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Great Minds with Dan Harmon

Great Minds with Dan Harmon

★ 7.1/10•2016•Comedy
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Writer Dan Harmon has his assistant Spencer Crittenden construct a time machine to transport historical figures from the past so he can interview them. The interviewees only survive for a few hours before undergoing a "total protoplasmic disconversion" and collapsing into dust, which Spencer collects in a jar.

StatusEnded
LanguageEN
First Air DateFeb 25, 2016

Episodes

E1

Ludwig van Beethoven

Given a hearing aid, Beethoven hears some of his most famous compositions for the first time.

Feb 25, 2016

E2

Ernest Hemingway

Dan attempts to bond with Hemingway over their common interests in drinking and writing, but is intimidated by his masculinity.

Mar 3, 2016

E3

Thomas Edison

Unsatisfied with the quality of his phonograph recording, Edison insists on recording a new version in a modern studio.

Mar 11, 2016

E4

Mary Wollstonecraft

Mary's arrival gives Dan a chance to express his feminism, but he is irritated by Mary's stern demeanor. Meanwhile, it is Spencer's birthday.

Mar 18, 2016

E5

William Shakespeare

Shakespeare is unimpressed by Community, preferring the bawdy comedy film Dirty Grandpa.

Mar 24, 2016

E6

Idi Amin

Amin's arrival fulfills Dan's desire for ethnic diversity, until he takes the office hostage.

Mar 31, 2016

E7

Betsy Ross

Betsy's racism discomforts Dan until they broach the subject of Bernie Sanders.

Apr 14, 2016

E8

Amelia Earhart

Amelia is disappointed with her legacy of getting lost, and sets out to prove that she is indeed still alive.

Apr 21, 2016

E9

Sigmund Freud

Freud arrives just in time, as Spencer refuses to use catchphrases written for him by Dan.

Apr 28, 2016

E10

Edgar Allan Poe

Poe undermines Dan's need to impress a History Channel executive, who falls for Poe. Dan and Spencer attempt to influence their date to secure an additional run of episodes.

May 5, 2016

E11

Buddha

The Buddha participates in a series of product placements, making Dan feel guilty.

Jun 10, 2016

E12

John Wilkes Booth

Booth emphasizes his skills as an actor rather than his notoriety as the assassin of Abraham Lincoln.

Jun 17, 2016

E13

Ada Lovelace

After they bond over their shared love of coding, Ada convinces Spencer to convert his body to code and join her in virtual reality.

Jun 25, 2016

E14

John F. Kennedy

Kennedy is accidentally transported along with a spider, creating an additional half-Kennedy-half-spider being which cocoons the crew.

Jul 1, 2016

E15

Harry S. Truman

Dan takes Truman to a gay bar to teach him about gay rights and desperately pander to LGBT critics.

Jul 16, 2016

Actors

Dan Harmon

Dan Harmon

Dan Harmon

Spencer Crittenden

Spencer

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