Great Minds with Dan Harmon

7.1
2016

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.

Seasons

15 Episodes • Premiered 2016

Still image for Great Minds with Dan Harmon season 1 episode 1: Ludwig van Beethoven

1. Ludwig van Beethoven

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

Still image for Great Minds with Dan Harmon season 1 episode 2: Ernest Hemingway

2. Ernest Hemingway

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

Still image for Great Minds with Dan Harmon season 1 episode 3: Thomas Edison

3. Thomas Edison

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

Still image for Great Minds with Dan Harmon season 1 episode 4: Mary Wollstonecraft

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.

Still image for Great Minds with Dan Harmon season 1 episode 5: William Shakespeare

5. William Shakespeare

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

Still image for Great Minds with Dan Harmon season 1 episode 6: Idi Amin

6. Idi Amin

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

Still image for Great Minds with Dan Harmon season 1 episode 7: Betsy Ross

7. Betsy Ross

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

Still image for Great Minds with Dan Harmon season 1 episode 8: Amelia Earhart

8. Amelia Earhart

Amelia is disappointed with her legacy of getting lost, and sets out to prove that she is indeed still alive.

Still image for Great Minds with Dan Harmon season 1 episode 9: Sigmund Freud

9. Sigmund Freud

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

Still image for Great Minds with Dan Harmon season 1 episode 10: Edgar Allan Poe

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.

Still image for Great Minds with Dan Harmon season 1 episode 11: Buddha

11. Buddha

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

Still image for Great Minds with Dan Harmon season 1 episode 12: John Wilkes Booth

12. John Wilkes Booth

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

Still image for Great Minds with Dan Harmon season 1 episode 13: Ada Lovelace

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.

Still image for Great Minds with Dan Harmon season 1 episode 14: John F. Kennedy

14. John F. Kennedy

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

Still image for Great Minds with Dan Harmon season 1 episode 15: Harry S. Truman

15. Harry S. Truman

Dan takes Truman to a gay bar to teach him about gay rights and desperately pander to LGBT critics.

Cast

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Dan Harmon

Dan Harmon

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