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Great Minds with Dan Harmon(TV show/series, 2016)

Genre: Comedy

Scripted Reality in 1 season with 15 episodes

Great Minds with Dan HarmonRating: 3.8/5 (with 5 votes)
Great Minds with Dan Harmon is an American comedy television series that aired from February 25 to June 16, 2016 on History. The series stars writer Dan Harmon and his assistant Spencer Crittenden, who transport a series of historical figures to the present. The series is part of History's "Night Class" programming block and was available to stream on History's website and YouTube channel. The videos have since been removed but short clips are still available on YouTube. ()
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About Great Minds with Dan Harmon

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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Great Minds with Dan Harmon Seasons and Episodes

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

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 1 language: English (EN)
Status: Ended
First episode released on: 02/25/2016
Last episode released on: 07/16/2016
Keywords: history, science

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