Dan Harmon
Dan Harmon
Great Minds with Dan Harmon (2016)
Season 1
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.
Released Feb. 25, 2016
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S1E1 - Ludwig van Beethoven
Given a hearing aid, Beethoven hears some of his most famous compositions for the first time.
Feb. 25, 2016, midnight
S1E2 - Ernest Hemingway
Dan attempts to bond with Hemingway over their common interests in drinking and writing, but is intimidated by his masculinity.
March 3, 2016, midnight
S1E3 - Thomas Edison
Unsatisfied with the quality of his phonograph recording, Edison insists on recording a new version in a modern studio.
March 11, 2016, midnight
S1E4 - 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.
March 18, 2016, midnight
S1E5 - William Shakespeare
Shakespeare is unimpressed by Community, preferring the bawdy comedy film Dirty Grandpa.
March 24, 2016, midnight
S1E6 - Idi Amin
Amin's arrival fulfills Dan's desire for ethnic diversity, until he takes the office hostage.
March 31, 2016, midnight
S1E7 - Betsy Ross
Betsy's racism discomforts Dan until they broach the subject of Bernie Sanders.
April 14, 2016, midnight
S1E8 - Amelia Earhart
Amelia is disappointed with her legacy of getting lost, and sets out to prove that she is indeed still alive.
April 21, 2016, midnight
S1E9 - Sigmund Freud
Freud arrives just in time, as Spencer refuses to use catchphrases written for him by Dan.
April 28, 2016, midnight
S1E10 - 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.
May 5, 2016, midnight
S1E11 - Buddha
The Buddha participates in a series of product placements, making Dan feel guilty.
June 10, 2016, midnight
S1E12 - John Wilkes Booth
Booth emphasizes his skills as an actor rather than his notoriety as the assassin of Abraham Lincoln.
June 17, 2016, midnight
S1E13 - 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.
June 25, 2016, midnight
S1E14 - John F. Kennedy
Kennedy is accidentally transported along with a spider, creating an additional half-Kennedy-half-spider being which cocoons the crew.
July 1, 2016, midnight
S1E15 - Harry S. Truman
Dan takes Truman to a gay bar to teach him about gay rights and desperately pander to LGBT critics.
July 16, 2016, midnight
Network: History
Released: Feb. 25, 2016
Last Air Date: July 16, 2016, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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