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ReleventReferences t1_iwyvzyf wrote

For the longest time I thought I was hallucinating that thing’s existence.

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IdyllicOleander OP t1_iwywcha wrote

I watched it in class for the first time in elementary school (mid 90's) and for some reason I thought it went on for a lot longer than it did. Apparently it was only 13 episodes in 1984.

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ZSpectre t1_iwyzq8c wrote

To this day, I remember what I'd do to purify sea water via a lengthy process using nothing but two jars and some leaves

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amazingsandwiches t1_iwz512n wrote

Well don't just leave us hanging; I'm on a raft in the middle of The Pacific!

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JmePie t1_iwzwo07 wrote

Me too! I think about this a lot, it’s my go to Survival move.

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Bethymania t1_ix1r2bd wrote

The thing I remember most about that episode is the behind-the-scenes segment where little Ben Affleck went to the house of the guy who played the captain of the Mimi to see his home desalination experiments. I remember it because I thought the captain looked like he was high.

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Weapon_X23 t1_iwz1mws wrote

There was a sequel in 1988 and that was my introduction to this series. I remember everyone else hating it in 5th grade, but I loved it because it was all about the Mayan empire.

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Hairy_Stinkeye t1_ix02lv6 wrote

Tell me you’re from New England without telling me you’re from New England

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Files44 t1_iwzxhxd wrote

I remember very little of the actual show, but I feel like we watched an episode every week in 6th grade (late 90’s 🤢).

Was there a woman with a missing arm in the show? For some reason I remember an amputee explaining “phantom feelings” in their arm; unless I am thinking of something completely different.

This was a very disjointed response to you but my mind is churning up all this nostalgia thanks to a single mention of the voyage of the Mimi. Whew.

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Baranjula t1_ix19hkr wrote

Hahahaha pretty sure it was a deaf woman who felt vibrations in the ship to know what was happening.

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MatthewMMorrow t1_ix1fd3n wrote

It was her leg! And it was The Second Voyage of the Mimi when they did archeology.

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Files44 t1_ix1fqzf wrote

There were multiple Mimis?! Mimi? Mimi (pronounced me-my)? Mimis? How many Mimi were there?!

My, my.

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MatthewMMorrow t1_ix1g8p8 wrote

Just the two. One year we did oceanography and the next we did archeology so we watched both. I liked the science interviews after the episodes. They seem to be on YouTube.

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ZappyHeart t1_ix03hhs wrote

They had a second season where they go to South America.

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pcpartthrowaway11 t1_ix21nxh wrote

That's it? It was literally long enough for Ben to live around Mexico and become fluent in spanish, dude is fluent to this day

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Your_Daddy_ t1_ix2kkr1 wrote

In 84?

I watched it in 7th grade, that would have been around 1988-89…

Makes sense, it did feel kind of old dated at the time.

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kickler t1_ix2ujvt wrote

me too! Sixth grade science i think. Laser disc was wild

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DortDrueben t1_ix04ql1 wrote

True homies will remember that second season with South of the equator Mayan stuff going on with that one legged lady.

I remember with the shipwreck in season 1 our 4th grade teacher told us there was a demonstration of a serious life saving technique that involved people getting naked. Hypothermia/sharing body heat etc. He told the class anyone laughing or making jokes would be kicked out and sent to the office. I think one or two did and he was true to his word. One of my favorite teachers. He was retired US Coast Guard.

Bonus fun memory: Dude had so many live animals in his class. Including a Boa Constrictor. One day he was cleaning its pen and it had coiled around his full skeleton and he couldn't free it so he threw the whole thing back in as he was running out of time for the day to start. Us kids walk in and find the boa slithering through a human skeleton in its enclosure. WHAT HAPPENED?!

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ehxy t1_ix099m2 wrote

Hell I thought fleck was just a boston boy who didn't get his start until he gambled it all moving to L.A. but....there goes that belief

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mynewnameonhere t1_ix2eebx wrote

We went on a field trip to see the boat. Hands down the worst field trip of my life.

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