Steve Allen (1) (1921–2000)

Author of Dumbth: The Lost Art of Thinking With 101 Ways to Reason Better & Improve Your Mind

For other authors named Steve Allen, see the disambiguation page.

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About the Author

Steve Allen (1921-2000) was known as television's renaissance man. He authored more than fifty books and composed over 8,500 songs. Allen was the original creator and host of the award-winning PBS series Meeting of Minds.

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Works by Steve Allen

Murder On The Atlantic (1995) 72 copies

Murder on the Glitter Box (1989) 72 copies

Dumbth and 81 Ways to Make Americans Smarter (1989) 66 copies

The Murder Game (1752) 64 copies

Murder in Vegas (1991) 59 copies

The Talk Show Murders (1605) 59 copies

Meeting of Minds: First Series (1978) — Author — 57 copies

Steve Allen on the Bible, Religion, and Morality (1990) 56 copies

How to Be Funny: Discovering the Comic You (1987) 42 copies

Wake Up To Murder (1997) 42 copies

Meeting of Minds: Second Series (1979) 38 copies

Die Laughing (1998) 31 copies

More Steve Allen on the Bible, Religion, & Morality: Book II (1992) 29 copies

How to Make a Speech (1985) 28 copies

Murder In Hawaii (1999) 27 copies

Mark it and strike it : an autobiography (1960) 26 copies

Funny People (1981) 26 copies

Bigger than a breadbox (1967) 24 copies

Hi-Ho Steverino!: My Adventures in the Wonderful Wacky World of TV (1992) 23 copies

More Funny People (1982) 22 copies

Vulgarians at the Gate: Trash TV and Raunch Radio : Raising Standards of Popular Culture (2001) 20 copies

Meeting of Minds: Third Series (1989) 17 copies

Make 'Em Laugh (1993) 16 copies

Steve Allen's Private Joke File (2000) 15 copies

Explaining China (1980) 14 copies

Beloved Son: A Story of the Jesus Cults (1982) 14 copies

Schmock-Schmock! (1975) 13 copies

Meeting of Minds: Fourth Series (1989) 13 copies

Reflections (1994) 12 copies

Steve Allen's Bop Fables (1955) 10 copies

The Public Hating {short story} (1990) 10 copies

14 for Tonight (1955) 9 copies

Dialogues in Americanism: the Presidency, the Supreme Court, the Congress (1964) 8 copies

Curses! Or...How Never to be Foiled Again (1973) 7 copies

Letter to a Conservative (1965) 7 copies

But Seriously...: Steve Allen Speaks His Mind (1996) 6 copies

The Bug and the Slug in the Rug (1995) 6 copies

The funny men (1901) 6 copies

The Question Man ... (1959) 6 copies

The Girls on the 10th Floor (1959) 6 copies

The Man Who Turned Back the Clock: And Other Short Stories (1995) 5 copies

The passionate nonsmoker's bill of rights : the first guide to enacting nonsmoking legislation (1989) 5 copies

Princess Snip Snip and the Puppykittens 5 copies

Wry on the rocks (1956) 5 copies

Steve Allen's Songs: 100 Lyrics With Commentary (1999) 3 copies

Meeting of Minds: Fifth Series (1992) 3 copies

The ground is our table 3 copies

The Wake (1996) 3 copies

Ripoff The Corruption That Plagues America (1979) 3 copies

Not all of your laughter, not all of your tears (1962) 3 copies

Steve Allen at the piano : his inimitable interpretations of BVC song hits (1956) 2 copies

Sophie: Original 1963 Broadway Cast Recording — Composer — 2 copies

Everybody Hates David Starbuck [short fiction] 2 copies

So You Want To Be A Celebrity (2015) 2 copies

Chopped-up Chinese (1978) 2 copies

Murder in Hollywood (1988) 1 copy

The Steve Allen Show, Starring Steve Allen, Eydie Gorme, Steve Lawrence, Pat Kirby, Skitch Henderson; (2) Extended Play… 1 copy

Steve Allen & Gus Bivona Swingin' and Dancin' 1 copy

Piano Pieces by Steve Allen (1997) 1 copy

This Could Be The Start Of Something Big 1 copy

The Secretdarker Masques : 1 copy

The Secret 1 copy

Gullible's Travels (1995) 1 copy

The Steve Allen Show 1 copy

Meeting of the Minds-4 Volume Boxed Set (1989) 1 copy

Jack Kerouac & Steve Allen: Poetry for the Beat Generation (Colored Vinyl) Vinyl LP (2017) 1 copy

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Associated Works

The World Treasury of Science Fiction (1989) — Contributor — 891 copies

The Simpsons: Season 3 (1993) — Guest star — 152 copies

On the Firing Line: The Public Life of Our Public Figures (1989) — Contributor — 112 copies

The Simpsons: Season 6 (1994) — Guest star — 106 copies

Leaving the Fold (1993) — Foreword — 93 copies

Darker Masques (2002) — Contributor — 85 copies

SF: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy (1956) — Contributor — 79 copies

How to Use the Power of the Printed Word (1985) — Author — 30 copies

The Benny Goodman Story [1956 film] (1956) — Actor — 19 copies

My Brother Larry : The Stooge in the Middle (1984) — Foreword — 17 copies

Masques IV (1991) — Contributor — 17 copies

Social Problems Through Science Fiction (1975) — Contributor — 10 copies

Tab Hunter Confidential [2015 film] (2015) — Archive footage — 8 copies

Criminal Justice through Science Fiction (1977) — Contributor — 6 copies

Humpty Dumpty Rock/Book and Cassette (Mother Goose Rap-Along) (1986) — Narrator — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: Allen, Stephen Valentine Patrick William
Birthdate: 1921-12-26
Date of death: 2000-10-21
Burial location: Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills), Ca
Plot: Court of Liberty, Lot 1725, Space 3 (unmarked)
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
Place of death: Encino, California, USA
Places of residence: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA
Education: Arizona State Teachers College
Occupations: television personality
musician
actor
comedian
composer
Relationships: Meadows, Jayne (wife)
Organizations: US Army (WWII)

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Murder Game, The by Steve Allen

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RCornell | 1 other review | Oct 16, 2023 |

Dumbth: The Lost Art of Thinking With 101 Ways to… by Steve Allen

Given to Matthew Hayes - 05/11/2023

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revbill1961 | 3 other reviews | May 11, 2023 |

The Talk Show Murders by Steve Allen

I read this mainly b/c the author, Steve Allen, was a talk show host who presented Frank Zappa & Tim Buckley in the 1960s in a friendly supportive manner when no-one else was likely to have them on tv or to react to them as anything other than weirdos. As such, I'd say he was 'visionary'. I doubt that talk show hosts like him exist anymore - but then I stopped watching tv 38 yrs ago so I'm not the best person to judge. Anyway, it didn't make an impression on me.

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tENTATIVELY | 2 other reviews | Apr 3, 2022 |