Great Minds with Dan Harmon

Overview

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.

Episodes

S01E01 Ludwig van Beethoven

February 25, 2016
Given a hearing aid, Beethoven hears some of his most famous compositions for the first time.

S01E02 Ernest Hemingway

March 3, 2016
Dan attempts to bond with Hemingway over their common interests in drinking and writing, but is intimidated by his masculinity.

S01E03 Thomas Edison

March 11, 2016
Unsatisfied with the quality of his phonograph recording, Edison insists on recording a new version in a modern studio.

S01E04 Mary Wollstonecraft

March 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.

S01E05 William Shakespeare

March 24, 2016
Shakespeare is unimpressed by Community, preferring the bawdy comedy film Dirty Grandpa.

S01E06 Idi Amin

March 31, 2016
Amin's arrival fulfills Dan's desire for ethnic diversity, until he takes the office hostage.

S01E07 Betsy Ross

April 14, 2016
Betsy's racism discomforts Dan until they broach the subject of Bernie Sanders.

S01E08 Amelia Earhart

April 21, 2016
Amelia is disappointed with her legacy of getting lost, and sets out to prove that she is indeed still alive.

S01E09 Sigmund Freud

April 28, 2016
Freud arrives just in time, as Spencer refuses to use catchphrases written for him by Dan.

S01E10 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.

S01E11 Buddha

June 10, 2016
The Buddha participates in a series of product placements, making Dan feel guilty.

S01E12 John Wilkes Booth

June 17, 2016
Booth emphasizes his skills as an actor rather than his notoriety as the assassin of Abraham Lincoln.

S01E13 Ada Lovelace

June 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.

S01E14 John F. Kennedy

July 1, 2016
Kennedy is accidentally transported along with a spider, creating an additional half-Kennedy-half-spider being which cocoons the crew.

S01E15 Harry S. Truman

July 16, 2016
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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