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| 3 | ''Great Minds with Dan Harmon'' is a comedy series that airs as part of Creator/TheHistoryChannel’s ''Night Class'' block. It stars Creator/DanHarmon and his real-life assistant [[Podcast/{{Harmontown}} Spencer]] [[Series/HarmonQuest Crittenden]] as fictionalized versions of themselves, along with a lineup of guest stars from the comedy world, each of whom plays a different historical figure. |
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| 5 | At the start of each episode, Dan Harmon uses a TimeMachine built by his assistant Spencer to bring a [[IndexOfTheWeek Historical Figure of the Week]] back to life. This is generally followed by Dan’s attempts to make great television with said historical figure, which tend to devolve into utter chaos as the episode goes on. Complicating matters is the fact that Dan and Spencer never know who they’re going to get, as well as the short lifespan of anyone transported through the time machine. |
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| 7 | Episodes of the series can currently be viewed for free on History’s [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLob1mZcVWOahl1wdDZZ2VKGBIKH36iN9z YouTube channel]] and [[http://www.history.com/shows/night-class/playlist/night-class-great-minds-with-dan-harmon website]].[[note]]Bear in mind that the playlists are in reverse order and a lot of episodes are missing; Website/TheOtherWiki has [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Minds_with_Dan_Harmon#Episodes a full list of episodes in order]].[[/note]] |
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| 9 | !! This show provides examples of: |
| 10 | * BeleagueredAssistant: Spencer, who constantly gets berated by Dan for the limitations of the ''time machine he built single-handedly''. |
| 11 | * FishOutOfTemporalWater: One per episode. |
| 12 | * SelfDeprecation: Dan shows William Shakespeare an episode of ''Series/{{Community}}'' that's actually just Dan doing a rather unflattering impression of his own characters. Shakespeare isn't impressed. |
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