************************************************************************** THE MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS NEWSLETTER THE NEWSLETTER OF THE POWER RANGER CLUB ISSUE #48 -- JANUARY 8, 1995 "I'M PARTIAL TO BLUE!" ************************************************************************** INCREASE THE PEACE by Marx Okman (marxokman@aol.com) Karan played Monica Carson on "Hangin' With Mr. Cooper" last Friday. Although, she didn't have as many lines as she should have, she did an excellent job and turned out to be part of the tragic ending. "Increase the Peace" Written by David Huge & Dan Cross Directed by Mark Linn-Baker *Note: There are two different situations going on. I'm only including the part about the gang violence. The other situation is about Vanessa working the graveyard shift. It opens in the school office. Monica (Karan-Ashley) has been called in and is greeted by Earvin (Omar Gooding), who starts flirting with her. Geneva (Saundra Quarterman) breaks them up and then presents Monica with her S.A.T. test and congratulates her for getting the highest grade in the school history. After Geneva announces to the school over the PTA System the news and leaves, Earvin continues to flirt and the PTA System picks up the conversation and plays it over the school. Mark (Mark Curry) saves him just in time and Monica goes back to class. In the second high school scene, Earvin and Monica are getting mocked for their production of "Fool of Love" over the system, and Earvin accidentally bumps into a gang member (Bumper Robinson) who backs him up into a corner. Monica yells at him with "Didn't Mom tell you to pull your pants up, Eddie?" and we learn that he is her brother. She asks him to stop being the tough guy and then walks off. Eddie continues to threaten him and challenges him to the beatdown of his life afterschool. So, after school, Earvin hides in Mr. Cooper's class where Eddie finds him and pretends they are "cool". But, when Mark leaves, Eddie reminds Earvin that "his homies and him" will settle it sometime soon. The next day, Eddie sneaks into the school in order to avoid Eddie. But, Geneva sends him to deliver some files, so he has to leave the office. There, he runs into Monica and she mentioned that she had a good time on the phone with him the previous night. After she walks off, Earvin runs into Eddie, who tells him that Monica made him promise to leave him alone. He wipes his brow with a green handkerchief, which Eddie finds offensive (Green is the color of a rival gang) and pulls a gun on Earvin. Mark notices this and talks Eddie out of it. The next day, Geneva sees Mark in the halls and whispers something in his ear. Mark goes to his class and pulls Earvin out and in the halls, he explains that "Eddie and his homies got in a fight with a rival gang and they opened fire in Eddie's house and there was shooting, and Monica was in the house. A stray bullet hit Monica and she died on the way to the hospital." Then, Geneva announces the bad news over the PTA System and gives information on counseling classes and funeral times. Close to tears, Earvin hugs Mark as we fade out... ...to a special message. Karan, Omar, Saundra, and Bumper are standing around Mark as he explains to stop violence and increase the peace. The credits show kids telling what they want to do when they grow up. * Note: The credits said "Karan-Ashleyn". I guess they read the credits' list wrong when they were programming it and didn't think her last name was Ashley, although it wasn't her last name. MARK CURRY'S MISSION by Jeanne Wolf >From the Dec. 30-Jan. 5 issue of TV Guide: ABC's lighthearted family sitcom Hangin' with Mr. Cooper takes a serious turn January 5, when Mr. Cooper's students are shocked by the grim reality of guns and gang violence--and star Mark Curry addresses young viewers directly about the need to "increase the peace." "I've been wanting to do something like this for a long time," explains the actor, who's from a poor section of Oakland. "My 18-year-old nephew got killed by a gun in the neighborhood where I grew up. It wasn't the same thing that happens on our show. He was shot by the police; he had a