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