Great Minds with Dan Harmon

• 1. Ludwig van Beethoven

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

• 2. Ernest Hemingway

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

• 3. Thomas Edison

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

• 4. Mary 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. William Shakespeare

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

• 6. Idi Amin

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

• 7. Betsy Ross

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

• 8. Amelia Earhart

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

• 9. Sigmund Freud

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

• 10. Edgar 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. Buddha

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

• 12. John Wilkes Booth

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

• 13. Ada 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. John F. Kennedy

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

• 15. Harry S. Truman

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

Cast

Dan Harmon

Dan Harmon

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Spencer Crittenden

Spencer