gun and he was running." As a result, Curry regularly talks to underprivileged youngsters about violence. "I grew up in a touch area; I saw the results of violence," he says. "But now kids have guns and are bringing them to school. It's everywhere--not just in the 'hood or Southern Central L.A. Let some family in Iowa tell me they don't have a problem there and they'll be wrong." "I hope this show gets to the kids," he adds. "I hope it makes them think." * * * * * * And, the TV Guide summary says: HANGIN' WITH MR. COOPER Earvin (Omar Gooding) runs afoul of a tough gang member, but the hood's sister may be Earvin's saving grace. Meanwhile, Vanessa has difficulty working the graveyard shift. Monica: Karan-Ashley. Eddie: Bumper Robinson. ************************************************************************** **** "MMPR" POLL #1! 47 episodes of "Power Rangers" aired in 1995 (second season episodes since "Rangers Back In Time Part I," and third season episodes up through "Rangers In Reverse.") A LOT of great stuff has happened in those episodes that probably deserves some kind of notice. So what we are doing is having our first annual "Power Ranger Awards." Kind of like the Oscars or the Emmys, the awards will find out what stood out in the hearts and minds of MMPRNL members. Any episodes aired in 1995 qualify. So make your choices, and choose them well. Here are the categories.... 1. Best Regular Actor or Actress on "MMPR": 2. Best Villain/Monster: 3. Best Episode: 4. Best Guest Star: 5. Best Plot Device: 6. Best Outfit Worn By A Ranger: 7. Ugliest Outfit Worn By A Ranger: 8. Most Galactically Stupid Villain/Monster: 9. Worst Plot Device: 10. Worst Episode: 11. Stupidest Villain/Monster: 12. Best Line: 13. Best Special Effects on "MMPR": Results of this poll will be unveiled in the MMPR Newsletter #50, so that means you have plenty of time to think it over! Send your poll responses to "marxokman@aol.com!" ************************************************************************** **** MMPR SIGHTINGS On January 6, "Weekly World News" did a story about a pizza delivery boy who was shot by a disgruntled customer, but so unaffected by the bullet, that he just left the pizza place, to deliver the next pizza, like nothing had even happened! Anyway, they "interviewed" the couple who the shot pizza boy delivered to, and the woman was the actress who plays "Ms. Appleby" on MMPR! * Thanks to Mark (Sabba20@aol.com) for this info. Jason Narvy is going to play Tybalt in "Romeo and Juliet". * * * * * WEST COAST * * * * * WHO: Jason Narvy WHAT: "Romeo and Juliet"; Tybalt WHEN: January 12th through the 21st. Around 8:00. Two matinees -- one on the 13th at 2:30 and another on the 21st at 2:00. WHERE: Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza Forum Theatre, in Thousand Oaks, California. HOW MUCH: $18.00 for adults; $10.00 for juniors. WHERE TO BUY TICKETS: At the theater box office or through Ticket Master. The ticket office's hours are Tuesday-Friday, 10 am to 6 pm, and Saturday/Sunday, 12pm to 4pm. Ticket Master's number is (805) 583-8700. The Civic Arts Plaza's number is (805) 449-ARTS. They accept Visa, Mastercard, American Express or cash. DIRECTIONS: The theatre is located at 2100 E. Thousand Oaks Boulevard, between the Hampshire Road and Rancho Road exits off the 101 Freeway (the theatre can actually be seen from the freeway). --Thanks to Terri Ann C. Guingab for giving me the Jason Narvy info. NOTE FROM MAX: I think the theater is close by because the area code is the same (805). Actually, Thousand Oaks is about 45 minutes from my house! Anyone want to meet me there? LeiLani? Send your MMPR sightings to "SIGHTINGS" at marxokman@aol.com ************************************************************************** **** DID YOU KNOW? by Marx Okman (marxokman@aol.com) Did you know... ...that Talk Soup did a parody of Power Rangers on their "Cream of Talk Soup 1995" special. The clip featured a lady's husband who played with toys all day. It showed him playing with X-Men and then at the show his wife prompted him to "say it" and he shouts "IT'S MORPHIN TIME!" So, after the clip, there is a little skit featuring the Mighty Amazing Talk