About this episode
🎄 It’s 1995, and a couple of giant space monsters with swords are about to lose a snowball fight against the powerless Power Rangers, who can’t Morph at the North Pole due to a cross-current of holiday magic. And also magnets. You can watch I’m Dreaming of a White Ranger on the official Powers Rangers YouTube Channel. **** 🎙 Guests: Andre Bennett ( @AndreBennettGO ). Lindy Kempe ( @ieatvideogames ). **** 💬 Topics & Tangents: 1. I’m Dreaming of a White Ranger on Ranger Wiki. 2. Dynaman , an English-dubbed parody of Super Sentai on the USA Network’s Night Flight , circa 1988. 3. Rubber Suit Rumble! and Cult Cinema Cloister Facebook groups, maintained by Andre. 4. Differences between the aired TV episode and the VHS cut , which was released 2 months earlier. 5. The Order , a proposed, Expendables -style film starring former Power Rangers. 6. Amy Jo Johnson (Kimberly) directed a Season 2 episode of Superman & Lois . 7. The Ranger “in jail” we alluded to isn’t even in this episode. 8. Affirmative Clothing Company , co-founded by David Yost (Billy). 9. Paul Schrier (Bulk) finally got to play a legit Ranger in 2017 in the web series Power Rangers Hyperforce . 10. Robert von Fliss has 4 credits on IMDb, and they’re all as Santa Claus. 11. The real-life Command Center: The House of the Book at the American Jewish University. 12. Rito Revolto, a giant skeleton warrior, learning about holiday spirit is just the Skeletor scene all over again. **** 📼 Retro Commercial Break: Pizza Hut: “Right Field,” 1990, from the VHS release of the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. Diet Coke: “Choose Wisely,” 1990, from the VHS release of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. OnStar: “Batcave,” 2000, featuring Batman and Michael Gough as Alfred, except I was probably thinking of the Diet Coke ad before Batman ’89 . Saban’s 4½ minutes of commercials in front of the VHS release of I’m Dreaming of a White Ranger , including an ad for THE VIDEO YOU’RE ALREADY WATCHING . **** 🎤 And Now, These Messages: Behind the Bells , a one-horse open sleigh ride into the world of Christmas movies. **** “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers” and “I’m Dreaming of a White Ranger” © 1995 Saban Entertainment, Inc. Say hi on Twitter and Instagram . Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost . Full show notes with links at adventcalendar.house . Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost . Full show notes and social links at adventcalendar.house .