Johnny Yong Bosch Talks About Experience With Homeless Woman - Anime Central 2012

Here is a video of Johnny Yong Bosch (2nd Mighty Morphin Black Ranger) telling a hilarious true story at the Anime Central 2012 convention about his experience interacting with a homeless woman.

Bosch says that whenever he leaves from work, he takes the same freeway and after exiting a long offramp, he usually sees a homeless man standing at the corner of the traffic lights. He typically ignores them and drives away.

One day, Johnny is driving home from work, gets to the same place, stops at the red light, and is munching on carrots in a Ziploc bag that he had leftover from lunch. Behind him, a big monster truck with tinted windows pulls up. Johnny gets scared and starts eating his carrots fast because there might be some angry person driving the truck. He's thinking, "As soon as that light changes green, I better get out of here because he's gonna kill me!"

Looking over to his side, there is a homeless woman standing there this time instead of a homeless man. His heart went out to her and he felt like giving her something. He grabbed about 2 pounds of quarters from his cupholders and put them into the plastic Ziploc bag. That's right, 2 pounds. He has a lot of change because there are parking fees that he has to pay in Los Angeles.

He then rolls down the windows and suddenly, the light changes green and the other cars take off quickly. He panics and doesn't know how to give the homeless woman the money quickly without her grabbing him out of the car and before the monster truck driver gets mad and runs him over.

After thinking for a second, he finally decided to flick the bag of money into the lady's hands and get out of there. Unfortunately, he accidentally threw the money smack into the lady's face. The traumatic scene felt like it was happening in slow motion to Johnny. The bag ripped open with quarters falling everywhere. As he is driving away, he looks back and was like, "Noooo! Why?! I was doing such a good thing!"

Ever since that incident, he never saw a homeless person there ever again. The homeless people must have heard about it and decided to avoid the place in fear of going through the same experience.

There is a lesson to all of this, Johnny says, and that is "Don't give money to homeless people while driving!"

Ciara Hanna and Jason Smith Dating?! - Yellow Megaforce Meets Red Jungle Fury

These photos have surfaced the internet some time ago in 2013 and got fans surprised for many reasons:

1. Casey the Red Jungle Fury Ranger is back for Super Megaforce!
2. It seems as though Ciara Hanna and Jason Smith are dating. They do look like they are a couple, especially when they're staring into each other's eyes in the first picture. The two have also tweeted each other in a teasing manner as well.
3. Even if they are not dating, then maybe their characters are romantically linked and now the actors have become close friends. Will Casey be Gia's love interest?

It is now 2014 and we are not exactly sure if these two are still or ever were dating, but here are the photos below. Special thanks to those who took them and posted them!

(from Morphin Legacy, March 19, 2013)

(from Tokunation, July 21, 2013)

(from Tokunation, July 21, 2013)

(from Nakeshaclark)

Power Rangers Super Megaforce - How Will Tommy Oliver’s Return Be Explained?

In May 2013, Jason David Frank confirmed on his official Facebook page and through various sources that he would be returning for a special guest appearance to Saban Brands’ Power Rangers in its 21st season, Power Rangers Super Megaforce, celebrating the 20th anniversary of the franchise. Well known for portraying the legendary and probably the most popular character in all of Power Rangers history, he expressed much excitement to his fans when he broke the news. Behind-the-scenes production photos were posted on Facebook which showed him wearing the iconic Mighty Morphin Green Ranger suit with the helmet off. Several other past ranger actors were shown alongside him in some photos. Tommy Oliver is indeed back!

I do wonder how he and some of the former rangers will be getting their powers back. Will there be an explicit and proper explanation? Or are they just going to show up and morph without explaining anything? If there isn’t an explanation, then fans can make up their own theories. After all, anything is possible unless it is directly stated or proved otherwise onscreen. Maybe the writers will do something simple and give us a similar explanation like the one in the 15th anniversary team-up (in Power Rangers Operation Overdrive) in which the Sentinel Knight character said he restored the veteran rangers’ powers.

