Trolling? The first part specifically stated it was a movie; I'm not sure what gave the idea it might have been a documentary. The joke is to explain why the other students were prompting Fima — a behaviour that was strongly discouraged in my western schools.

Of course I'd recommend watching the whole thing (or even the Alisa cartoon), for good examples of non-western juvenile SF, but in this case I was deliberately trying to show an example of non-western classroom behaviour management.

It may not have been entirely realistic, but judging from the nostalgic comments I've seen, it was not so unrealistic that students at the time it was aired found it ludicrous.

(counterargument: Friends — has many fans, but just how did NY baristas afford apartments like those?)