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.
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Episodes
Ludwig van Beethoven
Given a hearing aid, Beethoven hears some of his most famous compositions for the first time.
Ernest Hemingway
Dan attempts to bond with Hemingway over their common interests in drinking and writing, but is intimidated by his masculinity.
Thomas Edison
Unsatisfied with the quality of his phonograph recording, Edison insists on recording a new version in a modern studio.
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.
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare is unimpressed by Community, preferring the bawdy comedy film Dirty Grandpa.
Idi Amin
Amin's arrival fulfills Dan's desire for ethnic diversity, until he takes the office hostage.
Betsy Ross
Betsy's racism discomforts Dan until they broach the subject of Bernie Sanders.
Amelia Earhart
Amelia is disappointed with her legacy of getting lost, and sets out to prove that she is indeed still alive.
Sigmund Freud
Freud arrives just in time, as Spencer refuses to use catchphrases written for him by Dan.
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.
Buddha
The Buddha participates in a series of product placements, making Dan feel guilty.
John Wilkes Booth
Booth emphasizes his skills as an actor rather than his notoriety as the assassin of Abraham Lincoln.
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.
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy is accidentally transported along with a spider, creating an additional half-Kennedy-half-spider being which cocoons the crew.
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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Details
Original Title
Great Minds with Dan Harmon
Status
Ended
Seasons
1
Episodes
15