Since Tommy has served as five different rangers (green, white, twice as red, and black) in the course of ranger history, I also wonder how that will play in to Super Megaforce. There were previews that were released which showed a huge legendary war featuring all Power Rangers and other unknown ones due to the footage being originally produced by the Japanese for their Gokaiger show. Maybe Tommy will only fight as the green ranger while his other forms will be spirits that he calls upon for the war.

I really hope that Tommy’s most recent appearance will be acknowledged during his return. He was previously seen in Disney’s Power Rangers Dino Thunder in 2004 where he was a high school science teacher known as Dr. O with a doctorate degree in Paleontology. It would be nice if the current writers pick up where the Disney writers left off. At least mention it a bit so we know whether he is still a teacher or has switched careers since then. What has good ol’ Tommy been up to these days?

Anna Hutchison & Rose McIver Filming "Blinder" (2013) Movie

Anna Hutchison and Rose McIver are currently filming for the Australian film Blinder which will be released some time in 2013. Both actresses are well known among Power Rangers fans for their previous yellow ranger roles. Hutchison played Lily Chilman in Power Rangers Jungle Fury (2008) and McIver played Summer Landsdown in the following season Power Rangers  RPM (2009). Is it a coincidence that these two Power Rangers alumni are the lead actresses in the upcoming Aussie movie? For some of us, let's consider this a small version of the Jungle Fury-RPM team-up that we never got to see! (sarcasm)

Yellow Jungle Fury Ranger

Yellow RPM Ranger

Blinder is a football movie, particularly AFL (Australian Football League) or Aussie Rules football. According to IF.com.au, the story is about an ex football player (played by Oliver Ackland) who returns home to clear his name after getting involved in a scandal. He also reignites an old flame. Anna Hutchison and Rose McIver will be playing as sisters in the film.

Filming started in February in Torquay and will wrap up in Boston, Massachusetts in May.

Help Johnny Yong Bosch & His Band "Eyeshine" Play at the GRAMMY'S!!

Hey everyone,

Johnny Yong Bosch (the 2nd black ranger from the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers) is the lead singer of the band "Eyeshine." They are a unique blend of Pop Punk and Edge Rock. Recently, they have entered a contest called "From Your Garage to GRAMMY Live" and whoever wins will get a chance to perform at the 54th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California!

Please help them by voting everyday until the contest ends on January 23, 2012 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time. Everyone can vote 10 times per day, so that means you can give Eyeshine 10 votes everyday! To vote: click on the link below, search for the band, and click the vote button.

https://facebook.com/TheGrammys?sk=app_207367796002477

*NOTE: You do need a Facebook account in order to submit your votes.

You can also check out Eyeshine and their music at: 
http://facebook.com/eyeshinemusic?sk=app_2405167945

Christopher Khayman Lee - NEW LOOK 2006

Hey everyone! I was just surfing around on the RangerCrew forums and I stumbled across a picture of Christopher Khayman Lee that someone posted. Yep, that's right. He played Andros the Red Space Ranger in Power Rangers in Space and this is what he probably looks like nowadays. I did some research and found out that the photo is from the set of an independent film production called "Miles From Home" with Chris being the assistant producer. The film won Awards at the 2006 Independent Black Film Festival. Don't know if he still has the long hair now, but you can see his ponytail in another photo on their Myspace page. I didn't recognize him at first until I read people's thread posts. He has gotten bigger since we last saw him on Forever Red. I noticed he gained a few pounds when watching the episode back then, but now he's put on a lot more weight. There are people on the forum site stating rumors such as Christopher being a fanatic who is addicted to X-men video games and that he really believes he is the reincarnation of some vampire. I'd love to see him make an appearance along with his other Space ranger co-stars at a convention one of these days! We need to give him some motivation to get back into acting. Maybe he could possibly return to Power Rangers in the future either as Andros for guest appearances or a new character similar to Ricardo Medina Jr. returning to play the evil Deker instead of Cole Evans the Red Wild Force Ranger.

