Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Season 1 Grumble Bee Commentary

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We have to do something! Help them! Open a communications

channel to the Power Rangers! Hello and welcome

to From the Command Center. This is episode 42.

I am one of your hosts TF2 and Mike and joining

me for this commentary of Mighty Morphin Power

Rangers season 1 episode 51 in Grumblebee is

Spade of the Ball Matrix. Hello, sir. Hello,

sir. It's good to be back. Yes, it's been a while.

Yeah. What is going on with you? Well, besides

working my butt off, um... If you follow me on

Twitter, and if you know anything about me, you

will know that we are expecting our first child

here in a few weeks. From the time this episode

is recording, we're very, very close to having

the baby. So, I've been busy. Yeah, exactly,

exactly. Have you seen the previews for the next

series? Oh Dino Dino charge. Yes, I have read

the I've read pretty much everything that's been

out there for Dino charge now Dino charge is

based on the Super Sentai toke or kill Ruger

Which is all dinosaur based. It's a fun show.

It's kind of crazy and I'm not entirely sure

sent Saban is going to Not screw this up It's

really weird it's The original Japanese show

was very much or would be a perfect Power Rangers

series It would it would be very perfect, you

know ancient evil The dinosaurs bottom they could

tie it into Rita repulsa It was you know, like

it could say something like I don't know Rita

was originally drawn to earth by the ancient

evil that was here on earth that was defeated

by the dinosaurs. I mean, you could tie so much

lore of Power Rangers from this series together,

but they're not doing that. And I'm just kind

of sitting there scratching my head going, no.

Alright, well, we are here to do the grumble

bee commentary as I said, you are going to hear

the Mighty Morphin alert and then we'll get to

the commentary in a moment. Sorry, Billy. I don't

believe it. A bee? will be invited to join the

Young Scientists of America Club. Tomorrow's

the final test, so study. See you later. See

you later. I'm most perplexed. I've never received

a B before. Look, Billy, man, don't sweat it.

I mean, a B's not so bad. Yeah, if they were,

I would be in big trouble. I get them all the

time. Perhaps, Kimberly, but I never do. And

I've been working so hard at this. Billy, you

did your best. I mean, that's all any of us can

do. Too bad about the B, geek. B stands for bad.

Didn't you know that? Yeah. B stands for bulk

also. Doesn't it? Back off, Paul. Yeah, leave

him alone. See ya. Wouldn't wanna be ya. with

my super putty I can create just the monster

you're looking for a powerful grumble bee monster

with a nasty venom and sharp stingers it's time

to go to the bathroom alpha find me sexy hot

teenager wait no no no no attitude attitude Just

as a side note Austin st. John is appearing on

the internet and Wow, is that just like a complete

mirror difference from what we're getting from

JDF Have you heard what do you mean? Have you

heard some of his podcasts or YouTube stuff?

Austin st. John JD Austin st. John No, I've only

been paying attention to JDF. Go listen to some

of the stuff from Austin st. John. It's It's

like the mirror opposite of what you hear from

JDF So he's basically anti fanboy. No, he's really

humble. It's really refreshing. Oh Well, so is

JDF I mean sometimes oh God, I thought that was

Ernie for a second You ever notice they're in

they're always in the same classroom for every

subject This is the episode where Billy gets

a B. Oh, no Done done done He gets a B he gets

mad and then he kills everyone He sees that Zach

just taps Jason and look and they're all standing

there staring at him. It's like oh you loser

It's been a while, but the hair... Oh... It's

very stereotypical. Except on these guys. You

know, I have a lot of fond memories of Power

Rangers. But Bulk and Skull, I seem to remember

the most fondly for some reason. Even though

now... See the stuff they do. It's kind of it

was dumb. Let's face it, but I still remember

it so fondly I mean I know Billy's a genius and

everything else but I'm trying to remember if

we even see his if he comes from parents that

are like, oh my god You got to be it's then you

know, it's it's that kind of parent that they

must, you know be perfect all the time I don't

ever remember seeing his parents like that and

and he's just super down on himself and it's

like it's a bee dude I could see if you failed

the test it would be right different, but it's

a friggin bee I mean Yeah, I don't think we've

ever seen We saw his parents briefly did we when

they got kidnapped When all the parents in the

an angel grove got kidnapped a couple episodes

a number of episodes ago Return of an old friend

the two -parter return of an old friend a Single

be will not affect your GPA in that regard. What

book are you reading? The bee is not the highest

form of insect. Oh my god, the tropes and the

puns are already starting. I can't believe I

blew the test on a bee. Oh god. And look they're

playing b -ball Has it ever been mentioned what

grade they're actually in? No They're just in

High school. Yes, and wait, she's wearing mom

jeans, isn't she? Little bit. Yeah. Oh My god,

dude, I recently saw An episode of the 2002 FX

series, The Shield, where Zack, played by Walter

Jones, was a drug dealer named Rondell Robinson

and he's got dreads and everything. I was like,

oh my god, that is Zack the Power Ranger in the

first ever FX Network's original series that

actually... It was the first series ever to use

the word shit without actually bleeping it or

going over it on cable television. I was like,

wow, Zach's really come a long way. Walter Jones.

