The Unauthorized True Story Behind The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers

By Ian Fineman

For the first time ever, bestselling author Ian Fineman goes behind the scenes of the first season of The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers in this provocative and completely unauthorized work that shares never before told stories about the dramatic, inspiring, and controversial events surrounding the tumultuous early days of the epic children’s television series.

Learn what really went on during the show’s first season, discover the reasons behind notorious cast departures, allegations of dangerous working conditions, the rampant homophobia rumored to plague the set and one of the show’s stars, and discover what ultimately became of the first season cast, including David Yost, Amy Jo Johnson, Austin St. John, Thuy Trang, Walter Jones and Jason David Frank (and learn just who might make cameos in the 2017 Power Rangers reboot).

If you were a child of the 90’s, “The Unauthorized True Story Behind The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers” is a must-read recount of the beloved series from an untold perspective. You may never be able to watch MMPR in the same light again.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Sports Entertainment Publishing
• Release date: Jan 5, 2016
• ISBN: 9781311290908

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The Unauthorized Tue Story Behind The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers

By Ian Fineman

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Published by Sports Entertainment Publishing at Smashwords.

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Part 1: The Rangers’ Harsh Reality

Few could have ever imagined while watching The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers in childhood that the actors portraying the six beloved characters from the program’s epic first season were, in real life, battling challenges far more ominous than any heinous creature cooked up by Rita Repulsa on her lunar moon base.

It was the most unprofessional thing I've seen to this day, a source connected with the first season production of MMPR recalls. The actors made that show and they were treated like expendable garbage.

On set, however, the strained and struggling actors were the only glue holding the project together, as it turns out.

There are a lot of rumors about the cast not getting along and in-fighting, but what I saw never amounted to any unprofessional conduct, the former actor who worked on several episodes of the series remembers. "Those kids were extremely professional under extremely unprofessional circumstances. And their side of the story was never really told. You hear about Austin,