Meet the Robinsons
| 2007/03/30 | ||
| Film | 95 min G | |
| ADV COM | USA | |
Lewis is a brilliant inventor who meets mysterious stranger named Wilbur Robinson, whisking Lewis away in a time machine and together they team up to track down Bowler Hat Guy in a showdown that ends with an unexpected twist of fate.
Meeting of Minds
4 seasons, 24 episodes
| S - | Ep - | 1977/01/10 |
| TV Series | 60 min | |
| BIO HIS TAL | USA | |
A comedic history show hosted by Steve Allen, where he interviews people playing historical figures. The series was filmed at television station KCET in Hollywood, California. 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. 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, and Oliver Cromwell.[5][6] 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 (or 12 two-part episodes) were produced.[7] Actors made multiple appearances as different guests over the course of the series; this was particularly true of Allen's wife, Jayne Meadows, who appeared in 18 of the 24 episodes (playing nine distinct characters). There was also one major departure from the usual format, in which William Shakespeare was joined by several characters from his plays, with Meadows playing the role of the "dark lady" of his sonnets. Meeting of Minds Script with notations by Steve Allen. Collection held at Center for Inquiry, Amherst, NY The show won many awards, including an Emmy Award four Emmy nominations,and a Peabody Award. The scripts are available for public performance. Because of their educational nature, Allen did not attach a royalty to such performances.
Meeting of Minds
Queen Cleopatra/Theodore Roosevelt/Thomas Aquinas/Thomas Paine: Part 1
| S 1 | Ep 1 | 1977/01/10 |
| TV Series Episode | 60 min | |
| BIO HIS TAL | USA | |
Segments include Theodore Roosevelt (Joe Earley) recalling canal construction in Panama; Thomas Paine (Joe Sirola) remembering the Revolutionary War; and reminiscences of Cleopatra (Jayne Meadows) and Thomas Aquinas (Peter Bromilow). Host: Steve Allen.
Meeting of Minds
Queen Cleopatra/Theodore Roosevelt/Thomas Aquinas/Thomas Paine: Part 2
| S 1 | Ep 2 | 1977/01/17 |
| TV Series Episode | 60 min | |
| BIO HIS TAL | USA | |
Clashing views on theology and women's rights from Thomas Aquinas (Peter Bromilo), Cleopatra (Jayne Meadows) and Thomas Paine (Joe Sirola). Also: political commentary from Theodore Roosevelt (Joe Earley). Steve Allen is the host.
Meeting of Minds
Marie Antoinette/Sir Thomas More/Karl Marx/Ulysses S. Grant: Part 1
| S 1 | Ep 3 | 1977/01/24 |
| TV Series Episode | 60 min | |
| BIO HIS TAL | USA | |
Reflections by Marie Antoinette (Jayne Meadows), Sir Thomas More (Bernard Behrens), Karl Marx (Leon Askin) and Ulysses S. Grant (Joe Earley). Topics include the French Revolution, the American Civil War, "Utopia" and communism. Steve Allen is the host of the program.
Meeting of Minds
Marie Antoinette/Sir Thomas More/Karl Marx/Ulysses S. Grant: Part 2Ê
| S 1 | Ep 4 | 1977/01/31 |
| TV Series Episode | 60 min | |
| BIO HIS TAL | USA | |
Participants include Marie Antoinette (Jayne Meadows), Sir Thomas More (Bernard Behrens), Karl Marx (Leon Askin) and Ulysses S. Grant (Joe Earley). Topics include the French Revolution, the American Civil War, "Utopia" and communism. Steve Allen is the host of the program.
Meeting of Minds
Emily Dickinson/Attila the Hun/Charles Darwin/Galileo: Part 1
| S 1 | Ep 5 | 1977/02/07 |
| TV Series Episode | 60 min | |
| BIO HIS TAL | USA | |
Nature, creativity, love and aggression are subjects discussed by Charles Darwin (Murray Matheson), Galileo (Alexander Scourby), Attila (Khigh Dhiegh) and Emily Dickinson (Katherine Helmond), who reads some poetry. Steve Allen is the host.
Meeting of Minds
Emily Dickinson/Attila the Hun/Charles Darwin/Galileo: Part 2
| S 1 | Ep 6 | 1977/02/14 |
| TV Series Episode | 60 min | |
| BIO HIS TAL | USA | |
Guests include Emily Dickinson (Katherine Helmond), who reads poetry to Attila the Hun (Khigh Dhiegh); Charles Darwin (Murray Matheson), who recalls writing "The Origin of Species"; and Galileo (Alexander Scourby), who tells why he was imprisoned for heresy.
Meeting of Minds
Florence Nightingale/Plato/Martin Luther/Voltaire: Part 1
| S 2 | Ep 1 | 1978/03/06 |
| TV Series Episode | 60 min | |
| BIO HIS TAL | USA | |
Religious authority and social reform are discussed by Voltaire (John Hoyt), Florence Nightingale (Jayne Meadows), Plato (David Hooks) and Martin Luther (Leon Askin), who talks about his belief in the inferiority of women. Host: Steve Allen.
Meeting of Minds
Florence Nightingale/Plato/Martin Luther/Voltaire: Part 2
| S 2 | Ep 2 | 1978/03/13 |
| TV Series Episode | 60 min | |
| BIO HIS TAL | USA | |
Steve Allen continues the discussion about religious authority and social reform with Florence Nightingale (Jayne Meadows), Plato (David Hooks), Martin Luther (Leon Askin) and Voltaire (John Hoyt).