Soap Fighters or something. And, they showed each of the Talk Soup action figures, which were the 2nd series Power Rangers 2" collectors figures with a picture of the Talk Soup cast's face pasted on. For example, it showed a lady who worked there on the head of Trini in her street clothes and then it showed kids playing with it. And, they say "Hey, I want to be John Henson!" And, then it showed the lightning bolt and the Mighty Amazing Soup Fighters or whatever. ...that the 7-Up has the Black Ranger on it, but the helmet has the Triceratops? * Thanks to Mesia13 for this info. ...that there is a new Saban MMPR toy series called "Mighty Morphin' Alien Rangers". They include the "Battle Borgs", which are five robots with the heads of the ShogunZords (referred to as "Ninja Bots" in Terri's MMPR FAQ). There are also "Alien Rangers", which are simply the five KakuRangers. Both the Battle Borgs and the Alien Rangers come in the five KakuRanger colors: red, yellow, black, blue, and white. * Thanks to Joe Rovang (Jrovang@netcom.com) for this info. ************************************************************************** **** MUSIC BOX by Jennifer Harmer (sthj@maristb.marist.edu) "HIGHER GROUND" (Red Hot Chili Peppers) (Opening Solo) Verse 1- People, keep on learnin'! Soldiers, keep on warrin'! World, keep on turnin', 'cause it won't be too long. Verse 2- The Powers keep on lyin', While your people keep on dyin'. World, keep on turning', 'cause it won't be too long. Chorus- I'm so darn glad he let me try it again, 'cause my last time on Earth I lived a whole world of sin. I'm so glad that I know more than I did then. Gonna keep on tryin' till I reach the higher ground. Verse 3- Teachers, keep on teachin'! Preachers, keep on preachin'! World, keep on turnin', 'cause it won't be too long. Verse 4- Lovers, keep on lovin', while believers keep on believin'. Sleepers, just stop sleepin', 'cause it won't be too long. *Chorus* Till I reach the higher ground. (3 times) ************************************************************************** **** NICE TO MEET YOU INTERNET ADDRESS: KFNA65C@prodigy.com REAL NAME: Chris Shields BIRTHDATE: 12/20/81 CURRENT RESIDENCE: Eagan, MN FAVE EPISODE(S): "Doomsday Part I and II" FAVE QUOTE(S): "Ah, man!" -- Jason -- Hey, guys! I need some more MMPR profiles (Actually, I need *a lot*!) So, please fill out this info. and I'll include it A.S.A.P. Thanks! :-) ************************************************************************** **** TODAY'S "MMPR" TOP TEN LIST!!! By Marx Okman (marxokman@aol.com) Here they are, the top ten “MMPR” Promotional Items all FoPRs would purchase if only they were marketed..... 10. The Face-Stealer statue. 9. A paper lantern from Adam's family. 8. A painting of a mole. 7. A kewl plastic fireman hat. 6. A copy of "Angel" by Aisha Campbell featuring Katherine Hillard. 5. A groovy pink phone, like the one Aisha used to call Kim when she was sick. 4. Siren Song Red lipstick. 3. A blue plastic mirror from the carnival. 2. A hologram that shows waves crashing on the beach. 1. A Pachinko Machine That reminds me. Heather (AmiRee@aol.com) got a copy of MMPRTM for Christmas, but her friend got a Pachinko machine. I am hoping to include good top ten lists in EVERY issue of the Newsletter . The only problem is, no one has sent any yet. So, if you could PLEASE send me some top ten lists as soon as you can, I'd really appreciate it. Send them to marxokman@aol.com under the subject heading "TOP TEN LISTS." ************************************************************************* **** TODAY'S REVIEW OF THE DAY by Nicole Watson (ILvJnyBsch@aol.com) Today's review is on Power Ranger lip balm and comes from ILvJnyBsch@aol.com The day after Christmas, I was rummaging through my mom's closet, searching for her black leather vest, (which by the way, I look *great* in, if I do say so myself! oh my gosh, I'm acting like Kim! guys, I don't like this.... something's wrong. ahhh! make it stop! make it stop!) 