SmartLess Presents ClueLess

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!

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June 23, 2025 12 mins

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...

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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 be...

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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 ...

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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...

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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 answer...

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On this episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan and constant contestant Sean Hayes welcome Sean’s hilarious friend Jeff Max back to tangle with a new twist on an old game, it’s The Sort ‘Em Consortium! For this game, it is a Battle Of The Bettys as Elliott gives Sean and Jeff six famous Bettys, real and fictional, and they must sort them in the correct order of their first appearance on planet earth. Then, for the MegaClue, guess t...

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May 22, 2025 15 mins

On this episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan and constant contestant Sean Hayes sit down with Sean’s husband Scotty Icenogle for another 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 and constant contestant Sean Hayes welcome back Sean’s husband Scotty Icenogle to swing through a brand new game - 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 ...

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On this episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan and constant contestant Sean Hayes welcome back Sean’s husband Scotty Icenogle as they apply themselves to another appealing round of Stuck In The App Store! We’ll give you a series of clues, and the correct answer will always feature the letters A, P, & P in that order, try to answer them faster than Sean and Scotty. And once you’ve got the hang of it, the MegaClue will ask you to re...

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May 12, 2025 18 mins

On this episode of ClueLess, the Bot, from our recurring game Bot Bops, has sent Elliott and Sean on some impossible errands while she presents a compilation of her best Bops. Elliott’s non-branded digital assistant has been programmed to sing some very famous songs, but she is not programmed for melody, harmony, rhythm, or anything else that makes music a pleasurable experience. See if you can guess these songs and the artist befo...

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On this episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan and constant contestant Sean Hayes welcome back Jon Gabrus, the co-host of new SmartLess Media podcast Staying Alive, to grapple with the fiendish legs of the Word Centipede! What word can you put before or after the three words we give you to make three new compound words, and can you do it faster than Sean and Gabrus? One word per round will point you towards a connection for today’...

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Welcome to Staying Alive, a new comedic health and wellness podcast from Jon Gabrus and Adam Pally, two comedians, best friends, and hosts of TV’s 101 Places To Party Before You Die. These two love to get wild, but they’ve also hit their 40s, and they’re realizing if they don’t get some balance in their lives they won’t be around long enough to visit the other 93 places. On this show they’ll be talking to expert guests and funny fr...

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On the 50th episode of ClueLess (woo!), host Elliott Kalan and constant contestant Sean Hayes welcome back Jon Gabrus, the co-host of new SmartLess Media podcast Staying Alive, to play a round of It’s A Numbers Game! This time, it couldn’t be more in Gabrus’ wheelhouse, as Elliott gives you simple math equations in the form of famous action movie titles with their numbers blanked out, fill in the blanks to solve the equation, and y...

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May 1, 2025 17 mins

On this episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan and constant contestant Sean Hayes welcome the hilarious Jon Gabrus, co-host of the new SmartLess Media podcast Staying Alive, to see if they can identify the Odd One Out! Huey Lewis & The News are getting back together for a group dinner, but they each brought one item too many to the coat check! See if you can identify which item doesn’t fit the group and why, and try to do it faste...

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April 28, 2025 14 mins

On this episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan and constant contestant Sean Hayes invite Sean’s pal Carrie Aizley to tangle with the many limbs of our old foe, the Word Centipede! What word can you put before or after the three words we give you to make three new compound words, and can you do it faster than Sean and Carrie? One word per round will point you towards a connection for today’s MegaClue!


 

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April 24, 2025 12 mins

On this episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan and constant contestant Sean Hayes invite Sean’s good friend Carrie Aizley to take a couple reps of Word Workout! Each of the words we give you wants to slim down by one letter, and the remaining letters can be rearranged to answer the given clue. Keep track of all discarded letters to defeat the MegaClue!


 

New episodes every Monday and Thursday.

Puzzles in this episode are by Josh Rich...

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On this episode of Clueless, host Elliott Kalan and constant contestant Sean Hayes invite Sean’s husband Scotty Icenogle AND their good friend Carrie Aizley to compete in an all-new group game: Top Tension! Elliott has a top ten list in front of him, and the contestants must take turns guessing an entry on that list, they earn a point for each correct answer but lose a point for an incorrect answer, and once they’re out of points t...

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On this special Monopoly-themed episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan and constant contestant Sean Hayes invite Sean’s husband Scotty Icenogle to play a new game where the instructions are very simple: Do Not Pass Go! Elliott will give a series of clues, and every answer ends in the letters G-O. The questions increase in difficulty, leading to a MegaClue round where they are worth five points each!


 

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April 14, 2025 17 mins

On this episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan and constant contestant Sean Hayes welcome back Sean’s good friend, actor Jeff Max, to attend another 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!


 

New episodes every Monday and T...

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On this episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan and constant contestant Sean Hayes welcome back Sean’s good friend, actor Jeff Max, to grapple with a scrappy new game, Stuck In The App Store! We’ll give you a series of clues, and the correct answer will always feature the letters A, P, and P, in that order, try to answer them faster than Sean and Jeff. And once you’ve got the hang of it, the MegaClue will ask you to replace five wo...

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