Meeting of Minds is just a television show, created by Steve Allen, that aired on PBS in 1977 to 1981. The show featured guests that played significant roles. Guests would interact with each other and host Steve Allen, discussing science, religion, history, philosophy, and other topics. It had been quite similar to this television show Witness to Yesterday, created by Arthur Voronka, that preceded Meeting Of Allergic by three decades into the air . Steve Allen appeared to a 1976 episode of Witness 1 year. The words of the figures were used as was possible. The show had been fully scripted, yet the scripts have been carefully crafted to give the appearance of spontaneous conversation. 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 episode would be split to two parts, broadcast separately, with most or most of the guests introduced across the duration of the primary section, and also the discussions. An overall total of 24 episodes are made.