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.

Comedy

Seasons

1. Ludwig van Beethoven

Air Date: 2016-02-25

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

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. William Shakespeare

Air Date: 2016-03-24

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

6. Idi Amin

Air Date: 2016-03-31

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

7. Betsy Ross

Air Date: 2016-04-14

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

8. 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.

9. Sigmund Freud

Air Date: 2016-04-28

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

10. 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.

11. Buddha

Air Date: 2016-06-10

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

12. 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.

13. 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.

14. 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.

15. 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.

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Rating

7.1/10

Release Date

2016-02-25

Episodes

15 (1 seasons)

Status

Ended

Cast

Dan Harmon

Spencer Crittenden

Spencer