Great Minds with Dan Harmon

Season 1

2016 · 15 episodes

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Ludwig van Beethoven

   25 Feb 2016

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

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   2. Ernest Hemingway

   3 Mar 2016

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

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   3. Thomas Edison

   11 Mar 2016

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

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   4. Mary Wollstonecraft

   18 Mar 2016

   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.

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   5. William Shakespeare

   24 Mar 2016

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

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   6. Idi Amin

   31 Mar 2016

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

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   7. Betsy Ross

   14 Apr 2016

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

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   8. Amelia Earhart

   21 Apr 2016

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

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   9. Sigmund Freud

   28 Apr 2016

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

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    10. Edgar Allan Poe

    5 May 2016

    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.

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    11. Buddha

    10 Jun 2016

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

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    12. John Wilkes Booth

    17 Jun 2016

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

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    13. Ada Lovelace

    25 Jun 2016

    After 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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    14. John F. Kennedy

    1 Jul 2016

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

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    15. Harry S. Truman

    16 Jul 2016

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