Great Minds with Dan Harmon (2016)
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.
First Air Date: 2016-02-25
Last Air Date: 2016-07-16
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 15
Networks: History
Top Cast
- Dan Harmon as Dan Harmon
- Spencer Crittenden as Spencer
- Jack Black as Ludwig van Beethoven
- Scott Adsit as Ernest Hemingway
- Jason Sudeikis as Thomas Edison
- Aubrey Plaza as Mary Wollstonecraft
- Thomas Middleditch as William Shakespeare
- Ron Funches as Idi Amin
- Sarah Silverman as Betsy Ross
- Kristen Schaal as Amelia Earhart
Seasons
Season 1 (2016)
No overview available for this season.
Episodes:
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Ep. 1: Ludwig van Beethoven
Given a hearing aid, Beethoven hears some of his most famous compositions for the first time.
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Ep. 2: Ernest Hemingway
Dan attempts to bond with Hemingway over their common interests in drinking and writing, but is intimidated by his masculinity.
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Ep. 3: Thomas Edison
Unsatisfied with the quality of his phonograph recording, Edison insists on recording a new version in a modern studio.
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Ep. 4: 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.
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Ep. 5: William Shakespeare
Shakespeare is unimpressed by Community, preferring the bawdy comedy film Dirty Grandpa.
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Ep. 6: Idi Amin
Amin's arrival fulfills Dan's desire for ethnic diversity, until he takes the office hostage.
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Ep. 7: Betsy Ross
Betsy's racism discomforts Dan until they broach the subject of Bernie Sanders.
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Ep. 8: Amelia Earhart
Amelia is disappointed with her legacy of getting lost, and sets out to prove that she is indeed still alive.
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Ep. 9: Sigmund Freud
Freud arrives just in time, as Spencer refuses to use catchphrases written for him by Dan.
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Ep. 10: 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.
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Ep. 11: Buddha
The Buddha participates in a series of product placements, making Dan feel guilty.
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Ep. 12: John Wilkes Booth
Booth emphasizes his skills as an actor rather than his notoriety as the assassin of Abraham Lincoln.
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Ep. 13: 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.
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Ep. 14: John F. Kennedy
Kennedy is accidentally transported along with a spider, creating an additional half-Kennedy-half-spider being which cocoons the crew.
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Ep. 15: Harry S. Truman
Dan takes Truman to a gay bar to teach him about gay rights and desperately pander to LGBT critics.
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