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SmartLess Presents ClueLess
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SmartLess Presents ClueLess is a bite-sized, biweekly podcast (10-12 minutes an episode), in which our host, Emmy-winning writer Elliott Kalan, guides the listener through different puzzles, brainteasers, & conundrums to see if they’re faster than this season's contestant Sean Hayes!
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On a new mini episode of SmartLess Presents ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan (and Producer Devon) would like you to go completely mad - because it’s 10/6, Mad Hatter Day, the day when we do kooky things to celebrate the Mad Hatter’s tea party from Alice In Wonderland! You can expect to learn why this event takes place on 10/6, just why that Hatter was so Mad, and then we’ll have a game called T Party, where you have to identify double-T phrases from a series of clues. Puzzles in this episode are by Jason Reich.Script by Elliott Kalan.Music and sound effects by Devon Torrey Bryant. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
On a new mini episode of SmartLess Presents ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan (and Producer Devon) would like you to start your day with a cup of Good Morning, America - that’s right, today is National Coffee Day! You can expect short quizzes about fictional coffee shops and the origin of a famous coffee phrase, plus a history of where the coffee bean comes from, then we’ll play a mini-game that’s all about the Starbucks Secret Menu! Don’t talk to me until I’ve had my game show. Puzzles in this episode are by Josh Richmond.Script by Elliott Kalan.Music and sound effects by Devon Torrey Bryant. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
On a new mini episode of SmartLess Presents ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan (and Producer Devon) would like to tell you all about some very mini people: the Hobbits, from JRR Tolkien’s Lord Of The Rings series! Today is Bilbo Baggins’ birthday (sort of, we’ll clarify that), so expect a quiz about what Tolkien fans are called, a history of where the word “hobbit” might have come from, and a mini-game where we ask you to identify mythical creatures hidden in plain sight. We’ll see you next week for National Coffee Day!Puzzles in this episode are by Jason Reich.Script by Elliott Kalan. Music and sound effects by Devon Torrey Bryant. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
On a new mini episode of SmartLess Presents ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan (and Producer Devon) would like to crack the book on International Literacy Day, with some fun facts and a word cloud game to identify a famous novel! Then, we’ll play a mini-round of Odd One Out where you have to tell us what book doesn’t belong and why. Big takeaway: read a book! Books are good! We’ll see you next week for Hobbit Day!Puzzles in this episode are by Jason Reich.Script by Elliott Kalan.Music and sound effects by Devon Torrey Bryant. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
On a new mini episode of SmartLess Presents ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan (and Producer Devon) would like to share some fun facts and test your knowledge about Star Trek Day, which happens to be today, September the 8th! You’ll learn about its curious connection to the TV show Riverboat, you’ll try to solve a brain twisting math problem, and then we’ll play a mini-round of our game The Sort ‘Em Consortium, putting Star Trek series in order. We’ll see you next week for International Literacy Day (Observed)!Puzzles in this episode are by Josh Richmond and Devon Torrey Bryant.Script by Elliott Kalan.Music and sound effects by Devon Torrey Bryant. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
On a new mini episode of SmartLess Presents ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan (and Producer Devon) would like to tell you all about American Chess Day, which happens to be today, September the 1st! We’ll have questions and fun facts about the history of chess, then a mini-game for you called Chess Opening, Film Noir, Or Russian Literature?, the rules of which are relatively self-explanatory. We’ll see you next week for Star Trek Day!Puzzles in this episode are by Josh Richmond and Jason Reich.Script by Elliott Kalan.Music and sound effects by Devon Torrey Bryant. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
On this ClueLess Season 1 clip show retrospective, host Elliott Kalan guides you through ten of our favorite clips, featuring Season 1's constant contestant Sean Hayes, and all our favorite guests, like Scotty Icenogle, Ali Wentworth, Reyna Larson, Carrie Aizley, George Stephanopoulos, Jeff Max, and Jon Gabrus! You’ll hear questions and silly moments from some of our favorite games, like Word Centipede, Don’t Be A Ditloid, Bizarro Concert Guide, The Sort ‘Em Consortium, Quick! Quick! Quick!, and more! We’ll see you next week for the first of our new mini episodes!Puzzles in this episode are by Matthew Broussard, Kevin Leman, Josh Richmond, Jason Reich, and Devon Torrey Bryant.Script by Elliott Kalan.Music and sound effects by Devon Torrey Bryant. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
On this Season 1 finale of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan and no-longer-constant contestant Sean Hayes sit down with Sean’s husband Scotty Icenogle to identify the Odd One Out! The five members of Pearl Jam are getting together to go on vacation, but they each brought one item too many to their hotel. See if you can identify which item doesn’t fit the group and why, and try to do it faster than Sean and Scotty. Keep track of your discarded items, you’ll need them to solve the MegaClue! And don’t go anywhere, ClueLess will continue!New episodes every Monday.Puzzles in this episode are by Jason Reich and Kevin Leman.Script by Elliott Kalan, additional material by Maddie McCann.Music and sound effects by Devon Torrey Bryant. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
