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Great Minds with Dan Harmon

Great Minds with Dan Harmon

2016•7.1/10
Comedy

Ratings

🎬TMDb
7.1/10(10)

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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Language

EN

Status

Ended

First Aired

February 25, 2016

Last Aired

July 16, 2016

Networks

History

Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.
Season
E1
Ludwig van Beethoven
Air date: 2016-02-25
Given a hearing aid, Beethoven hears some of his most famous compositions for the first time.
E2
Ernest Hemingway
Air date: 2016-03-03
Dan attempts to bond with Hemingway over their common interests in drinking and writing, but is intimidated by his masculinity.
E3
Thomas Edison
Air date: 2016-03-11
Unsatisfied with the quality of his phonograph recording, Edison insists on recording a new version in a modern studio.
E4
Mary Wollstonecraft
Air date: 2016-03-18
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.
E5
William Shakespeare
Air date: 2016-03-24
Shakespeare is unimpressed by Community, preferring the bawdy comedy film Dirty Grandpa.
E6
Idi Amin
Air date: 2016-03-31
Amin's arrival fulfills Dan's desire for ethnic diversity, until he takes the office hostage.
E7
Betsy Ross
Air date: 2016-04-14
Betsy's racism discomforts Dan until they broach the subject of Bernie Sanders.
E8
Amelia Earhart
Air date: 2016-04-21
Amelia is disappointed with her legacy of getting lost, and sets out to prove that she is indeed still alive.
E9
Sigmund Freud
Air date: 2016-04-28
Freud arrives just in time, as Spencer refuses to use catchphrases written for him by Dan.
E10
Edgar Allan Poe
Air date: 2016-05-05
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.
E11
Buddha
Air date: 2016-06-10
The Buddha participates in a series of product placements, making Dan feel guilty.
E12
John Wilkes Booth
Air date: 2016-06-17
Booth emphasizes his skills as an actor rather than his notoriety as the assassin of Abraham Lincoln.
E13
Ada Lovelace
Air date: 2016-06-25
After they bond over their shared love of coding, Ada convinces Spencer to convert his body to code and join her in virtual reality.
E14
John F. Kennedy
Air date: 2016-07-01
Kennedy is accidentally transported along with a spider, creating an additional half-Kennedy-half-spider being which cocoons the crew.
E15
Harry S. Truman
Air date: 2016-07-16
Dan takes Truman to a gay bar to teach him about gay rights and desperately pander to LGBT critics.

Cast

Dan Harmon

Dan Harmon

Dan Harmon

Spencer Crittenden

Spencer

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