Wow. Yeah. Kung Fu with a basketball. What could

go wrong? You know, I've often wondered how many

takes did they have to make for these shows.

I wonder that too. I mean, there's definitely

choreography, obviously. Wait, is that the lasso

of truth? Yeah. Where's Wonder Woman when you

really need her? Oh my. Wonder Woman shows up,

the putties would just explode. Goldar wouldn't

stand a chance. Actually, if you think about

it, most of the DC Justice League, pretty much

any one of them could just end this. Mm -hmm.

Pretty much. I mean, the putties are basically...

Not that I want to call gold our dark side because

dark side is far more Impressive and powerful

than gold are ever could imagine to be but the

putties are basically the the parademons without

without the ability to fly. Yeah well in What

is it? What's the comic earth to the parademons

are a lot more powerful Or they were yeah I'm

just going off of animation though. This loosely

tied rope, we can't... In a bind. I will say

though, since I have been watching Super Megaforce...

since they went to Super Megaforce. I much prefer

any of the versions of Alpha than to the little

Johnny Johnny 5 wannabe robot thing in there.

Yes. Where's Tommy? Oh, this was probably one

of the episodes of... He lost his powers. Or

no. Brain fart. of Jew Ranger where the Green

Ranger wasn't in it. I think the bee was actually

one of the first bad or one of the first villains

that they fought. Look at the viewing globe!

We have to stop it! Noooo! I love how when Zordon

says it could destroy mankind. Yes, with only

in this specific area of Angel Grove. Well, let's

face it. Anything can blow up Angel Grove. Oh,

yeah. Except Rito. I don't think Rito could blow

up Angel Grove. Rito couldn't even blow up a

popsicle stand. And they don't even exist anymore.

stop sucking billy that was the worst that was

the worst maneuver i've ever seen how is this

thing a bee outside of the fact that it has wings

and it's black and yellow it's more like a hornet

yeah It's more like a gold bug. Oh, you did not.

Yes. Yes, I did. You're a bad person, Mr. Fletcher.

You are a very bad person. I'm not just Bumblebee

anymore. I'm a gold bug. I love that line. Behold

the viewing globe again. You know, Even when

I was a kid watching these shows, I always wondered

how they could see what was going on in the viewing

globe. I mean, you know, it got really up close

there to the monster. Maybe it's an invisible

camera. Oh, God, it was drones. Or maybe it was

clones. I'm just not responding to that. Clones.

Lots and lots of clones. And especially since

this is the Grumblebee episode, there was lots

of spider clones. I was about to say, this isn't

a Spider -Man comic. You know, that looked like

he was more falling down the hill there for a

second. Yeah. Oh god, it's Silly String! Wait,

how many of the - how many bad guys had Silly

String barf? It was a lot of them, wasn't it?

Uh, possibly. This is just crazy. This is actually

one of the bad episodes of this season. Wait,

how did they break free of that crap? Um, reasons?

Video where it didn't happen. Convenience! Yeah,

plot convenience convenience I Love how they

all run off and Billy's still lying there Well,

at least the soundtrack is awesome. Yeah Wait

the putties actually use swords not so much swords

as Blades attached to their hands. Yeah, I mean

They do okay. They don't look like traditional

swords, but several times during this battle.

I'm like wait. How are they? Holding the power

sword. I don't think the sorceress would allow

that Please tell me this is where Tommy comes

in and saves the day. Wait a minute. I recognize

that. I think that was a toy that I had like

back in the like the early to late 80s that you

would pump ping pong balls out of it. huh yeah

it looks like a mini super soaker okay well it's

not exactly a mini super soaker oh yes it is

that's not that's not necessarily water but it's

pretty much a damn super soaker wow wait did

they pour GAC on him oh my god So many references

in this commentary. Gack. Oh god, I remember

that crap. Wait, she didn't say, make my monster

grow. She said, make my monster gack. Dino thermos

connected. Intracells are up. Form feet and legs.

Form arms and torso. And I'll form the head.

Wait, this isn't Voltron! The pterodactyl turns

into a breastplate. Oh boy. The thing still doesn't

look like any kind of bee hornet. Anything that

would sting you, it still doesn't look like that

to me. I don't know. I see what they were going

for, but I'm not totally sure they nailed it,

you know? But all I have to say is whoever was

the dude inside these costumes for the monsters

They must be like they must have been fit like

really really in good shape Because they're bouncing

around and moving around and those costumes were

not light No, they weren't they have to be at

least 80 pounds. I'd say And just waiting for

vampires to show up They wait till now to call

the friggin power so we forgot we had a sword

I bet it's not even real. Ow. Ow. Okay, that's

real. Ow. Wait, wait. When'd you get a lightsaber?