On this episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan and constant contestant Sean Hayes sit down with Sean’s husband Scotty Icenogle for another gala performance of Bot Bops! Elliott’s non-branded digital assistant will regale you with five classic songs in its own cold, inhuman style, name the song for one point and the artist for another point! Keep track of your answers in order to solve the MegaClue! New episodes every Monday (while Sean's in London).Puzzles in this episode are by Jason Reich and Kevin Leman.Script by Elliott Kalan, additional material by Maddie McCann.Music and sound effects by Devon Torrey Bryant. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
On this episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan and constant contestant Sean Hayes welcome back Sean’s husband, the delightful Scotty Icenogle, to decipher another round of Don’t Be A Ditloid! Ditloids are brief word puzzles made up of numbers and abbreviations, and this time the category is simply Movie Titles! Once you’ve got the hang of it, the MegaClue will challenge you with an expert level Ditloid! New episodes every Monday and Thursday.Puzzles in this episode are by Jason Reich and Kevin Leman.Script by Elliott Kalan, additional material by Maddie McCann.Music and sound effects by Devon Torrey Bryant. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
On this episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan and constant contestant Sean Hayes welcome Sean’s hilarious friend Ali Wentworth back to contend with another round of The Sort ‘Em Consortium! For this game, Elliott will give you all the answers right away: they are zero, one, two, three, four, and five. Next, you’ll have to tie those numbers to six corresponding facts, using each number only once. Then, for the MegaClue, guess the theme or topic which ties all the facts together! New episodes every Monday and Thursday.Puzzles in this episode are by Kevin Leman and Jason Reich.Script by Elliott Kalan.Music and sound effects by Devon Torrey Bryant. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
On this episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan invites constant contestant Sean Hayes and his good friend, the hilarious Ali Wentworth, to choose the Odd One Out! The Spice Girls have been asked to spend the night in a haunted mansion to win a million dollars for charity, but they each brought one item too many to this ghoulish sleepover - see if you can identify which item doesn’t fit the group and why, and try to do it faster than Sean and Ali! Keep track of your discarded items, you’ll need them to solve the MegaClue! New episodes every Monday (while Sean’s in London)Puzzles in this episode are by Josh Richmond and Kevin Leman.Script by Elliott Kalan, additional material by Maddie McCann.Music and sound effects by Devon Torrey Bryant. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
On this episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan invites constant contestant Sean Hayes and his good friend Carrie Aizley to swing through another round of Monkey In The Middle! Elliott will give you two words separated by a mischievous little monkey, the word “monkey” needs to be replaced with one word that will complete two common phrases. This is a fast and fun one, and the MegaClue will ask you to find a monkey that can replace multiple words in a sentence! New episodes every Monday (while Sean’s in London).Puzzles in this episode are by Kevin Leman.Script by Elliott Kalan.Music and sound effects by Devon Torrey Bryant. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
On this episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan invites constant contestant Sean Hayes and his good friend & business partner Carrie Aizley to play a few rounds of their new improvisational card game, Qu!ck Qu!ck Qu!ck (available on Amazon HERE), fun for players aged 8 to 108. Each player takes turns trying to answer three very silly prompts from randomly selected cards, whoever can complete the most cards in four 45 second rounds wins! And for the MegaClue, we’ll go even faster, with only 30 seconds, only one card, and a chance to answer as many prompts as you can think of! Grab your copy of Qu!ck Qu!ck Qu!ck HERE, available at Target later this year.New episodes every Monday (while Sean’s in London)Puzzles in this episode are by Devon Torrey Bryant and Kevin Leman.Script by Elliott Kalan, additional material by Maddie McCann.Music and sound effects by Devon Torrey Bryant. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
On this episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan and constant contestant Sean Hayes invite Sean’s good friend Jeff “JuJu” Max back for another spin through the chain of Linkuistics! We’ll give you one word which starts a two-word phrase or compound word, and the first letter of the second word, all you have to do is guess the correct phrase and keep the chain going. Once you get the hang of it, the MegaClue will ask you to create your own links between words on the chain! New episodes every Monday (while Sean’s in London)Puzzles in this episode are by Josh Richmond.Script by Elliott Kalan.Music and sound effects by Devon Torrey Bryant. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
On this episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan and constant contestant Sean Hayes welcome back Sean’s hilarious friend Jeff Max to tangle with the many limbs of the Word Centipede! Elliott will give you three words, and you have to figure out which new word can be added either in front of or behind them to create three new compound words! Can you do it faster than Sean and Jeff? And can you keep track of your answers to defeat the MegaClue?! New episodes every Monday (while Sean’s in London)Puzzles in this episode are by Kevin Leman and Devon Torrey Bryant.Script by Elliott Kalan.Music and sound effects by Devon Torrey Bryant. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
