Series
Great Minds with Dan Harmon
Comedy
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.
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Seasons & episodes
- 1Ludwig van Beethoven25 Feb 2016Given a hearing aid, Beethoven hears some of his most famous compositions for the first time.
- 2Ernest Hemingway3 Mar 2016Dan attempts to bond with Hemingway over their common interests in drinking and writing, but is intimidated by his masculinity.
- 3Thomas Edison11 Mar 2016Unsatisfied with the quality of his phonograph recording, Edison insists on recording a new version in a modern studio.
- 4Mary Wollstonecraft18 Mar 2016Mary'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.
- 5William Shakespeare24 Mar 2016Shakespeare is unimpressed by Community, preferring the bawdy comedy film Dirty Grandpa.
- 6Idi Amin31 Mar 2016Amin's arrival fulfills Dan's desire for ethnic diversity, until he takes the office hostage.
- 7Betsy Ross14 Apr 2016Betsy's racism discomforts Dan until they broach the subject of Bernie Sanders.
- 8Amelia Earhart21 Apr 2016Amelia is disappointed with her legacy of getting lost, and sets out to prove that she is indeed still alive.
- 9Sigmund Freud28 Apr 2016Freud arrives just in time, as Spencer refuses to use catchphrases written for him by Dan.
- 10Edgar Allan Poe5 May 2016Poe 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.
- 11Buddha10 Jun 2016The Buddha participates in a series of product placements, making Dan feel guilty.
- 12John Wilkes Booth17 Jun 2016Booth emphasizes his skills as an actor rather than his notoriety as the assassin of Abraham Lincoln.
- 13Ada Lovelace25 Jun 2016After they bond over their shared love of coding, Ada convinces Spencer to convert his body to code and join her in virtual reality.
- 14John F. Kennedy1 Jul 2016Kennedy is accidentally transported along with a spider, creating an additional half-Kennedy-half-spider being which cocoons the crew.
- 15Harry S. Truman16 Jul 2016Dan takes Truman to a gay bar to teach him about gay rights and desperately pander to LGBT critics.
Details
- First aired
- 25 Feb 2016
- Last aired
- 16 Jul 2016
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- History
- Episodes
- 15
- Votes
- 10 on TMDB
Cast
Dan HarmonDan Harmon- SSpencer CrittendenSpencer