Hey, oh Rita oh Hey, Tommy, it's a view man.

Yeah How did he hear about okay unless he went

to the command center like before he came to

the juice bar the hell Did he know what they

were up to? And why is Billy wearing Garth Brooks's

shirt from the Rope in the Wind album? You see

this is the one part of the show I actually remember

this part where folks head is about to explode

I Don't remember anything else from the show

but that but that that is so awesome All right,

that's gonna do it for the commentary You're

gonna hear a couple of quick ads. Spada and I

are gonna come back after this to talk about

some quick final thoughts about this episode.

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Radio Network. Back to action! Alright, so we

are back here on From the Command Center. Um,

what were you saying a minute ago? That was a

really bad episode. Why did you subject me to

that on my return? Because you are one of - The

few people that always grumbles about everything.

You are an angry man half the time that I talk

to you. Sometimes it's a good thing, but I'm

like, oh, grumble B, that would be perfect for

Spada because he's always grumbling about stuff.

Oh, you son of a... Wow, I did not see that one

coming You are an evil bastard Blanchard So spade

I just realized he was the villain of the episode

I've got some silly string around here some it's

a good thing we live a number of states between

each other um grumble bee yes it is a bad episode

it gets kind of funny it gets good at the end

and it and I'm not gonna say oh well the best

part about it was that the episode ended but

the moment at the end with um with with Bulk

and Skull and the one two three four five six

oh No. And then just watching poor Skull's brain

melt. Yeah. Oh my god. You know, every time I

see Bulk now, like, in this show, in Mighty Morphin,

all I can think of is, what if he was the Kool

-Aid man? And I broke Spada's brain, yay! I could

see that. So any other thoughts on the episode?

It wasn't a great episode, but it felt very 90s,

you know, because it's like one quiz or test.

It's not going. That's a very typical like. comedy

thing in old 80s and 90s comedy where it's like,

oh, this one, this one test that's like half,

not even a quarter of the way through the year

is going to end my future endeavors forever.

That's very typical. But other than that, the

actual, the action was good. The villain was

dumb, but you, you were right at the end, it

got better. It got a lot better. Yeah, it did.

Um, absolutely. I love Rita's little saying at

the end of that. Um, I hate those Power Rangers!

Um, did you know that, I'm sure you did, because

you usually keep up on a lot of this stuff, um,

there's going to be a free Comic Book Day Power

Ranger comic this year? That I did not know.

Yep. Money Morphin' Power Rangers, uh... Ninety

-three Mighty Morphin Power Rangers burst onto

the scene an explosion of colorful combat, bizarre

monsters, incredible robot battles, and a Megazord

-sized fun. Spawning a global phenomenon and

an ever -expanding storytelling universe, these

comics present the stories fans have been waiting

over 20 years for. All new stories featuring

the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. This is an

never -before -seen Power Rangers story starring

the six Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and is not

a reprint of any existing material. So, and this

is from... Publisher says on here, paper cuts,

as in Z. I'm interested to see... Oh my god,

they have Herbie the Lovebug in here. Oh my god.

Holy crap. Wow. That's just... I'll send you

the link. You better put that in the show notes

to blow people's minds. Oh yeah, I will. there's

the link in your skype so you can see it um i

assume it's a uh yeah it's a like a little preview

of it and it's it's not bad it's a four page

preview um it's got lord zed in it looks pretty

cool i kind of like the art and for a free comic

book day issue it's not you know um i don't think

the colors are as bright as they show it's not

well it is herbie the love bug but it's the It's

Billy's flying bug. Yeah It's Billy's white repaint

of bumblebee that can fly I Will be honest. I

don't care for the artwork. Yeah, it's It's not

colorful enough and what I bet but I mean it

doesn't not cause it's not bright enough because

Lord Zed, he looks more maroon here than red.

He doesn't look like he should. Well, none of

the Rangers look like they should either. I thought

Tommy was Zack for a second. Yeah, but I it's

a it's a free comic book. So I'm Yeah, I'm not

going to knock it that much. Oh, no, I mean,

no, I think it's cool that they're doing this

But yeah when I heard about that, I was like,

oh that's interesting All right, well, I think

that's gonna do it for us here on from the command

center The next time you will hear a commentary

is episode 43 when we do football season which

will end our coverage of Mighty Morphin Power

Rangers season 1 and then after that I'm not

sure what's gonna happen to the show. I'll be

honest with everybody. I'm kind of losing interest

in Power Rangers I still love all the old stuff

and all the stuff I grew up with but It just

doesn't have the same feel as it did last year

because last year was the 20th year and now it's

the 21st year So, I don't know we'll have to

wait and see what happens Next time around Scotty

and I will be back with football season Yay,

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word. Awesome, awesome. Alright, that's gonna

do it. I have been TF2 and Mike with Spade of

the Vault Matrix. May the power protect you and

we will catch you next time.