Meeting of Minds is a tv show, created by Steve Allen, which aired in 1977 to 1981 on PBS. The show featured guests that played significant roles in history. Guests could socialize with sponsor Steve Allen and one another, discussing science, religion, history, philosophy, and a number of other topics. It had been conceptually quite similar to this Canadian tv set Witness to created by Arthur Voronka, which preceded Meeting by three years. Before Meeting Minds premiered steve Allen really appeared on a 1976 incident of Witness to Yesterday as George Gershwin, 1 year. The words of these ancient figures were used as was possible. The show had been fully scripted, the broadcasts were carefully crafted to give the appearance of debate among historical amounts. Guests included: 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, along with Oliver Cromwell. On average, each incident could be divided into just two parts, broadcast separately, together with most the guests introduced over the duration of the primary section or most, and also the discussions. An overall total of 24 episodes were produced.