Steve Allen, already the originator of the Tonight show, later created what one critic called "the ultimate talk show" and presented, on the PBS network, a series called Meeting of Minds which was constructed in a typical chat-show format, but featured guests who played important roles in the drama of history. Among those who appeared were Plato, Socrates, Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, Queen Cleopatra of Egypt, Marie Antoinette, Florence Nightingale, Thomas Paine, Francis Bacon, Thomas Jefferson,…
Steve Allen, already the originator of the Tonight show, later created what one critic called "the ultimate talk show" and presented, on the PBS network, a series called Meeting of Minds which was constructed in a typical chat-show format, but featured guests who played important roles in the drama of history. Among those who appeared were Plato, Socrates, Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, Queen Cleopatra of Egypt, Marie Antoinette, Florence Nightingale, Thomas Paine, Francis Bacon, Thomas Jefferson,…
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Seasons (4)
Season 1
10 Jan 1977 – 14 Feb 1977 · 6 episodes
1Cleopatra/Thomas Paine/Theodore Roosevelt/Thomas Aquinas, Part 110 Jan 1977
2Cleopatra/Thomas Paine/Theodore Roosevelt/Thomas Aquinas, Part 217 Jan 1977
3Marie Antoinette/Sir Thomas More/Karl Marx/Ulysses S. Grant, Part 124 Jan 1977
4Marie Antoinette/Sir Thomas More/Karl Marx/Ulysses S. Grant, Part 231 Jan 1977
5Emily Dickinson/Attila the Hun/Charles Darwin/Galileo, Part 17 Feb 1977
6Emily Dickinson/Attila the Hun/Charles Darwin/Galileo, Part 214 Feb 1977
Season 2
6 Mar 1978 – 10 Apr 1978 · 6 episodes
1Florence Nightingale/Plato/Martin Luther/Voltaire, Part 16 Mar 1978
2Florence Nightingale/Plato/Martin Luther/Voltaire, Part 213 Mar 1978
3Empress Tz'u-hsi/Cesare Beccaria/Frederick Douglass/Marquis de Sade, Part 120 Mar 1978
4Empress Tz'u-hsi/Cesare Beccaria/Frederick Douglass/Marquis de Sade, Part 227 Mar 1978
5Susan B. Anthony/Socrates/Sir Francis Bacon/Emiliano Zapata, Part 13 Apr 1978
6Susan B. Anthony/Socrates/Sir Francis Bacon/Emiliano Zapata, Part 210 Apr 1978
Season 3
26 May 1979 – 30 Jun 1979 · 6 episodes
1St. Augustine/Empress Theodora/Thomas Jefferson/Bertrand Russell, Part 126 May 1979
2St. Augustine/Empress Theodora/Thomas Jefferson/Bertrand Russell, Part 22 Jun 1979
3Aristotle/Niccolo Machiavelli/Elizabeth Barrett Browning/Sun Yat-sen, Part 19 Jun 1979
4Aristotle/Niccolo Machiavelli/Elizabeth Barrett Browning/Sun Yat-sen, Part 216 Jun 1979
5William Shakespeare on Love, Part 123 Jun 1979
6William Shakespeare on Love, Part 230 Jun 1979
Season 4
29 Mar 1981 – 3 May 1981 · 6 episodes
1Margaret Sanger/Adam Smith/Mohandas Gandhi, Part 129 Mar 1981
2Margaret Sanger/Adam Smith/Mohandas Gandhi, Part 25 Apr 1981
3Niccolo Paganini/William Blake/Leonardo da Vinci, Part 112 Apr 1981
4Niccolo Paganini/William Blake/Leonardo da Vinci, Part 219 Apr 1981
5Catherine the Great/Oliver Cromwell/Daniel O'Connell, Part 126 Apr 1981
6Catherine the Great/Oliver Cromwell/Daniel O'Connell, Part 23 May 1981