Great Minds with Dan Harmon (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.
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Episode 1 - Ludwig van Beethoven
Release Date: 2016-02-25Given a hearing aid, Beethoven hears some of his most famous compositions for the first time.
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Episode 2 - Ernest Hemingway
Release Date: 2016-03-03Dan attempts to bond with Hemingway over their common interests in drinking and writing, but is intimidated by his masculinity.
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Episode 3 - Thomas Edison
Release Date: 2016-03-11Unsatisfied with the quality of his phonograph recording, Edison insists on recording a new version in a modern studio.
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Episode 4 - Mary Wollstonecraft
Release Date: 2016-03-18Mary'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.
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Episode 5 - William Shakespeare
Release Date: 2016-03-24Shakespeare is unimpressed by Community, preferring the bawdy comedy film Dirty Grandpa.
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Episode 6 - Idi Amin
Release Date: 2016-03-31Amin's arrival fulfills Dan's desire for ethnic diversity, until he takes the office hostage.
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Episode 7 - Betsy Ross
Release Date: 2016-04-14Betsy's racism discomforts Dan until they broach the subject of Bernie Sanders.
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Episode 8 - Amelia Earhart
Release Date: 2016-04-21Amelia is disappointed with her legacy of getting lost, and sets out to prove that she is indeed still alive.
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Episode 9 - Sigmund Freud
Release Date: 2016-04-28Freud arrives just in time, as Spencer refuses to use catchphrases written for him by Dan.
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Episode 10 - Edgar Allan Poe
Release Date: 2016-05-05Poe 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.
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Episode 11 - Buddha
Release Date: 2016-06-10The Buddha participates in a series of product placements, making Dan feel guilty.
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Episode 12 - John Wilkes Booth
Release Date: 2016-06-17Booth emphasizes his skills as an actor rather than his notoriety as the assassin of Abraham Lincoln.
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Episode 13 - Ada Lovelace
Release Date: 2016-06-25After they bond over their shared love of coding, Ada convinces Spencer to convert his body to code and join her in virtual reality.
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Episode 14 - John F. Kennedy
Release Date: 2016-07-01Kennedy is accidentally transported along with a spider, creating an additional half-Kennedy-half-spider being which cocoons the crew.
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Episode 15 - Harry S. Truman
Release Date: 2016-07-16Dan takes Truman to a gay bar to teach him about gay rights and desperately pander to LGBT critics.