"The Voyage of the Mimi" (1984) TV series

Genre:

Adventure | Family | History

Plot Keywords:

Deafness | Tolerance | Science | Friendship | Geography

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Ben Affleck	...	C.T. Granville
Mary Tanner Bailey	...	Rachel Fairbanks (as Mary Tanner)
Edwin De Asis	...	Ramon Rojas
Victoria Gadsden	...	Anne Abrams
Mark Graham	...	Arthur Spencer
Peter Marston	...	Captain Granville
Judy Pratt	...	Sally Ruth Cochran

Runtime:

30 min (13 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | American Sign Language

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-G

Filming Locations:

Natick, Massachusetts, USA

Company:

PBS Wonderworks

Trivia:

Peter Marston, who played Captain Granville, is a scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and actually owned the Mimi at the time the series was made. The Mimi was sold in 1999.

Movie Connections:

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As far as educational TV goes...

I watched this entire series (yes, and the sequel) in middle school. Sure, we made fun of it - and that incredibly annoying theme song - (ten years later and just thinking about it still pierces my skull) but honestly, it wasn't that bad. It was, afterall, an hour-long escape from classwork. It was actually somewhat interesting, and all in all, I'm glad I saw it.

Something I have to mention: I first saw this in 1993 in my eighth-grade class. The guys all liked to make fun of the girls by saying "You have a crush on C.T.!" and even went so far as to prank call every girl in the class with the line "Hi, I'm Ben Affleck, and I want you to come with me on my next voyage of the Mimi!" Hey, who knew?