SmartLess Presents ClueLess
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!
Episodes
On this episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan invites married podcasters Naomi Ekperigin and Andy Beckerman (co-hosts of Couples Therapy) to get organized with another round of The Sort ‘Em Consortium! As you may recall, in this game Elliott gives you all the answers first, and then gives you a series of clues where each answer relates to one clue only. This time: colors! And before that, a game about directions, and cities with ...
On this miniature holiday episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan (and Producer Devon) gather ‘round the ol’ fireplace sound effects to pose some questions to you about holiday traditions around the world, and then to play a round of Peace, Love, and Joy, where every answer will contain one of those words! Hope you got something nice in your stocking!
New episodes every Monday.
Puzzles in this episode are by Jason Reich.
Script by El...
On this episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan welcomes back his married friends, the hilarious Naomi Ekperigin and Andy Beckerman (co-hosts of the podcast Couples Therapy) to weigh their options in a new game - This Or That! Elliott will provide a series of quotes, and on this occasion you must answer if it was said by God (as quoted in the Bible) or by Wu-Tang Clan member U-God. Before that, another round of our game First And F...
On this episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan welcomes back his friends, the hilarious Naomi Ekperigin and Andy Beckerman (married comedians and hosts of the podcast Couples Therapy) to flip through the uncanny 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 RomComs secti...
On this episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan invites his friends Naomi Ekperigin and Andy Beckerman, married couple and hosts of the podcast Couples Therapy, to contend with the many limbs of our old foe, 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 Naomi and Andy? And c...
On this episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan welcomes back comedians, best friends, and co-hosts of I Need You Guys Max Silvestri and Gabe Liedman, to attend another infernal recital 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!
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On this episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan welcomes back the hilarious comedians, best friends, and co-hosts of I Need You Guys, Max Silvestri and Gabe Liedman, to hit the verbal gym with another round of our old favorite - Word Workout! Before that, you’ll be treated to a game of galactic proportions as Elliott quizzes them on movies about astronauts!
New episodes every Monday.
Puzzles in this episode are by Josh Richmond and ...
Welcome to the new and improved Season 2 of SmartLess Presents ClueLess! Host Elliott Kalan is back to pose even more questions per episode! More games, more jokes, and more music! Today we’re joined by the hilarious comedians Max Silvestri and Gabe Liedman, two hosts from the fabulous new SmartLess Media show I Need You Guys! Max and Gabe will be put through their paces with an opening game about the periodic table of the elements...
On our last mini episode of SmartLess Presents ClueLess before Season 2 (!!), host Elliott Kalan (and Producer Devon) are flying high and snacking down as they celebrate the anniversary of the first dog in space AND National Sandwich Day (yum). Today you can expect some questions about the first non-human cosmonauts, some fun facts about the invention of the sandwich, and a new mini-game called Word Sandwich where phrases are the f...
Say hello to the new show from SmartLess Media, I Need You Guys! Jenny Slate, Gabe Liedman, and Max Silvestri are comedians who have been best friends for over 20 years, and on I Need You Guys, their group chat has been made public; they’ll catch up, ask each other for advice, answer listener questions, and welcome a special guest into the chat every episode! Please enjoy this clip featuring everybody’s favorite Sean Hayes, as the ...
On a new mini episode of SmartLess Presents ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan (and Producer Devon) are howling at the moon about today’s subject, the greatest holiday on the calendar: Halloween! Today we’ll tell you about the history of haunted houses, ask a surprising trivia fact about Halloween music, and then we’ll debut Elliott’s favorite game we’ve ever played on the show: Monster Mash-up. We’re having fun! It’s Halloween!
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On a new mini episode of SmartLess Presents ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan (and Producer Devon) aren’t waffling around, they’re here to tell you all about National Chicken & Waffles Day! You’ll learn about the surprising pre-waffle history of the Eggo brand, you’ll learn which side of the combo is Elliott’s favorite, and then we’ll play a mini game where we ask you to name a more iconic duo, and, uh, yeah, we’ll wait!
Puzzles in this...
On a new mini episode of SmartLess Presents ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan (and Producer Devon) are boiling over to tell you all about National Pasta Month! That’s right, October is the month to celebrate pasta, and you can expect a quiz about food mascots, fun facts about pasta names, and a mini-game called Pasta, Italian Inventor, Or Active Volcano, which is almost painfully self-explanatory.
Puzzles in this episode are by Brock Ma...
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-...
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! Do...
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 mythic...
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 ...
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 i...
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!
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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 ...
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