On 2/11/2011 10:39 PM, Giles wrote:

Meanwhile, one possible theme (dissent from the dominant paradigm)
seems fairly obvious.....but I suppose there are any number of others.

giles
who suspects that serving hot and sour soup to martin luther would be
an extraordinarily bad way to start an evening of productive and
enjoyable conversation.

yup, you caught the theme well, and share the interest in Galileo's core
struggle. Further, in that crowd, I might as well try and plan a menu,
as I'd otherwise be doing far more listening and learning than
adding much to the conversation. As it always has been, a pleasant
exercise to consider such a list, thanks.
Tom
p.s. Steve Allen didn't bring that to TV until 1980 or thereabouts? I'm
not doubting your accuracy whatsoever, but it just seemed earlier......