'cause I wanted to wear it to the mall. (there I go again! Tommy! ahhh! no! stop!) well, on the floor, half hidden by a scarf, I noticed a box with the mmpr symbol. thinking I had ruined a surprise, I told my mom about it, and she quickly grabbed it. "I've been looking for this!" she exclaimed. "I was gonna put it in your stocking, but I couldn't find it!" so, she gave it to me then, and I expected it to be one of those tiny figurines of Adam un-morphed, but to my surprise, and delight, I found that it was "power ranger cherry lip balm". covering the lid was a plastic mold of the top half of the white ranger, which might I add, was molded quite nicely. (that sounds sick I know, but I'm talking about the plastic toy, so please girls, stop yelling "amen!" and "I heard that!") on the label of the balm itself was a drawing of all of the rangers in their usual positions, arms crossed, but the black ranger, (mmmm.) is on the right, and the yellow ranger is on the left, and the white ranger isn't pictured. above them is the mmpr logo, and they all stand on a green background. on the side label you see the "kid care®" logo, and next to it written in white: CHERRY FLAVORED LIP BALM A FLAVORFUL TREAT FOR LITTLE LIPS USE WITH ADULT SUPERVISION. (is that good?) FOR EXTERNAL USE ONLY. ingredients: petroleum, ozokertie (uh oh, the *oze* is back!) candelilla wax, (sounds like on one of zedds monsters!) lanolin, isopropyl, myristate, (your wrist ate *what*?) quaternium-18 hectorite, cetly alcohol, (no wonder I ::hiccup:: always feel ::hiccup:: drunk after I use it!) flavor, propylparaben, d&c red no. 6 barium lake. TM and © 1994 Saban. ©1994 tsumura international inc. made in USA tsumura (say *that* 5 times fast!) international inc., dist. 21403.000.000 secaucas, nj 07096 net wt. .15 oz. 5 g Well, I popped off the yellow lid, and screwed the balm up to the point where I could use it. I sniffed, a very delightful fragrance indeed. it made my tastebuds stand up and shout "howdy!". ; ) well, I applied it to my lips, and it was kinda' slippery, slimy to say the least, sorta' like it had been sitting in my car on a hot summer day. and, it *wasn't* a tasteful treat, it didn't even *have* a taste, I even re-applied it to make sure my howdy-shoutin' tastebuds weren't fooling me, but still, no taste. oh well, at least it keeps my lips nice and moisturized! : {|} <--- cute huh? made it myself. : D --N.W. Send your reviews to me at marxokman@aol.com. ************************************************************************** **** SINCERELY YOURS Did you find the Delphi web site for MMPR? Have you tried to e-mail one of the Rangers, or perhaps one of the villains. Well, DON'T BOTHER! You can say anything -- ask how they look without makeup, compliment them, tell them you're going to blow up their house ... you'll get the same letter everytime! So ... I'll save you the time! I'll post the letters here! Here's Lord Zedd ... From: LORD_ZEDD@delphi.com Hail Net Surfer of this Interdimensional Internet Gateway! I assume you are writing Lord Zedd because you wish to assist me in my efforts to destroy the Power Rangers. If not, then remember...beware Lord Zedd! I'm getting a little nervous about this Ivan Ooze fellow. His new Monster Zords seem very powerful. You don't think he's going to be challenging me, do you? I'm going to navigate this Web site and see if I can find out. Did you know that the World Wide Web is only six years old? It's been around just a little longer than the Power Rangers. But the Web has changed so much that it's on its way to becoming the single most popular Net service. That's why my next secret plan is to take it over... I guess I've run out of space. Strange, this e-mail thing. It almost makes me feel like...I have a friend. Yuck! What am I saying? I think I'm going to be sick. Lord Zedd ************************************************************************** **** POINT-OF-VIEW PROBLEM by A Wasserman (adw1@gpu2.srv.ualberta.ca) You may (or may not, who am I to judge?) be interested to know that Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie made Siskel and Ebert's list of this years worst movies. As near as I can tell, they were ticked off because more kids went to see it than other, better kids movies such as Babe or A Little Princess. I think they may have a point. I really liked MMPR:TM but it was probably not the