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Steve Allen in 1977
This is a list of works by American television personality, musician, composer, actor, comedian, and writer
Steve Allen .
Films
Shows
Songs for Sale (1950–1952)
What's My Line? (regular panelist, 1953–1954; frequent guest panelist 1954–1967)
Jukebox Jury (1953)
Talent Patrol (1953–1955)
The Steve Allen Show (1956–61)
The Tonight Show (1954–1957,
NBC )
The Steve Allen Westinghouse Show (1962–1968)
I've Got a Secret (1964–1967, 1972–1973)
The Steve Allen Show (Filmways production, 1968–1969)
Steve Allen Show (September 29, 1970 – October 21, 1971) KTLA
Match Game (panelist, 1974)
Tattletales (panelist, mid-1970s)
Meeting of Minds (1977–1981,
PBS )
Steve Allen Comedy Hour (1980–1981)
The Start of Something Big (1985–1986)
Amen (1991, Lights, Camera, Deacon Season 5 episode 9)
The Simpsons (1992, "
Separate Vocations ", 1995, "
'Round Springfield ")
Space Ghost Coast to Coast (1997,
one episode , Guest)
Homicide: Life on the Street (1998): Steve and Jayne appeared as guests (January 16, 1998).
Sabrina the Teenage Witch (April 3, 1998, Season 2 Episode 21 "Fear Strikes Up a Conversation", Guest)
Diagnosis Murder (1999, Season 7 Episode 1 The Roast , Ray Masters)
Songs
Comedic discography
Man in the Street (1963) (Signature 1004)
Funny Fone Calls (1963) (Dot 3472, re-issued as Casablanca 811-366-1-ML)
More Funny Fone Calls (1963) (Dot 3517, re-issued as Casablanca 811-367-1-ML)
Musical discography
Steve Allen's All Star Jazz Concert Vol. 1 with Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band, Billy Butterfield Jazz Band (Decca, 1954)
Steve Allen's All Star Jazz Concert Vol. 2 with Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band, Billy Butterfield Jazz Band (Decca, 1954)
Music for Tonight (Coral, 1955)
Jazz for Tonight (Coral, 1955)
Steve Sings (Coral, 1955)
The Steve Allen Show (Coral, 1955)
Allen Plays Allen (Coral, 1956)
The James Dean Story with Bill Randle (Coral, 1956)
Steve Allen Plays Benny Goodman (Coral, 1956)
Romantic Rendezvous with
Neal Hefti (Coral, 1957)
Venetian Serenade (Coral, 1957)
Terry Gibbs, Captain with
Terry Gibbs (Mercury, 1958)
Steve Allen Plays Hi-Fi Music for Influentials (Coral, 1958)
The Poetry of Love (Coral, 1958)
What Is Subud with John Bennett (Hanover, 1958)
Steve Allen Plays Neal Hefti (Coral, 1958)
Anthony Plays Allen with
Ray Anthony (Capitol, 1958)
Man On the Street with Tom Poston, Don Knotts, Louis Nye (Signature, 1959)
The Discovery of Buck Hammer (Hanover, 1959)
Steve Allen Presents Carole Simpson: Singin' and Swingin' (Tops, 1959)
Steve Allen Presents Sandy Warner: Fair & Warner (Tops, 1959)
Poetry for the Beat Generation with
Jack Kerouac (Hanover, 1959)
Steve Allen at the Roundtable (Roulette, 1959)
Swingin' & Dancin' with Gus Bivona (Mercury, 1959)
Steve Allen Plays (Dot, 1959)
Around the World (Dot, 1959)
Monday Nights (Signature, 1960)
Steve Allen Presents Terry Gibbs at the Piano (Signature, 1960)
Steve Allen Presents 12 Golden Hits (Dot, 1962)
Steve Allen Plays Bossa Nova Jazz (Dot, 1963)
Plays the Piano Greats (Dot, 1963)
Gravy Waltz and 11 Current Hits! (Dot, 1963)
Steve Allen Sings (Dot, 1963)
More (Theme from "Mondo Cane") (Dot, 1963)
Steve Allen's Funny Fone-Calls (Dot, 1963)
Some of My Favorites (Hamilton 1964)
Songs from the Steve Allen TV Show (Dot, 1964)
Poetry in Piano (Coral, 1964)
I Play for You (Dot, 1965)
His Piano & Orchestra (Dot, 1965)
Cool, Quiet Bossa Nova (Dot, 1967)
Do the Love with Bob Thiele (ABC, 1967)
Soulful Brass with
Oliver Nelson (Impulse!, 1968)
A Man Called Dagger (Music from the Original Soundtrack) (MGM 1968)
Soulful Brass #2 (Flying Dutchman, 1969)
Soulful Brass #3 (Flying Dutchman, 1971)
Steve Allen Presents Linda Guymon (Dobre 1978)
Funny Fone Calls (Casablanca, 1983)
Steve Allen's More Funny Fone Calls (Casablanca, 1983)
Alice in Wonderland Original Cast Voice Track Recording (1985)
Steve Allen Plays Jazz Tonight (Concord Jazz, 1993)
Books
Year
Title
Notes
Identifiers
1955
Steve Allen's Bop Fables
illustrated by
George Price
OCLC
1006762
1955
Fourteen for Tonight
short stories
OCLC
1034835
1956
The Funny Men
OCLC
329974
1956
Wry on the Rocks
poems
OCLC
1150685
1958
The Girls on the 10th Floor and Other Stories
short stories
OCLC
1131890 ;
ISBN
0-8369-3608-6 (1970 printing)
1959
The Question Man...
photographs by
Gene Lester
OCLC
1150647
1960
Mark It and Strike It: An Autobiography
OCLC
25533614
1962
Not All of Your Laughter, Not All of Your Tears
Steve's first novel
OCLC
1626391
1964
Dialogues in Americanism
transcript of three debates: Allen vs.
