Andy Ricther Controls the Universe Sighting

Tom Clark has spotted a use of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers movie from the 2002 FOX sitcom "Andy Ricther Controls the Universe." This was in the pilot episode, where Andy Ricther imagines his friends as superheroes. The Black Ranger is omitted to fit the five. Andy of course is put as the White Ranger. Paget Brewster is put as the Pink Ranger, James Patrick Stuart as Blue, and gender-switching for the other two actors: Irene Molloy as Red and John Salvin as Yellow.

Many Spikes in Pop Culture

UPDATED 5/25/111 2:30 PM EST
No more Spikes please, I'm all spiked out. You can comment on it but I won't add it.

Obviously Spike of Power Rangers Samurai is NOT the first 'Spike' in pop culture, I wanted to do a fun post about all the popular Spikes in popular culture (TV, Movies, Celebrities, etc.).

Spike a.k.a. William the Bloody
Premiering in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, he was to have a southern accent and only last season two but he quickly became a fan favorite and all thanks to James Marsters, who is not really British but a Californian boy. When Buffy ended, his character was sent to Angel, where he has appeared in both Buffy and Angel comic books. He has had his own comics as well.

Spike TV
I forgot what it used to be called but it was decided in the early 2000's that they'd change the name to Spike and there was a huge copyright thingy about the name.

Spike of Rugrats
Tommy Pickles' pet dog was named Spike, a mutt with two or three grey spots, he was loyal and mischievous.

Spike of Tom & Jerry
In the old MGM shorts, Spike was the name of the dog was often was the thirdwheel of the exploits of a cat and mouse named Tom and Jerry. Sometimes he had a son too.

Spike Spiegel
In Cowboy Bebop (1998 anime), Spike was the protagonist and bounty hunter, a classic badboy with a broken heart for the wrong chick at the wrong time.

Spike Lee
Famous Director, Malcolm X, He Got Game and Do The Right Thing.

Spike Jonze
Famous filmmaker (Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, Where's The Wild Things Are) who started out doing music videos.

Spike of Land Before Time
I totally forgot! My childhood! Oh, Spike, you barely talked in the movies, that had mostly sequels.

Spike in Dinosaurs
For those that don't know, in the ABC series produced by Jim Henson company, there were anamorphic Dinosaurs. Spike was the bully and then friend of Robbie Sincliar.

Spike of My Little Pony
Oh my god! I forgot from my childhood too! Cute little spike, the only male in the female series My Little Pony. He's a little dragon by the way.

Spike
Snoopy's cousin from the Peanuts, he had a TV special as well.

Super Sentai and Kamen Rider TV Show Ratings vs. Toy Sales

Super Sentai and Kamen Rider TV Show Ratings vs. Toy Sales

Show Ratings from a Japanese site and the Toy Sales are from Wikipedia, so might not be super accurate, but oh well, at least we get an idea.

Super Sentai TV Show Ratings

Goranger: 16.1%.
J.A.K.Q.: 9.8%.
Battle Fever J: 12%.
Denjiman: 13.5%.
Sun Vulcan: 12.5%.
Goggle V: 12.3%.
Dynaman: 10.6%.
Bioman: 10.5%.
Changeman: 11.1%.
Flashman: 12.3%.
Maskman: 11.4%.
Liveman: 10.5%.
Turboranger: 7.6%.
Fiveman: 6.5%.
Jetman: 7.1%.
Zyuranger: 7.1%.
Dairanger: 7%.
Kakuranger: 5.7%.
Ohranger: 4.5%.
Carranger: 4.8%.
Megaranger: 6.5%.
Gingaman: 8%.
GoGo V: 6.6%.
Timeranger: 7.1%.
Gaoranger: 8.8%.
Hurricanger: 7.5%.
Abaranger: 7.1%.
Dekaranger: 7.1%.
Magiranger: 7.7%.
Boukenger: 6.7%.
Gekiranger: 5.2%.
Go-Onger: 5.1%.
Shinkenger: 5.9%.
Goseiger: 5.4%.

Source for these ratings

Toy sales vs. Ratings, but it is not fair because the toy sales is in Million Yen and the Ratings are percentages of people viewing. So I am just comparing them by the numbers. Wikipedia is not always accurate, but let's just say it is an estimate, get more or less an idea. Toy Sales and Ratings were different back then compared to now, things cost less but people earned less and TV ratings were different than now thanks to web and phones.

Source of Toy Sales are from Gekiranger Japanese Wikipedia

Kamen Rider Ratings from this site
Kuuga - 9.7%
Agito - 11.7%
Ryuki - 9.4%
555 - 9.3%
Blade - 7.9%
Hibiki - 8.2%
Kabuto - 7.7%
Den-O - 6.9%
Kiva - 6.2%
So yeah this chart is not super accurate or makes sense because the toy sales are million yen and the ratings are percentages of households, not money. The toy sales come from Wikipedia so most likely not accurate.

Kamen Rider Ratings

Related: Super Sentai and Kamen Rider Toy Sales

Stephen Lunsford and Felix Ryan in Victorious

I usually do not watch "Victorious" but I was flipping around and found yesterday's episode "A Film my Dale Squires" featured Stephen Lunsford as Dale Squires and Felix Ryan as Damian. Felix Ryan plays Spike on Power Rangers Samurai and has appeared in 3 other episodes as Damian on Victorious. Stephen Lunsford played Kit on Kamen Rider Dragon Knight.

Power Rangers Samurai On Demand Comcast

For those that don't know Comcast/Xfinity is a cable service in the United States. And there is 'On Demand,' where you can choose programming they have selected so you can catch up with your favorite shows, see movies and exclusive content. Some you have to pay for, similar to Pay-Per-View and some are free. The following is free.

At this time of March 6, the latest episode they have is "Day Off," "Deal with Nighlok" and "The Rangers Unite." "Stick and Stones" and "A Fish Out of Water" are not yet available. I am to guess that next week "Stick and Stones" will be available.

Power Rangers T-Shirt in "Glee"

In the popular show "Glee" episode "Comeback," other than the reference to Power Rangers action figures being used in play marrying each other by Kurt in "Furt", we see Finn in a Power Rangers T-shirt in a 'dream' sequence where Lauren Zizes imagines the crew in their underwear. Some she don't picture shirtless, like Finn. I have to admit I married off my Power Ranger figures as well as a kid.

Entertainment Weekly exclusive Power Rangers Samurai look

http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/02/01/power-rangers-samurai-video-intro-exclusive/#more-32357
Nothing major but worth a look. Reference to Japan.

Don't Forget! 35th Anniversary Special Tonight in the U.S. (Well, not really in the US) from Japan

35th Anniversary Special of Super Sentai airs Saturday January 22nd in Japan. In the U.S., viewable live Friday, January 21st at 8:55 PM Eastern / 7:55 PM Central / 5:45 PM Pacific.

Dukemon22 says:
There's other airings for it too, but most of the channels we probably can't get via Keyhole, and it looks like the re-airings will be considerably shorter than the 55 minute version:

http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/gosei/contents/News/0022/

Special: http://henshingrid.blogspot.com/2011/01/35th-anniversary-special.html