best children's movie released this year. I doubt if it was the worst, either. The point S and E were making was that kids were going to see this movie over and over and it would rob them of creativity and the ability to know what a good movie is. While I don't think that MMPR:TM should be held solely to blame for this, it is true that a lot of kids might choose to go see the Power Rangers over and over again (or watch them on video) instead of giving other movies a chance. Little kids are like that. They'll watch the same tape over and over all day if you let 'em. On the other hand, Siskel and Ebert aren't exactly the target audience for MMPR, so who are they to judge? Any opinions, either way? ************************************************************************** **** TODAY'S TRIVIA!!! Here is "MMPR" trivia question for today.... What was Tommy's illusion? What episode did it come from? Last week's trivia question was "What was the title of the book that Adam/Billy thought was weird at the book fair?" The answer was "KNOW YOUR IGUANA". ILvJnyBsch, Darlene613, and Mesia13 got this right. The scoreboard is: Darlene613: 1 point ILvJnyBsch: 2 points KibaRanger: 1 point Mesia13: 1 point NLatimer: 2 points Send your trivia responses to marxokman@aol.com under the subject heading of "TRIVIA." If you have any suggestions for tough trivia questions send them also! No fair bringing out the VCR's and cheating! ************************************************************************** **** ASK MAX The MMPR Newsletter has its very own letters column for you! Send all correspondence to "LETTERS" at marxokman@aol.com! Q Did Karan get the part because they wanted to show that guns can even kill Power Rangers? Afterall, she did wear yellow. -- various members A No. I guess this is what happens when you get typecast a Power Ranger. Of course, not. First of all, she did not wear yellow but green that turned yellow on camera. Second, they would have named her Aisha if they wanted her to be thought of as Aisha. And, third, they wrote the script before casting. ************************************************************************** **** THE MMPR BULLETIN BOARD! If you have an announcement you'd like us to print, send it to "BULLETIN BOARD" at marxokman@aol.com! --- Last week's quote came from "Zedd's Monster Mash". When Bulk and Skull grabbed a handful of candy, Kimberly warned them with "Watch out! Those are...red hots!" The quote in the subject title is today's quote. Who is "partial to blue?" --- marxokman@aol.com is looking for a MooTant/Goldar letter from the Delphi Web Site. Please send A.S.A.P. for the newsletter. -- marxokman@aol.com is looking for Cardzillion cards to buy or trade. --- jrovang@netcom.com is looking for a Deluxe DragonZord. If you have one on sale in your area, he will gladly buy it from you. --- Liz DeHoff wants you to know that she's moved to dehoff19@ios.orci.com ************************************************************************** **** BIRTHDAYS FOR JANUARY: Jon Courtright/Davros Prm (1/3/72) Johnny Yong Bosch (1/6/76) David Yost (1/7/71) April Michelle Richards/Hoshiko466 (1/7/76) Mary Kay/Maka7 (1/17/66) Neal Latimer/NLatimer (1/26/84) Is your birthday in January and not listed here? Tell me! --BTW, I think it's rather strange but two members were born on the exact same day AND year. I'm not saying who but it will be revealed in August. ************************************************************************** **** NEXT ISSUE..... The 49th newsletter, with a new Top 10 List, a review on MMPR to teenagers, some info. on the Power Ranger comic books, and other kewl stuff! Don't forget: To _make_ a game for the "Fun and Games" column To write a review on a Power Ranger toy (Keep me detailed before you begin) I'm out of here! Remember, if it looks like a Power Ranger, and it walks like a Power Ranger, it could possibly be a Power Ranger! See you next week! Marx Okman President of the MMPR Fan Club ************************************************************************** ***** SEND REPLIES & CORRESPONDENCE TO marxokman@aol.com ************************************************************************** ****