Back in middle school (~ early 90’s), we students were subjected to a serial called The Voyage of the Mimi, which was about a bunch of people on a boat. The first “season” was something like a realistic Gilligan’s Island, with the crew stranded somewhere and trying to survive until they could get rescued, while the second was about them tracking down a ring of crooks selling fake antiques. We all thought it was the worst educational program ever, and groaned whenever the theme song came up.
I only vaguely remember it. I think I caught it on TV, PBS maybe. I didn’t see it in school, because I don’t remember seeing all or most of it. The one thing I do remember was that I was fascinated by the deaf girl. I thought sign language was cool. Other than her and a crochety old guy with a white beard I don’t remember a thing.
My 8th grade class was subjected to all of season one. Here’s what I remember:
In the first episode or so, there was a five-gallon bucket full of peanut butter. I also remember the part where the old guy got hypothermia, and the crew members took turns hopping into a sleeping bag with him. That, and something about a beluga whale.
O yes. We watched it. I remember the contraption they built to turn sea water into drinking water. I also thought there was a whole section about whales. I think I remember learning about different patterns on the fins or something…
I though it was great, as did my brothers. We watched it on PBS when we were in elementary school.
It’s not a bad show, it just wasn’t meant to be watched by 12-14 year olds. Also, being forced to watch something at school doesn’t tend to endear it to kids.
We watched it in the fifth grade. I remember of all the characters the deaf woman the most. I liked this series a lot, actually (but then I haven’t seen it since the fifth grade). I remember the part where they were stranded couldn’t eat anything because of the red tide.
We had to watch it in 5th grade science class. I just remember the hypothermia incident, and some vague memory that the last episode we saw ended with a cliffhanger.