Cardinal

Meeting Of Minds

Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Meeting Of MindsISBN13:9780879755508ISBN10:0879755504Author:Allen, Steve (Author)Description:The Man Who Invented The Television Talk Show Surpassed Even Himself When He Created Meeting Of Minds, The Award-Winning Series That Captured America's Imagination These Four Volumes Offer The Original Scripts From The Series, Including Material Edited From The Broadcast Versions That Ran From 1977 To 1981 On Pbs Stations Nationwide Many Believe That Meeting Of Minds Is The Most Brilliant Series Ever To Be Written For Television The Show Provides A Groundbreaking Opportunity To Be Exposed To Ideas By Way Of A Medium Not Normally Known For Its Intellectual Vigor Indeed, Meeting Of Minds Grew Out Of Allen's Frustration With The Mediocrity Of The Average Network Program He Envisioned The Show As A Stimulating Round-Table Discussion Conducted Like Any Other Talk Show - Except That The Participants Would Be Actors Portraying Some Of The Greatest Minds And Most Prominent Figures Of History Accordingly, Such Characters As Aristotle, Catherine The Great, Oliver Cromwell, Emily Dickinson, Margaret Sanger, Gandhi, Thomas Paine, Cleopatra, Theodore Roosevelt, And St Thomas Aquinas Appear In Startlingly Effective Juxtaposition, Their Characters Revealed Through Brilliantly Conceived Dialogue This First Volume Features Appearances By President Theodore Roosevelt, Queen Cleopatra, Thomas Aquinas, Thomas Paine, President Ulysses S Grant, Queen Marie Antoinette, Sir Thomas More, Karl Marx, Charles Darwin, Emily Dickinson, Galileo Galilei, And Attila The Hun The Scripts For Meeting Of Minds Make For Excellent Reading, Distilling An Enormous Amount Of Research Into A Lively Format That Has The Undeniable Veracity Of Historical Fact The Result Is Unfailingly Witty, Thought-Provoking, And Geniunely Entertaining Steve Allen's Lucidity And Fertile Intelligence Are Evident On Every Page Meeting Of Minds Remains One Of The Freshest, Most Delightful Ways Of Gaining Historical Perspective Ever Devised, An Incomparable Tour De Force With The Power To Make History Come Alive Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Prometheus BooksPublication Date:1989-09-01Weight:0.65 lbsDimensions:0.63'' H x 8.98'' L x 5.83'' WNumber of Pages:191Language:English

Price: 21.61 USD

Location: USA

End Time: 2024-12-22T06:29:36.000Z

Shipping Cost: 0 USD

Product Images

Meeting Of Minds

Item Specifics

Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer

All returns accepted: Returns Accepted

Item must be returned within: 30 Days

Refund will be given as: Money Back

Return policy details:

Book Title: Meeting of Minds : the Television Scripts

Item Length: 9in

Item Height: 0.5in

Item Width: 6in

Author: Steve Allen

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Topic: Television / History & Criticism, General

Publisher: Prometheus Books, Publishers

Publication Year: 1989

Genre: Performing Arts, Humor, Philosophy

Item Weight: 10.4 Oz

Number of Pages: 182 Pages

Recommended

ISRAEL 2020 - Meeting of Peace Souvenir Sheet - Scott# 2278 - MNH
ISRAEL 2020 - Meeting of Peace Souvenir Sheet - Scott# 2278 - MNH

$10.00

View Details
Meeting of Minds Foil - MOM - March of the Machine
Meeting of Minds Foil - MOM - March of the Machine

$1.49

View Details
POPE FRANCIS World Meeting of Families 9/26/2015 Philadelphia SEPTA TRAIN PASS W
POPE FRANCIS World Meeting of Families 9/26/2015 Philadelphia SEPTA TRAIN PASS W

$5.00

View Details
MEETING OF THE WILLIAM PEPPER MEDICAL SOCIETY (PHILADELPHIA, PA.) - JANUARY 1908
MEETING OF THE WILLIAM PEPPER MEDICAL SOCIETY (PHILADELPHIA, PA.) - JANUARY 1908

$3.00

View Details
Meeting Of Minds by Steve Allen 1978 HCDJ First Edition 2nd Print VG
Meeting Of Minds by Steve Allen 1978 HCDJ First Edition 2nd Print VG

$14.06

View Details
Meeting of the Society for Military History, Perspectives on Warfighting
Meeting of the Society for Military History, Perspectives on Warfighting

$12.95

View Details
The Meeting Of East And West By F. C. Northrop 1ST PRINTING Post-war Philosophy
The Meeting Of East And West By F. C. Northrop 1ST PRINTING Post-war Philosophy

$85.00

View Details
Meeting Of Minds
Meeting Of Minds

$13.83

View Details
Dpf 96, the Minneapolis Meeting: Proceedings of the 9th Meeting of the Division
Dpf 96, the Minneapolis Meeting: Proceedings of the 9th Meeting of the Division

$72.99

View Details
Meeting of Angels by Nishat Khan/Ensemble Gilles Binchois (CD, Jun-2003, Amiata)
Meeting of Angels by Nishat Khan/Ensemble Gilles Binchois (CD, Jun-2003, Amiata)

$4.35

View Details