: 1 point trouter@ix.netcom.com: 3 points t.shell@genie.geis.com: 1 point XSENTAIX: 3 points XUGKX: 5 points Now THAT'S a scoreboard! We're going to keep going until the next game comes. Then, the ten people with the highest scores will get to play! FUN AND GAMES Well, those who figured out last week's trivia question, here's something you should know. The last line is the only one that you need (It's also the only one that makes sense.) Here's today's clue: Cross out every letter that is an even number in the alphabet (b, d, f . . .) Cross out all the vowels. Cross out the last letter. Out of the 7 letters left, cross out the 3rd from the right. Cross out any letter in my initials (MJO) Cross out the letter directly in the middle of the others. Cross out the letter of the first name of Rita and Zedd's henchman. (24 karat) Cross out the letter in the middle. Cross out the one with more than one syllable. The remaining one is the magic letter. DID YOU KNOW . . . ? WALTER JONES SIGHTING! Walter will be on "Family Matters" (Yes, that show with that Urkel kid who is about 18 and STILL acting like a nerd.) as, get this, one of the uncontrollable students that Urkel is teaching. And, on "Step By Step", another TGIF show, he played an uncontrollable student that Dana was teaching. What roles! Anyway, his character is named is Kissel. [Covering my mouth, laughing.] BTW, the episode is titled "Teacher's Pet". --XUGKX has a picture he scanned of Catherine Sutherland. If you want it, just e-mail him. I think he can only send it to people with AOL, unless he knows something I don't. --I just made an info. sheet on me called "FAX ON MAX". If you would like it, e-mail me. THE SWIMMING POLL Here is an update on the polls... POLL 1- FAVE RANGER [From greatest # of points to lowest # of points.] Who is your favorite Ranger? 1. PINK RANGER - 13 points 2. BLUE RANGER and WHITE RANGER- 6 points 3. RED RANGER- 5 points 4. GREEN RANGER- 4 points 5. BLACK RANGER- 3 points 6. YELLOW RANGER- 2 points FAVE NON-RANGERS: Who is your favorite non-Ranger? 1. BULK & SKULL-15 points 2. JASON/TRINI/ZACK: 3 points 3. SABA and ZORDON- 2 points 4. ALPHA 5, DRAGONZORD, ERNIE, FINSTER, FROG ZORD, GOLDAR, LORD ZEDD, RICHIE/CURTIS, RITA, WHITE TIGERZORD, SABER-TOOTHED TIGER ZORD and TOR- 1 point POLL 2: WEIRDEST MERCHANDISE With Saban Entertainment getting all this cash, they have been making a lot of weird products? What do you think is the weirdest? Trini and Kimberly Dolls, The Gummy Rangers, Mac n Cheese, ALL OF IT, the Swiss Army Pencil Box, Parachuting Ranger, The Punching Bags, The McDonald zords, the MMPR fruit snacks, Mr. Caplan POG., Micro-Morphin Mini Playsets, Zordon Spin Fighter, Ranger Fruit Drinks and Granola Bars, Popcorn, 3' tall Ranger figures, MMPR oatmeal w/marshmallow lightning bolts, Rita Repulsa Nighlight, bathroom sets, Power Ranger nightlight, Red Ranger's motorcycle bedside lamp, MMPR talking bank, Power Ranger rings, paint set, 7-UP can, MMPR chicklets, Red Ranger Electric Toothbrush, The Pink Ranger makeup and lip gloss kit, White Ranger Blade blaster, MMPR fruit drinks, Girls Deluxe Fitness Set and the Red Ranger Cake Mold. Know what? I think the weirdest merchandise is the coolest. If anyone can get me some of this stuff, tell me!!! POLL 3- NOBODY'S PURFICT! If you're a new member, you've missed a lot of dumb mistakes. Because of old footage, MMPR goofs a lot on the script and stuff. Anything you noticed? I have just received A LOT of Nobody's Purfict. I'm going to run out if I use them all in one issue. I've written a guide called "Nobody's Purfict". You can get it by e-mailing me and asking. If you have Internet, it shall be posted on the newsgroup soon. POLL 4-FAVE MONSTER (In ABC Order) Which monster do you love to hate? 1. EVIL GREEN RANGER- 6 points 2. EVIL ALPHA, GNARLY GNOME, and SCORPINA- 2 points 3. BEAMCASTER, CHUNKY CHICKEN, EVIL BILLY, FANG, IVAN OOZE, MADAME WOE, MONDO THE MAGICIAN, MORDANT, NIMROD, OCTOPHANTOM, PUDGY PIG, PURSEHEAD, ROBOGOAT, SCORPINA, SERPENTERA, SNOWMAN. -1 point POLL 5-L.O.L. What do you think is the funniest MMPR episode? 