[lbo-talk] A revolution is not a dinner party

[Dennis Perrin]

> A LONG time ago (when I was a high school student in
> the 70s) there was a PBS show that featured a similar
> them.  Each week featured a roundtable of 4 or 5
> historical characters (well, actors playing them) and
> they would discuss certain items.
> Karl Marx was on one of these programs...I believe
> Attila the Hun was one of the other "guests" that
> evening.  I dont remember who the other guests were.
> Sounded like a good idea but it was pretty ridiculous
> as I recall.

"Meeting of Minds" with Steve Allen. There was a great parody of this on 
"Saturday Night Live" in the 80s -- figures like Jefferson Davis, Joan of 
Arc and Ghengis Khan try to connect, but each culture and political setting 
is so different that it leads to confusion and bewilderment among the 
panelists. Then, a floor director comes on to tell them that a Wall Street 
show needs the studio, and that they have to leave. So here are all these 
grand historical figures, thrown out of a TV studio, muttering to 
themselves, wondering what the hell just happened.

Dennis