What if Power Rangers got drunk and started roasting itself?
Season 1 • Episode 7
LatestA mockumentary look back at the series and its fans at the annual DynaCon convention!
This show-within-a-show was a slyly comedic "What's Up, Tiger Lily"-style re-edit and overdubbing of six episodes of the 7th season of the Japanese TV series Super Sentai, Kagaku Sentai Dynaman. In each episode, the brilliant (but cheap) Dr. Ho sends the Dynakids (five good looking Japanese friends!) to save the world from the evil machinations of his former partners Bernie Tanaka and Mel Fujitzu and the giant monsters they create.
Writing
Ad-libbed chaos that improves on original source material
Production
Zero-budget recontextualization magic
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mark McKinney joined SNL two years after this, making Dynaman his weirdest pre-fame gig.
This predated the official Power Rangers adaptation by four years, accidentally pioneering the 'Americanized Sentai' formula.
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