1. THE WEDDING PART I/II- 5 points 2. BEST MAN FOR THE JOB and WILD WEST RANGERS- 4 points 3. ROCKY JUST WANTS TO HAVE FUN- 3 points 4. SWITCHING PLACES- 2 points 5. BLUE RANGER GONE BAD, DIFFERENT DRUM, FOUL PLAY IN THE SKY, MIGHTY MORPHIN MUTANTS, POWER RANGER PUNKS, RETURN OF THE GREEN RANGER, SOMETHING FISHY, STORYBOOK RANGERS- 1 point POLL 6-MUSIC BOX What is your fave song from Ron's album? FAVE MIGHTY RAW SONG: 1. WE NEED A HERO- 9 points 2. FIGHT- 7 points 3. 5-4-1 and ALL OF THEM!- 3 points 4. GO GO POWER RANGERS- 2 points 5. GO GREEN RANGER GO, I WILL WIN and TENGA BYE BYE- 1 point FAVE SOUNDTRACK SONG (In Order of Track): What is your fave song from the MMPRTM soundtrack: 1. CROSS MY LINE and KUNG FU' DANCIN'- 6 points 2. AYEYAIYAI (Alpha's Song) - 5 points 2. ARE YOU READY?, and DREAMS- 4 points 3. GO GO POWER RANGERS and SENSURROUND- 3 points 4. HIGHER GROUND and TROUBLE- 2 points 5. THE POWER, ALL OF THEM!- 1 point POLL 7-REPEAT SEASON If you could only see one episode you haven't seen, which would it be? And, if you have seen every episode, which do you wish would air again? 1. SWITCHING PLACES - 5 points 2. DAY OF THE DUMPSTER, DIFFERENT DRUM, GUNG HO!, THE GREEN CANDLE [PART I/PART II] HIGH FIVE, POWER RANGER PUNKS - 1 point POLL 8- BABEWATCH Which of Billy's girlfriends do you think Billy is best with? [Marge, Tamara, Laura or Violet?] 1. LAURA -- 3 points 1. MARGE -- 2 points COME ON GUYS! VOTE FOR THIS ONE! We need more than 5 people's opinions! The Herndons are at each others throats about who is the best. So, is it: Marge [Peace, Love, and Woe] Laura [Opposites Attract and Goldar's Vice-Versa] Tamara [A Monster of Global Proportions] Violet [Blue Ranger Gone Bad] Aisha HEE HA! [MARK'S JOKE COLUMN] Q: Why is Kat so haughty? A: Because, she thinks she's purrrrrfict! --If you were drinking something, I'm sorry that you had to spit it out all over the computer. I guess humor just runs in my family! ;-) THE GRAND PRIZE You Gotta Read is the official MMPR newsletter theme song. Next, we're going to try and make an offline MMPRNL scrapbook. If you have a picture or can make a copy of a picture, please send it to me through snail mail. E-mail me for my address. QUIZ SHOW I'm going to send out the quiz through e-mail soon. The person with the best score will be the official winner!!! I'll send it tomorrow! STANDING IN THE SPOTLIGHT Today's spotlight is on Finster. It comes from Darienn's MMPR FAQ guide: FINSTER Mastermind behind all of Rita's monsters and creator of the Putty Patrol, Finster creates his gnarling mutant beasts out of clay and with the assistance of his Monster-Matic, which brings them to life. Since the arrival of Lord Zedd, he has only made brief cameos throughout the second season. Finster's voice is performed by Robert Axelrod, who is the same person who is the voice for Lord Zedd. In ZYURANGERS, Finster's name was Puripurican. NICE TO MEET YOU Well, we met Finster -- now, let's meet Mary Kay! SCREEN NAME : Maka7 REAL NAME : MaryKay (Mary/Maka will do. MA KA comes from MAry KAy.) BIRTHDATE : January 17th RESIDENCE: Western Michigan FAVORITE EPISODE: "Power Ranger Punks" FAVORITE QUOTE : "Hey man, you're not the baddest dude on the block anymore, so don't ask any stupid questions !" Punk Billy in "Power Ranger Punks" HELP, I NEED SOMEBODY! --Please put Eddies111 on ignore. --If you haven't "signed" the Mighty Raw petition, PLEASE DO! Just e-mail me with your address and you'll be added to the list to be shown to Saban Entertainment. Hopefully, the list will help Mighty Raw get another album!!! TRAPPED IN A COMPUTER WITH A MORON! Well, we all know about the MMPR CD ROM thingee which I reviewed in one of the issues. But, now five new CD ROM games are coming out: A MMPR Coloring Book where you basically color in pictures of Rangers. A MMPR Print Kit. Sorry -- have no idea. I think you can print MMPR logos on your picture, like stationary. I'll have to look this up. A MMPR Movie Maker. No, you don't actually make movies. You just play scenes from the show and the movie. MMPR Jigsaw Puzzles. It's a MMPR jigsaw game. You