Top Left Photo Courtesy of ForeverRanger

Power Rangers Samurai Comic-Con Panel Video 2011

The Official Saban's Power Rangers Youtube channel finally posted a 30-minute video of the Samurai cast panel at the 2011 Comic Con San Diego! Paul Schrier (Bulk) hosted a one-on-one interview with the rangers and then a Q&A from the fans. There were a lot of interesting questions and it's so nice to see Hector David Jr. (Mike/Green Ranger) act so outgoing and connecting with the fans with his PR knowledge. It really shows how fun it is to be part of such a huge franchise and that it is possible for a fan to work their way to become a Power Ranger like Hector has done. Now, here is the video. Enjoy! Samuraizer! Go Go Samurai!

Photo Courtesy of Saban's Official Facebook Page

Questions in the video:

- Tell us how you feel about yourself & your place in the Power Rangers casting? (1:19)
- Did you watch any of the shows before yours? (3:30)
- Can each of you tell us about a nostalgic memory you have of watching the original PR? (4:59)
- Do you guys see yourself hopefully making a PR movie? Bulk as a ranger in future? (7:07)
- We only saw a little bit of Bulk & Spike interacting with the cast in 1st season. Why? (9:07)
- Bulk, what do you like about Samurai & what don't you like as your character? (9:49)
- How do you guys feel about the series compared to the original Shinkenger? (12:00)
- How do you feel about being on Nickelodeon? (4:20)
- Have you watched any of the other Super Sentai series besides Shinkenger? (15:17)
- Where would I look for casting calls for Power Rangers? (17:42)
- Is there any chance of the white ranger (Tommy) appearing in the show? (19:28)
- What does Alex (Jayden) think of teaming up with 20 red rangers, 2nd Forever Red? (20:19)
- Since you guys have been cast, have you guys been wearing your colors more often? (21:05)
- Girl rangers, how do you feel about being role models for little girls growing up? (23:39)
- Are the Disney era seasons in continuity with Samurai? (24:41)
- Will there be an episode where all the rangers from every season come together? (25:38)
- Which of you (cast members) is the serious one, the funny one/prankster in real life? (26:15)

Power Rangers Samurai at San Diego Comic-Con International 2011!

The newest team of Power Rangers from the new Saban Brands make their appearance at this year's San Diego Comic-Con convention! The cast of the current Samurai season will be featured in their own Q&A panel called "The Origins of Samurai Power Rangers" on Saturday, July 23 at 7:30 pm, says a source from TVGuide.com. There will also be an exclusive sneak peak of a brand new Never-Before-Seen episode which will be moderated by Paul Schrier, the actor who played Farkas “Bulk” Bulkmeier from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers to Lost Galaxy and recently returned to play the same character in Samurai.

Photo Courtesy of Henshin Vault

Omnicon 2011 - Johnny Yong Bosch & Jason David Frank Q&A Panel

Former Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Johnny Bosch (who played Adam Park) and Jason Frank (who played Tommy Oliver) answer questions at the McAllen Convention Center for Omnicon 2011. The following videos were filmed at the convention by TheJediwarrior2012. I will include special notes for each one. Enjoy!

Part 1: 
- Introductions, Once a Ranger (6:42), Forever Red (6:57), JDF's Favorite Scene (7:18) 

Part 2:

- Silliest moments while working on PR (0:03), Injuries from double flips (3:57), Skydiving (6:34), Working on Dino Thunder with younger generation (8:05)

Part 3:

- Does JYB hate frogs? (0:34), Pranks (1:00), Stunt doubles in suits? (1:40), JDF's favorite ranger color (2:41), Bleach & Hollow Ichigo laugh (3:23), Strikeforce (4:59), JDF says "It's Morphin Time!" (5:57), Will JDF do Anime voice work? (6:50)

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Ricardo Medina Jr. Joins the Power Rangers Samurai Cast!

The rumors about Ricardo Medina Jr., who played the Red Wild Force Ranger, are true. He now plays a new character named Deker. You can see his human form for the 1st time in the PR Samurai episode, "I've Got A Spell On Blue."