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Meeting of Minds is a TV show that ran on PBS from 1977 to 1981. It was made by Steve Allen. The show had guests who had played important roles in the history of the world. Guests and host Steve Allen would talk to each other and talk about philosophy, religion, history, science, and many other things. It was a lot like the Canadian TV show Witness to Yesterday, which aired three years before Meeting of Minds. That show was created by Arthur Voronka. In fact, Steve Allen played George Gershwin on an episode of Witness to Yesterday in 1976, a year before Meeting of Minds came out. As much as possible, the historical figures' own words were used. The show was completely scripted, but the scripts were written in a way that made it look like the historical figures were talking without a plan. Plato, Socrates, Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, Martin Luther, Cleopatra, Marie Antoinette, Florence Nightingale, Thomas Paine, Francis Bacon, Thomas Jefferson, Voltaire, Karl Marx, Charles Darwin, Daniel O'Connell, Catherine II, and Oliver Cromwell were all there. Usually, each episode was split into two parts that were shown separately. Most or all of the guests were introduced in the first part, and the conversations continued in the second. There were a total of 24 episodes.