Meeting of Minds
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First Air DateJan 10, 1977
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Rotten tomato100%
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Original titleMeeting of Minds
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ReleaseJan 10, 1977
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Overview
The show featured guests who played significant roles in world history. Guests would interact with each other and host Steve Allen, discussing philosophy, religion, history, science, and many other topics. As nearly as was possible, the actual words of the historical figures were used. The show was fully scripted, yet the scripts were carefully crafted to give the appearance of spontaneous discussion among historic figures. Typically, each episode would be split into two parts, broadcast separately, with most or all of the guests introduced over the course of the first part, and the discussions continuing into the second part. A total of 24 episodes were produced.
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Casts
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Self - Host
Season 1 ( 1977-01-10)
Cleopatra/Thomas Paine/Theodore Roosevelt/Thomas Aquinas, Part 1
Cleopatra/Thomas Paine/Theodore Roosevelt/Thomas Aquinas, Part 2
Marie Antoinette/Sir Thomas More/Karl Marx/Ulysses S. Grant, Part 1
Marie Antoinette/Sir Thomas More/Karl Marx/Ulysses S. Grant, Part 2
Emily Dickinson/Attila the Hun/Charles Darwin/Galileo, Part 1
Emily Dickinson/Attila the Hun/Charles Darwin/Galileo, Part 2
Season 2 ( 1978-03-06)
Florence Nightingale/Plato/Martin Luther/Voltaire, Part 1
Florence Nightingale/Plato/Martin Luther/Voltaire, Part 2
Empress Tz'u-hsi/Cesare Beccaria/Frederick Douglass/Marquis de Sade, Part 1
Empress Tz'u-hsi/Cesare Beccaria/Frederick Douglass/Marquis de Sade, Part 2
Susan B. Anthony/Socrates/Sir Francis Bacon/Emiliano Zapata, Part 1
Susan B. Anthony/Socrates/Sir Francis Bacon/Emiliano Zapata, Part 2
Season 3 ( 1979-05-26)
Elizabeth B. Browning/Aristotle/Machiavelli/Sun Yat-sen, Part 1
Elizabeth B. Browning/Aristotle/Machiavelli/Sun Yat-sen, Part 2
Shakespeare on Love, Part 1
Shakespeare on Love, Part 2
Empress Theodora/Bertrand Russell/St. Augustine/Thomas Jefferson, Part 1
Empress Theodora/Bertrand Russell/St. Augustine/Thomas Jefferson, Part 2
Season 4 ( 1981-03-29)
Catherine the Great/Oliver Cromwell/Daniel O'Connell, Part 1
Catherine the Great/Oliver Cromwell/Daniel O'Connell, Part 2
Leonardo da Vinci/William Blake/Niccolo Paganini, Part 1
Leonardo da Vinci/William Blake/Niccolo Paganini, Part 2
Margaret Sanger/Mahatma Gandhi/Adam Smith, Part 1