Meeting of Minds

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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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Steve Allen Self, Self - Host

Jayne Meadows Catherine the Great, Cleopatra, Florence Nightingale

Leon Askin Karl Marx, Martin Luther

John Hoyt Bertrand Russell, Voltaire

Harris Yulin Leonardo da Vinci, William Shakespeare

Joe Early Theodore Roosevelt

Peter Bromilow St. Thomas Aquinas

Joseph Sirola Thomas Paine

Bernard Behrens Aristotle, Sir Thomas More

Katherine Helmond Emily Dickinson

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