Great Minds with Dan Harmon(2016)

Great Minds with Dan Harmon is a comedy series where writer Dan Harmon tasks his assistant Spencer Crittenden with building a time machine to pull historical figures into the present for interviews. The catch: each visitor has only a few hours before undergoing "total protoplasmic disconversion" and crumbling to dust, which Spencer dutifully collects in jars. The show blends absurdist humor with rapid-fire conversations as Harmon grills famous figures from history, mining comedy from the collision between past and present. It's a high-concept premise that uses sci-fi absurdity as a vehicle for witty dialogue and satirical takes on how we remember and mythologize historical icons.