Well, that's another piece of my childhood destroyed...

[jeriendhal]

So I make the mistake of Googling "The Voyage of the Mimi" a rather entertaining children's science serial from the mid-80's, set aboard a converted tuna trawler as it roamed the ocean tracking whales and Having Adventures while painlessly introducing some oceanic science to the pre-teen set.

Only to find that the kid playing C.T., grandson of the properly crusty Captain Granville [1], was Ben Affleck, he of overrated acting ability and star of many movies that I've done my best to avoid seeing.

Aiiiii!

[1] Played by Peter Marston, who is likely the only nuclear physicist with an Actor's Guild card.

Comments

[neonnurse.livejournal.com]

I'm fairly actor-clueless, and wouldn't know Ben if he walked up to me on the street and did some below-standard mimeing. But Mike just recently had a "Mimi" course in school (special ed 5th grade) and he seemed to enjoy it quite a bit. Not that he is especially demanding of the abilities of his chosen entertainers either.

[jeriendhal.livejournal.com]

He was in a bunch of Kevin Smith "Clerks", "Dogma" ect. movies, and the recent mega-flop "Gigli".

"Mimi" was always pretty cool though. It's nice to know they're still showing it in schools.

[norabombay.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry. Could have told you that years ago.

Never did see the Mimi episodes...