William F. Buckley, Jr. ;
Robert M. Hutchins vs.
L. Brent Bozell , and
James MacGregor Burns vs.
Willmoore Kendall
OCLC
397431
1965
Letter to a Conservative
OCLC
1150594
1966
The Ground is Our Table
photographs by
Arthur Dubinsky
OCLC
358823
1967
Bigger than a Breadbox
with commentary by
Leonard Feather ; illustrations by
Rowland B. Wilson
OCLC
717481
1969
A Flash of Swallows: New Poems
poems
ISBN
0-8375-6734-3 ;
OCLC
5024
1972
The Wake
ISBN
0-385-07608-8
1973
Princess Snip-Snip and the Puppy-Kittens
illustrated by
David Gantz
1973
Curses! or... How Never to Be Foiled Again
illustrated by
Marvin Rubin
ISBN
0-87477-008-4
1974
What To Say When It Rains
ISBN
0-8431-0357-4
1975
Schmock-Schmock!
ISBN
0-385-09664-X
1978
Meeting of Minds
ISBN
0-517-53383-9 ; 1989 printing:
ISBN
0-87975-550-4
1978
Chopped-Up Chinese
1979
Ripoff: A Look at Corruption in America
with
Roslyn Bernstein and
Donald H. Dunn
ISBN
0-8184-0249-0
1979
Meeting of Minds, Second Series
ISBN
0-517-53894-6 ; 1989 printing:
ISBN
0-87975-565-2
1980
Explaining China
ISBN
0-517-54062-2
1981
Funny People
ISBN
0-8128-2764-3
1982
Beloved Son: A Story of the Jesus Cults
ISBN
0-672-52678-6
1982
More Funny People
ISBN
0-8128-2884-4
1986
How to Make a Speech
ISBN
0-07-001164-8
1987
How to Be Funny: Discovering the Comic You
with
Jane Wollman
ISBN
0-07-001199-0 ; 1992 printing:
ISBN
0-87975-792-2 ; 1998 revised edition:
ISBN
1-57392-206-4
1989
The Passionate Nonsmoker's Bill of Rights: The First Guide to Enacting Nonsmoking Legislation
with
Bill Adler, Jr.
ISBN
0-688-06295-4
1989
"Dumbth": And 81 Ways to Make Americans Smarter
ISBN
0-87975-539-3 ; 1998 revised edition:
ISBN
1-57392-237-4
1989
Meeting of Minds, Vol. III
ISBN
0-87975-566-0
1989
Meeting of Minds, Vol. IV
ISBN
0-87975-567-9
1990
The Public Hating: A Collection of Short Stories
ISBN
0-942637-22-4
1990
Steve Allen on the Bible, Religion & Morality
ISBN
0-87975-638-1
1992
Hi-Ho, Steverino: The Story of My Adventures in the Wonderful Wacky World of Television
ISBN
0-942637-55-0 ; large-print edition:
ISBN
1-56054-521-6
1993
More Steve Allen on the Bible, Religion & Morality
ISBN
0-87975-736-1
1993
Make 'em Laugh
ISBN
0-87975-837-6
1994
Reflections
ISBN
0-87975-904-6
1995
The Man Who Turned Back the Clock, and Other Short Stories
ISBN
1-57392-002-9
1995
The Bug and the Slug in the Rug
ISBN
1-880851-17-2
1996
But Seriously...: Steve Allen Speaks His Mind
ISBN
1-57392-090-8
1999
Steve Allen's Songs: 100 Lyrics with Commentary
ISBN
0-7864-0736-0
2000
Steve Allen's Private Joke File
ISBN
0-609-80672-6
2001
Vulgarians at the Gate: Trash TV and Raunch Radio – Raising the Standards of Popular Culture
ISBN
1-57392-874-7
Allen was the credited author of a series of mystery novels "starring" himself and wife
Jayne Meadows as amateur detectives. The first one (The Talk Show Murders ) was
ghostwritten by Walter J. Sheldon; later volumes were ghostwritten by Robert Westbrook.
Skeptic magazine
As Allen was a supporter of the
scientific skepticism movement, he worked to promote
critical thinking , contributing many pieces to the American magazine
Skeptic , which is published by the California-based
Skeptics Society .
Skeptic Vol. 1, No. 1, "A Tribute to Isaac Asimov" (with
Harlan Ellison and
Martin Gardner )
Skeptic Vol. 1, No. 2
Skeptic Vol. 1, No. 3
Skeptic Vol. 1, No. 4
Skeptic Vol. 2, No. 1, "Genius" (with
James Randi ,
Paul MacCready ,
Marilyn vos Savant ,
Elie Shneour , and David Alexander)
Skeptic Vol. 2, No. 2, "The Jesus Cults"
Skeptic Vol. 2, No. 3
Skeptic Vol. 2, No. 4
Skeptic Vol. 3, No. 1
Skeptic Vol. 3, No. 2
Skeptic Vol. 3, No. 3
Skeptic Vol. 3, No. 4
Skeptic Vol. 4, No. 1
Skeptic Vol. 4, No. 2
Skeptic Vol. 4, No. 3
Skeptic Vol. 4, No. 4
Skeptic Vol. 5, No. 1
"An Open Letter from Steve Allen to Heber Jentzsch, President, Church of Scientology"
"But Seriously … Steve Allen Speaks His Mind"
Skeptic Vol. 5, No. 2
Skeptic Vol. 5, No. 3, "Scientology Reply to Steve Allen"
Skeptic Vol. 5, No. 4
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References