On this 60th episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan gives Sean a special learning segment ahead of his trip to London, an all new game - Slang Gang! Since Sean will no doubt spend much of his London stay hanging out on rooftops with chimney sweeps, we thought he needed a primer in Cockney rhyming slang, one of the most obscure and impenetrable types of slang on the planet. Can you guess what the Cockney rhyming slang terms mean before Sean does, and can you solve a MegaClue which is almost entirely Cockney rhyming slang?! New episodes every Monday (while Sean’s in London)Puzzles in this episode are by Devon Torrey Bryant.Script by Elliott Kalan.Music and sound effects by Devon Torrey Bryant. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
On this episode of ClueLess, Elliott presents SmartLess Presents ClueLess presents This Is Your Game: It’s A Numbers Game Edition, an episode that’s as long on memories as it is words in its title. Each iteration of the game concerns a different category, but the rules are always the same: we will give you two famous titles with their numbers missing, your job is to fill in the blanks, complete the equation, and answer in the form of a title featuring the solution. In this episode you’ll hear clips featuring Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, Ali Wentworth, Scotty Icenogle, Jeff Max, and Jon Gabrus! New episodes every Monday (for the next few weeks)Puzzles in this episode are by Matthew Broussard, Josh Richmond, and Devon Torrey Bryant.Script by Elliott Kalan.Music and sound effects by Devon Torrey Bryant. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
On this episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan and constant contestant Sean Hayes ask Sean’s good friend Jeff Max to accompany them on another tour through State Of Confusion! Elliott’s been traveling around these United States, and he’ll give you a brief clue describing his trip; find one letter to drop between the postal abbreviations of the states he mentions to solve the clue. Keep track of all the letters you add, you’ll need them for the MegaClue! New episodes every Monday and Thursday.Puzzles in this episode are by Jason Reich and Josh Richmond.Script by Elliott Kalan.Music and sound effects by Devon Torrey Bryant. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
On this episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan and constant contestant Sean Hayes invite Sean’s good friend Jeff Max to flip through the pages of the Bizarro Movie Guide! A copy of the TV listings has fallen into Elliott’s possession from an alternate universe where things are pretty opposite, can you make heads or tails of the titles in their Comedy Movies section, and translate them back into our world? Keep track of your answers, you’ll need them to solve the MegaClue! New episodes every Monday and Thursday.Puzzles in this episode are by Josh Richmond with Devon Torrey Bryant.Script by Elliott Kalan.Music and sound effects by Devon Torrey Bryant. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
as a Monkeephile I got I'm a Believer after one line. I also knew the turtles, wild world by cat Stevens ... because I'm an expert in that area. the next one? All I wanna do? got it at the last minute. and the last one I didn't get at all
somewhat misleading cliffhanger.."the weather"? The answer is rouge
the "solution" appears to be, drop the first letter and the remaining letters of each word are mirror images that spell the same backwards. But they don't spell any words! evive? anana? rammar? what the fuck, Kalan????
I would have skunked both these guys in the first two rounds
The way they couldn't get to rapper is one of the most entertainingly white things I ever heard
I had trouble with some of the app words but the cliffhanger is embarrassingly way. I already solved it before the answer. Alton brown (who????) AB Ella Fitzgerald (EF) so it's GH. period.
the cliffhanger is ridiculously easy. seriously, April 31st? what's wrong with Sean?
fairly easily done... cliffhanger has all five vowels not in a row. obviously there is only one choice
I did as well as the guys....the word, of course, is set.
for the clue i would say haircuts but there's no Caesar haircut. there IS a Bob, a buzz(cut) and In the 90s thanks to friends, there was"the Rachel". not sure if the name Jason is significant
The answer is American hurricanes. There is zero reason not to include every letter of the alphabet. it used to be all women's names, but apparently hurricanes are misogynistic.
wasn't perfect but I did better than all 4 "contestants ". Ummmm... the word SHORT plus ER equals SHORTER. That was too easy
I got the cliffhanger in a matter of seconds on Monday. Fans of Idiotest probably solved this quickly.
the 5 letter word has to be queue, no? is Q pronounced "cue"? I got Martha Stewart because I knew she dated Hopkins
cliff note... does Oui count? we, Oui, wee Wii and whee?
metro is a Canadian and French but not American term
3 comments: 1) You could measure the cake hallway and cut the cake in a circular motion 2) there is a difference between the word the doesn't have a rhyme.Or the there is no wordto rhyme with it. orange does not rhyme with one word but in improv class a brilliant student used "door binge" 3) orange is not alone... there is no wordto rhyme with month or silver either. God, I'm so clever
ummmm... round 4: Up works as well: uncountable, touchup, upgrade
the riddle, of course, is 7, though there's an argument that it could also be 6
OMG I hated this so much