put the pictures together to make a MMPR picture! [DUH!] MMPR Screen Saver. Could it be a MMPR Screen Saver??? AUSTIN ST. JOHN GIVES HIS NEW CAREER SOME KICK! [PART II] This comes from Teen Beat: November 1995: TEEN BEAT: How did you get started? AUSTIN: I auditioned for Power Rangers. I had just finished high school and I intended on opening a martial arts school. I wanted to teach. A friend of mine nagged me to go on the audition and I ended up getting it, and here I am. I wasn't sure I wanted to act at first. I didn't like cameras and I wasn't real comfortable in front of them. TEEN BEAT: You've overcome that by now, we're sure. AUSTIN: By now I'm used to it. Now there can be 50 of them around and I just tune them out. TEEN BEAT: Tell us about the instructional video you're working on now. AUSTIN: It's called Karate Masters. It's an instructional martial arts video for anyone who wants to learn, based more towards younger kids. TEEN BEAT: Is it for beginners? AUSTIN: Yes, it's the basics. It's put together with some fights. There's quick cuts of rapid action mixed in to pump them up. There's plenty of action. But I try to play down the fact that it's meant for self defense only. It takes a bigger man to walk away from a fight than to start one. TEEN BEAT: How long have you been studying martial arts? AUSTIN: Since I was five. I've studied 13 different styles. I have a second degree black belt in Taekwondo, which is the style that this video is based on. TEEN BEAT: Do you ever run into kids that recognize you? AUSTIN: All the time. They ask, "Why's you leave the Power Rangers?" TEEN BEAT: What's this about CD-ROM? AUSTIN: There are several. One is an encyclopedia of martial arts and another is a game based on Cyber Strike. TEEN BEAT: Do you ever have any spare time? AUSTIN: Yes [laughs]. I read, lift weights, practice martial arts, I like to go hiking. I have my Harley. My Harley is like my girlfriend because at the moment I don't have a girlfriend. TEEN BEAT: So what's next? AUSTIN: I plan on making a transition into more adult roles. I don't want to lose my fan base, I mean it's worldwide now. I hope to let my fans grow up with me. MAX: He managed to work being single into a question about spare time. He must be *VERY* desparate. THE GENESIS OF MMPR This is from lucien@ix.netcom.com (Lucien Lamoureux ): First of all, I'd like to say that this game is the one of the best MMPR games out there (it's tied with MMPR: Fighting Edition for SNES). It follows the movie pretty closely and is really fun. On the first level you have to fight dozens and dozens of the Oozemen. The second level also has tons of Oozemen, but this time you also have to defeat Scorpitron and Hornitor with your zords. After you kill Scorpitron you go back to the Command Center. Rocky starts to think back when they first became Rangers. The next level starts off back in time, and now, instead of Rocky, Adam, and Aisha you play with Trini, Jason, and Zack (and of course the other three Rangers). The Rangers have to fight the Scarlett Sentinals morphed and with their zords. The next level is when Goldar captures the three new kids (Rocky, Adam and Aisha) and puts them in a cave. You have to rescue them and fight Goldar morphed and with their zords. In the fifth level, you have to go to the Forbidden Planet and get the Sword of Legend. Once you get that, the flashback ends and you have to fight Hornitor and Ivan Ooze. You first fight them in Angel Grove and you then fight them in space. By the way, when you are fighting with the zords you can choose from either the Ninja Megazord or the Falconzord, or in the flashback you can choose from the Thunder Megazord or Tigerzord. In 2 player mode, each person chooses what zord they wanna be. It also has music from the MMPR CD [A Rock Adventure]. It has Go Go Power Rangers, Fight, Hey Rita, Combat, Lord Zedd, Go Green Ranger, We Need A Hero, Zords, I Will Win, 5-4-1, and White Ranger Tiger Power. I really enjoyed this game. Thank you. Beau MUSIC BOX: Hey Rita With all these new songs, we want to know the lyrics. Here's today's song: Hey Rita. Next