Great Minds with Dan Harmon

Great Minds with Dan Harmon

2016
Great Minds with Dan Harmon
Great Minds with Dan Harmon

Great Minds with Dan Harmon

8 | en | 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

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EP15  Harry S. Truman
Jul. 16,2016
Harry S. Truman

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

EP14  John F. Kennedy
Jul. 01,2016
John F. Kennedy

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

EP13  Ada Lovelace
Jun. 25,2016
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.

EP12  John Wilkes Booth
Jun. 17,2016
John Wilkes Booth

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

EP11  Buddha
Jun. 10,2016
Buddha

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

EP10  Edgar Allan Poe
May. 05,2016
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.

EP9  Sigmund Freud
Apr. 28,2016
Sigmund Freud

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

EP8  Amelia Earhart
Apr. 21,2016
Amelia Earhart

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

EP7  Betsy Ross
Apr. 14,2016
Betsy Ross

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

EP6  Idi Amin
Mar. 31,2016
Idi Amin

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

EP5  William Shakespeare
Mar. 24,2016
William Shakespeare

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

EP4  Mary Wollstonecraft
Mar. 18,2016
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.

EP3  Thomas Edison
Mar. 11,2016
Thomas Edison

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

EP2  Ernest Hemingway
Mar. 03,2016
Ernest Hemingway

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

EP1  Ludwig van Beethoven
Feb. 25,2016
Ludwig van Beethoven

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

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8 | en | Comedy
Synopsis

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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Cast

Dan Harmon

Director

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