Great Minds with Dan Harmon

Great Minds with Dan Harmon

  • 2016
  • 1 Seasons
  • 15 Episodes
  •  7.1  (10)
  •   Ended

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.

Great Minds with Dan Harmon
Seasons
Harry S. Truman
15. 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.
John F. Kennedy
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.
Ada Lovelace
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.
John Wilkes Booth
12. John Wilkes Booth
June 17, 2016
Booth emphasizes his skills as an actor rather than his notoriety as the assassin of Abraham Lincoln.
Buddha
11. Buddha
June 10, 2016
The Buddha participates in a series of product placements, making Dan feel guilty.
Edgar Allan Poe
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.
Sigmund Freud
9. Sigmund Freud
April 28, 2016
Freud arrives just in time, as Spencer refuses to use catchphrases written for him by Dan.
Amelia Earhart
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.
Betsy Ross
7. Betsy Ross
April 14, 2016
Betsy's racism discomforts Dan until they broach the subject of Bernie Sanders.
Idi Amin
6. Idi Amin
March 31, 2016
Amin's arrival fulfills Dan's desire for ethnic diversity, until he takes the office hostage.
William Shakespeare
5. William Shakespeare
March 24, 2016
Shakespeare is unimpressed by Community, preferring the bawdy comedy film Dirty Grandpa.
Mary Wollstonecraft
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.
Thomas Edison
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.
Ernest Hemingway
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.
Ludwig van Beethoven
1. Ludwig van Beethoven
February 25, 2016
Given a hearing aid, Beethoven hears some of his most famous compositions for the first time.
Description
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.
  • Premiere Date
    February 25, 2016
  • Rating
    7.1  (10)