Great Minds with Dan Harmon

Great Minds with Dan Harmon
Genre Sitcom
Created by Richard Korson
Starring Dan Harmon
Spencer Crittenden
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 15
Production
Executive producer(s) Richard Korson
Jay Peterson
Dan Harmon
Camera setup Single-camera
Running time 11 minutes
Production company(s) Matador Content
Starburns Industries
Release
Original network History
Original release February 25, 2016 (2016-02-25)

Great Minds with Dan Harmon is an American comedy television series that premiered on February 25, 2016 on the History channel. The series stars writer Dan Harmon (creator of Community and co-creator of Rick and Morty) and his assistant Spencer Crittenden as themselves, who transport a series of historical figures to the present. The series is part of History's "Night Class" programming block and is available to stream on History's website and YouTube channel.[1]

Premise

Writer Dan Harmon, creator of Community and co-creator of Rick and Morty, has his assistant Spencer Crittenden construct a time machine/cloning machine to effectively transport historical figures from the past so he can interview them for the History channel. Due to the constraints of the machine, the interviewees only survive for a few hours before undergoing a "total protoplasmic disconversion" and collapsing into dust, which Spencer collects in a jar.

Episodes

Episode number Air date Historical figure Guest star Summary
1 February 25, 2016[2] Ludwig van Beethoven Jack Black Given a hearing aid, Beethoven hears some of his most famous compositions for the first time, remarking that the Moonlight Sonata sounds nothing like his intention and enlightening Dan regarding the lyrics to his Symphony No. 5.
2 March 3, 2016[3] Ernest Hemingway Scott Adsit Dan attempts to bond with Hemingway over their common interests in drinking and writing, but is intimidated by his masculinity. He tries to get Hemingway to play paintball, but Hemingway instead takes them fishing, despite the California drought.
3 March 10, 2016[4] Thomas Edison Jason Sudeikis Unsatisfied with the quality of his phonograph recording, Edison insists on recording a new version in a modern recording studio, but electrocutes himself with a musical instrument of his own invention.
4 March 18, 2016[5] Mary Wollstonecraft Aubrey Plaza 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 March 24, 2016[6] William Shakespeare Thomas Middleditch After Shakespeare is unimpressed by Community, preferring the bawdy comedy film Dirty Grandpa, he and Dan trade barbs at a bar.
6 March 31, 2016[7] Idi Amin Ron Funches Amin's arrival fulfills Dan's desire for ethnic diversity, but Amin takes the office hostage. Dan's father comes to the rescue and keeps Amin distracted until he disintegrates.
7 April 15, 2016[8] Betsy Ross Sarah Silverman Betsy's racism discomforts Dan until they broach the subject of Bernie Sanders. Betsy throws herself into working for the Sanders campaign and sews a Sanders flag.
8 April 21, 2016[9] Amelia Earhart Kristen Schaal Amelia is disappointed with her legacy of getting lost, and sets out to prove that she is indeed still alive, meeting her older self alive and well in a park.
9 April 28, 2016[10] Sigmund Freud Nick Kroll Freud arrives just in time to heal a rift between Dan and Spencer; Spencer refuses to use catchphrases written for him by Dan.
10 May 5, 2016[11] Edgar Allan Poe Paul F. Tompkins, Mary Lynn Rajskub Poe (Tompkins) undermines Dan's need to impress a History Channel executive (Rajskub), who falls for Poe. Dan and Spencer attempt to influence their date to secure an additional run of episodes.
11 June 11, 2016[12] Buddha Danny Pudi The Buddha participates in a series of product placements, making Dan feel guilty. Buddha nearly single-handedly destroys the video game industry, but Steve Levy steps in and saves the day.
12 June 17, 2016[13] John Wilkes Booth Andy Dick, Matt Besser Booth emphasizes his skills as an actor rather than his notoriety as the assassin of Abraham Lincoln. Dan and Spencer, along with guest Besser, hope to force Booth to empathise with Lincoln by casting him as Lincoln in a play.
13 June 25, 2016[14] Ada Lovelace Gillian Jacobs After they bond over their shared love of coding, Ada convinces Spencer to convert his body to code and join her in virtual reality. They hack the Pentagon and are about to begin a nuclear war, but another Spencer arrives and deactivates the program, revealing that the first Spencer was merely a clone he made to test a new personality.
14 July 1, 2016[15] John F. Kennedy Dana Carvey Dan and Spencer learn their series has been canceled. Kennedy is accidentally transported along with a spider, creating an additional half-Kennedy-half-spider being which cocoons the crew. Kennedy lulls the spider-Kennedy into a false sense of trust, then stabs it to death with a screwdriver before disintegrating.
15 N/A N/A N/A N/A
16 July 16, 2016[16] Harry S. Truman Matt Walsh After learning the show has been criticized by GLAAD, the LGBT media monitoring group, Dan takes Truman to a gay bar to teach him about gay rights and desperately pander to LGBT critics.
Note: This episode was held from airing in the wake of the 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting.[17]

References

  1. ↑ "About Night Class". HISTORY.com. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
  2. ↑ "Great Minds with Dan Harmon: 'Ludwig van Beethoven' (feat. Jack Black) | Night Class | History". YouTube. 2016-02-25. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
  3. ↑ "Great Minds with Dan Harmon: "Ernest Hemingway" (feat. Scott Adsit) | Night Class | History". YouTube. 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
  4. ↑ "Great Minds with Dan Harmon: Thomas Edison (feat. Jason Sudeikis) | Night Class | History". YouTube. 2016-03-10. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
  5. ↑ "Great Minds with Dan Harmon: Mary Wollstonecraft (feat. Aubrey Plaza) | Night Class | History". YouTube. 2016-03-18. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
  6. ↑ "Great Minds with Dan Harmon: William Shakespeare (feat. Thomas Middleditch) | Night Class | History". YouTube. 2016-03-24. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
  7. ↑ "Great Minds with Dan Harmon: Idi Amin (feat. Ron Funches) | Night Class | History". YouTube. 2016-03-31. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
  8. ↑ "Great Minds with Dan Harmon: Betsy Ross (feat. Sarah Silverman) | Night Class | History". YouTube. 2016-04-15. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
  9. ↑ "Great Minds with Dan Harmon: Amelia Earhart (feat. Kristen Schaal) | Night Class | History". YouTube. 2016-04-21. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
  10. ↑ "Great Minds with Dan Harmon: Sigmund Freud (feat. Nick Kroll) | Night Class | History". YouTube. 2016-04-28. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
  11. ↑ "Great Minds with Dan Harmon: Edgar Allan Poe (feat. Paul F. Tompkins) | Night Class | History". YouTube. 2016-05-05. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
  12. ↑ "Great Minds with Dan Harmon: Buddha (ft. Danny Pudi) | Night Class | History". YouTube. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
  13. ↑ "Great Minds with Dan Harmon: John Wilkes Booth (feat. Andy Dick) | Night Class | History". YouTube. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
  14. ↑ "Great Minds with Dan Harmon: Ada Lovelace (feat. Gillian Jacobs) | Night Class | History". YouTube. Retrieved 2016-06-25.
  15. ↑ HISTORY (2016-07-01), Great Minds with Dan Harmon: John F. Kennedy | Night Class | History, retrieved 2016-07-03
  16. ↑ HISTORY (2016-07-15), Great Minds with Dan Harmon: Harry S. Truman (feat. Matt Walsh) | Night Class | History, retrieved 2016-07-16
  17. ↑ https://twitter.com/danharmon/status/766820552686252032
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