Great Minds with Dan Harmon
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Comedy
Seasons | 1
Episodes | 15
avg.Runtime | min
First EP | 2016-02-25
Last EP | 2016-07-16
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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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Season List
season 1 || Season 1
Relesed on | 2016-02-25
1
Ludwig van Beethoven
2016-02-25
Given a hearing aid, Beethoven hears some of his most famous compositions for the first time.
2
Ernest Hemingway
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
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
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
2016-03-24
Shakespeare is unimpressed by Community, preferring the bawdy comedy film Dirty Grandpa.
6
Idi Amin
2016-03-31
Amin's arrival fulfills Dan's desire for ethnic diversity, until he takes the office hostage.
7
Betsy Ross
2016-04-14
Betsy's racism discomforts Dan until they broach the subject of Bernie Sanders.
8
Amelia Earhart
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
2016-04-28
Freud arrives just in time, as Spencer refuses to use catchphrases written for him by Dan.
10
Edgar Allan Poe
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
2016-06-10
The Buddha participates in a series of product placements, making Dan feel guilty.
12
John Wilkes Booth
2016-06-17
Booth emphasizes his skills as an actor rather than his notoriety as the assassin of Abraham Lincoln.
13
Ada Lovelace
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
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
2016-07-16
Dan takes Truman to a gay bar to teach him about gay rights and desperately pander to LGBT critics.
CAST
charactor: Dan Harmon
Original: Dan Harmon
Total EP: 15
charactor: Spencer
Original: Spencer Crittenden
Total EP: 15
charactor: Ludwig van Beethoven
Original: Jack Black
Total EP: 1
charactor: Ernest Hemingway
Original: Scott Adsit
Total EP: 1
charactor: Thomas Edison
Original: Jason Sudeikis
Total EP: 1
charactor: Mary Wollstonecraft
Original: Aubrey Plaza
Total EP: 1
charactor: William Shakespeare
Original: Thomas Middleditch
Total EP: 1
charactor: Idi Amin
Original: Ron Funches
Total EP: 1
charactor: Betsy Ross
Original: Sarah Silverman
Total EP: 1
charactor: Amelia Earhart
Original: Kristen Schaal
Total EP: 1
charactor: Sigmund Freud
Original: Nick Kroll
Total EP: 1
charactor: Edgar Allan Poe
Original: Paul F. Tompkins
Total EP: 1
charactor: Buddha
Original: Danny Pudi
Total EP: 1
charactor: John Wilkes Booth
Original: Andy Dick
Total EP: 1
charactor: Ada Lovelace
Original: Gillian Jacobs
Total EP: 1
charactor: John F. Kennedy
Original: Dana Carvey
Total EP: 1
charactor: Harry S. Truman
Original: Matt Walsh
Total EP: 1
CREW
“I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.” – Walt Disney