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David Harold Yost is an American actor best known for his role on the United States of America television series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.
Yost was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa on January 7, 1971. He moved around throughout the United States as a child and won many gymnastics competitions nationally. Among these were the state championships for both Iowa and Montana. He moved to California with hopes of becoming an actor and auditioned for a role in the Power Rangers series just 2 weeks after arriving. He won the part of Billy Cranston, the nerdy power ranger.
Yost starred in 200 episodes of the series over the next several years. He also portrayed Billy in his finest work, Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: The Movie, which took in over $30 million at the box office in 1995.
1995 was definitely Yost's year, as he also had a minor role in the film Ladykiller. After this, however, Yost's influence began to fade. He walked off the set of his series after producer Haim Saban refused to raise his wages.
Little is known concerning Yost's activities over the next 3 years. In 2000, however, he attempted to mount a comeback, portraying a playboy photographer in the made for TV movie . The role had little to no impact on the film world, and Yost slipped into obscurity once again.
In 2001, he first tried his hand at producing, working on the series Alien Hunter and Temptation Island, but has not been seen in front of the camera in some 4 years.
He is becoming very distant towards his fans, it seems. He can be contacted at [www.celebrityemail.com], but the chance of getting a reply from David is 50/50.
Yostmania
As a result of old Power Rangers episodes being discovered by former fans, a phenomenon known as "Yostmania" is currently sweeping the globe, with some extreme Yost fans going as far as to Write songs about him (http://www.geocities.com/peter84au/davidsong.html) or even write themselves into Yost-related fan fiction (http://www.geocities.com/peter84au/storys.html). There are also numerous Yost related fansites on the internet, including "The Yost"as (http://www.pcshock.com/PRMania/Billy/index.html) well as a comprehensive Yost forum (http://s4.invisionfree.com/Yost_World/index.php?act=idx). Yost has also had a major impact on the vernacular. High School students have been known to quote Yost quite frequently, most notably by saying "you ooze you lose" or "oh no". Yost's own name has even become a word with many uses, for example a "yost" is a person, animal, or inanimate object of sub-par quality; "yosting it" or "pulling a yost" is to fail at a task, especially one which any competent person should be able to do. This is not to be confused with "yosting someone" which means to put them in a position of disadvantage, to let them down, or to otherwise cause them some trouble as a result of your own imcompetance. When someone does this to you, you can say you were "yosted".
Quotations
"You ooze... You lose."
"Triceratops!"
"That's what I call a splitting Headache!"
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