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Great Minds with Dan Harmon

Great Minds with Dan Harmon (2016)

February. 25,2016

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Great Minds with Dan Harmon

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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Great Minds with Dan Harmon

2016

Seasons & Episode

Seasons 1 : 2016

15 Episode

Episode 1 - Ludwig van Beethoven

February. 25,2016

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

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Episode 2 - Ernest Hemingway

March. 03,2016

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

Episode 3 - Thomas Edison

March. 11,2016

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

Episode 4 - 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.

Episode 5 - William Shakespeare

March. 24,2016

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

Episode 6 - Idi Amin

March. 31,2016

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

Episode 7 - Betsy Ross

April. 14,2016

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

Episode 8 - 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.

Episode 9 - Sigmund Freud

April. 28,2016

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

Episode 10 - Edgar Allan Poe

May. 05,2016

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.

Episode 11 - Buddha

June. 10,2016

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

Episode 12 - John Wilkes Booth

June. 17,2016

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

Episode 13 - 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.

Episode 14 - John F. Kennedy

July. 01,2016

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