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Series · 2016–2016Ended

Great Minds with Dan Harmon

7.1·1 season·15 episodes

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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01
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van BeethovenUp next
Feb 25, 2016

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

02
Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway
Mar 3, 2016

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

03
Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison
Mar 11, 2016

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

04
Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary Wollstonecraft
Mar 18, 2016

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.

05
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
Mar 24, 2016

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

06
Idi Amin
Idi Amin
Mar 31, 2016

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

07
Betsy Ross
Betsy Ross
Apr 14, 2016

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

08
Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart
Apr 21, 2016

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

09
Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud
Apr 28, 2016

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

10
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe
May 5, 2016

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.

11
Buddha
Buddha
Jun 10, 2016

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

12
John Wilkes Booth
John Wilkes Booth
Jun 17, 2016

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

13
Ada Lovelace
Ada Lovelace
Jun 25, 2016

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

14
John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Jul 1, 2016

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

15
Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman
Jul 16, 2016

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

Cast

2 credited
Dan Harmon
Dan Harmon
SC
Spencer Crittenden
Spencer

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