we'll hear "We Need A Hero." HEY RITA Dig the seed and grow, girl Whack the weed, won't go, girl Hey, Rita, Rita, Rita The wickedest chiquita Where did you come from, Rita Hey Rita, cheater cheater What are you up to, Rita Hey, Rita Rita Rita Get off my land and leave'a Hey, Rita Rita Rita--Rita! There's nothin' you can do, girl There's nothin' you can say, girl Hey Rita, Rita, Rita The wickedest chiquita Where did you come from, Rita Hey Rita, cheater cheater What are you up to, Rita Hey, Rita Rita Rita Get off my land and leave'a Hey, Rita Rita Rita--Rita! (Said) : The Power Rangers, you could not defeat So Lord Zedd, he put on the heat He shrink you down, put you in a trashcan And now you float around in space, yellin' at him There's nothin' you can say, girl There's nothin' you can do, girl Hey Rita, Rita, Rita The wickedest chiquita Where did you come from, Rita Hey Rita, cheater cheater What are you up to, Rita Hey, Rita Rita Rita Get off my land and leave'a Hey, Rita Rita Rita--Rita! MISSING: MMPR EPISODE Monday: "The Potion Notion" Tuesday: "Rocky Just Wants To Have Fun" Wednesday: "Forever Friends" Thursday: "The Great Bookala Escape" Friday: "A Reel Fish Story" Saturday: "Lights, Camera, Action" MASKED RIDER- "Arcade Ace" NEXT WEEK ON MMPR: Monday: "A Ranger Catastrophe Part I" Tuesday: "A Ranger Catastrophe Part II" Wednesday: "A Friend In Need Part I" Thursday: "A Friend In Need Part II" Friday: "A Friend In Need Part III" Saturday: "A Brush With Destiny" MASKED RIDER - "License To Thrill" HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BABY! Well, there are no new birthdays today so I'm going to post a response to "Bark! Meow! Kiyah!": I received this from Hoshiko466: My guinea pig, Artoo aka Piggy aka Piggums aka Mommy's little furry angel, has a crush on AJ. I'm dead serious. I had him out while MMPR was on and he didn't do anything until AJ came on the screen. Then, he went nuts! Squeaking and squawking and licking the TV. And, the only trading card of mine he bothered was the one with a pix on of Kimberly on it. It now hangs outside his cage and he stares at it all the time and licks the glass where it is. --So what? I do the same things! ;-) MAX: Is your pet a bigger fan than you? Tell me about it! THAT'S ALL FOLKS! Coming on Thursday on a repeat issue: Max is getting really excited about the upcoming MMPR sim and decides to pass the time by ready summaries of Justin and Mark's MMPR scripts. But, Lord Zedd or Rita or whoever was the bad dude back then, sends down DavrosPrm to come and talk about himself. Davros puts a spell on Steve and Karan and makes THEM talk about themselves, Karan in an interview and Steve under the infamous spotlight which has been used over and over. Anyway, Davros also causes BACL to talk about the MMPR movie and Mark runs into Bakersfield stars on MMPR and he can't get any of them to shut up. AAAAHHH!!! Is Max the only sane one in the whole town? Is he the only one capable of destroying DavrosPrm? And, can he do it with a cheap activity book he got for spending over $100 at Comfort Inn? Find out on this classic issue of MMPRNL! And, next Monday, on an all-new issue: Mark celebrates his 14th birthday by doing a newsletter [You may cry for me, if you like]. Rita and Lord Zedd decide to give him a break and decide that he won't have to do a newsletter for that day. NOT! Anyway, Baboo is sent down, and gets lost. He finds his way to a spotlight, waiting for the ZyuRangers to come and rescue him. While he waits he sings "We Need A Hero". When Mark sees Baboo, will he have to leave his party at the Juice Bar to fight Baboo? NAH -- he's too busy looking at his new MMPR merchandise, which you guys will hear about in the all-new MMPR issue. Also look for the SPOOKIEST MMPRNL issue ever on October 31st. We talk about everything from Halloween costumes to a Ranger who is currently a ghost! It's going to be a Halloween Hunt and you're invited!!! Just remember -- if you're not dressing up as a Power Ranger, why dress up??? That's all for now . . . "NINJETTI......................THE FOX AND THE HOUND!" Mm__)