Meeting of Minds
Douglass/Tz'u-Hsi/Beccaria/DeSade: Part 1
| S 2 | Ep 3 | 1978/03/20 |
| TV Series Episode | 60 min | |
| BIO HIS TAL | USA | |
Capital punishment, slavery and revolution are discussed by the Marquis de Sade (Stefan Gierasch), Chinese dowager empress Tz'u Hsi (Beulah Quo), 18th-century jurist Cesare Beccari (Robert Carricart) and abolitionist Frederick Douglass (Roscoe Lee Browne), who draws from his experience as a slave in a discourse on plantation life.
Meeting of Minds
Douglass/Tz'u-Hsi/Beccaria/DeSade: Part 2
| S 2 | Ep 4 | 1978/03/27 |
| TV Series Episode | 60 min | |
| BIO HIS TAL | USA | |
Opinions on justice, violence and morality from the Marquis de Sade (Stefan Gierasch), abolitionist Frederick Douglass (Roscoe Lee Browne), 18th-century criminologist Cesare Beccaria (Robert Carricart) and Tz'u Hsi (Beulah Quo), the late 19th-century Chinese empress. Steve Allen is the moderator.
Meeting of Minds
Susan B. Anthony/Socrates/Sir Francis Bacon/Emiliano Zapata, Part 1
| S 2 | Ep 5 | 1978/04/03 |
| TV Series Episode | 60 min | |
| BIO HIS TAL | USA | |
Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata (Julio Medina) on Mexico's history; Socrates (Alexander Scourby) on knowledge and perception. Also: Susan B. Anthony (Jayne Meadows) on government; Francis Bacon (James Booth), a one-time Lord Chancellor of England, on his downfall in 1621.
Meeting of Minds
Susan B. Anthony/Socrates/Sir Francis Bacon/Emiliano Zapata, Part 2
| S 2 | Ep 6 | 1978/04/10 |
| TV Series Episode | 60 min | |
| BIO HIS TAL | USA | |
Socrates (Alexander Scourby), revolutionary Emiliano Zapata (Julio Medina) and suffragette Susan B. Anthony (Jayne Meadows) comment on insurrection, women's rights and philosophy. Anthony recounts her opposition to a law that made a child the property of the father. Host: Steve Allen.
Meeting of Minds
Elizabeth Barrett Browning/Sun Yat-Sen/Aristotle/Niccolo MachiavelliÊPart 1
| S 3 | Ep 1 | 1979/05/26 |
| TV Series Episode | 60 min | |
| BIO HIS TAL | USA | |
Steve Allen visits Greek philosopher Aristotle (Bernard Behrens), Italian political theorist Machiavelli (Alfred Ryder), poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Jayne Meadows Allen), Chinese revolutionary Sun Yat-sen (Keye Luke).
Meeting of Minds
Elizabeth Barrett Browning/Sun Yat-Sen/Aristotle/Niccolo MachiavelliÊPart 2
| S 3 | Ep 2 | 1979/06/02 |
| TV Series Episode | 60 min | |
| BIO HIS TAL | USA | |
After Mrs. Browning (Jayne Meadows Allen) joins Machiavelli (Alfred Ryder) and the other men after apparently leaving in distress last week, the five discuss several topics, including some of her husband's poetry, Sun yat-Sen (Keye Luke)'s kidnapping in London, and Aristotle (Bernard Behrens)'s exile.
Meeting of Minds
Shakespeare on Love: Part 1
| S 3 | Ep 3 | 1979/06/02 |
| TV Series Episode | 60 min | |
| BIO HIS TAL | USA | |
An interview with William Shakespeare (Harris Yulin), the Dark Lady from his sonnets (Jayne Meadows Allen), and four of his characters: Hamlet (Anthony Costello), Othello (William Marshall), Romeo (Charles Lanyer) and Iago (Fred Sadoff). They discuss the wonders and perils of love (in iambic pentameter). Steve Allen is the host.
Meeting of Minds
Shakespeare on Love: Part 2
| S 3 | Ep 4 | 1979/06/06 |
| TV Series Episode | 60 min | |
| BIO HIS TAL | USA | |
A visit with William Shakespeare (Harris Yulin) continues as he meets Romeo, Othello and Hamlet (Charles Lanyer, William Marshall, Anthony Costello). Jayne Meadows Allen plays a woman who persuades Shakespeare to reveal the love object of his sonnets.
Meeting of Minds
St. Augustine/Empress Theodora/Thomas Jefferson/Bertrand Russell, Part 1
| S 3 | Ep 5 | 1979/06/23 |
| TV Series Episode | 60 min | |
| BIO HIS TAL | USA | |
Host Steve Allen meets with British philosopher Bertrand Russell (John Hoyt), Byzantine empress Theodora (Salome Jens), theologian Saint Augustine and Thomas Jefferson.
Meeting of Minds
St. Augustine/Empress Theodora/Thomas Jefferson/Bertrand Russell, Part 2
| S 3 | Ep 6 | 1979/06/30 |
| TV Series Episode | 60 min | |
| BIO HIS TAL | USA | |
Host Steve Allen continues his discussion with British philosopher Bertrand Russell (John Hoyt), Byzantine empress Theodora (Salome Jens), theologian Saint Augustine and Thomas Jefferson.