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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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Episodes

204 - Word Centipede (w/ Naomi Ekperigin and Andy Beckerman)

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 can you keep track of your answers to defeat the MegaClue?!


 

New episodes every Monday.

Puzzles in this episode are by Kevin Leman and Matt Pack.

Script by Elliott Kalan.

Music and sound effects by Devon Torrey Bryant.


 

Buy Elliott?s book Joke Farming: How To Write Comedy And Other Nonsense HERE.

Buy Devon?s album Blame It On My Zodiac HERE or stream it anywhere you listen to records.


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2025-12-01
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203 - Bot Bops (w/ Max Silvestri and Gabe Liedman)

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!


 

New episodes every Monday.

Puzzles in this episode are by Jason Reich.

Script by Elliott Kalan.

Music and sound effects by Devon Torrey Bryant.


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2025-11-24
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202 - Word Workout (w/ Max Silvestri and Gabe Liedman)

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 Brock Mahan.

Script by Elliott Kalan.

Music and sound effects by Devon Torrey Bryant.


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2025-11-17
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201 - State Of Confusion (w/ Max Silvestri and Gabe Liedman)

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 (meet us on row 5), and then they?ll get the rambling bug with a return of our game State Of Confusion!


 

New episodes every Monday.

Puzzles in this episode are by Jason Reich and Brock Mahan.

Script by Elliott Kalan.

Music and sound effects by Devon Torrey Bryant.


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2025-11-10
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180 - Satellites & Sandwiches (Mini Episode)

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 filling (or something like that)! We?ll see you next week for the start of Season 2!


 

Puzzles in this episode are by Jason Reich.

Script by Elliott Kalan.

Music and sound effects by Devon Torrey Bryant.


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2025-11-03
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INTRODUCING: I Need You Guys with Jenny Slate, Gabe Liedman, and Max Silvestri!

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 crew discuss the origins of SmartLess and falling for comedic effect.


 

You can call us with your etiquette question and leave a voicemail at 949-441-1231, or email us at [email protected]! Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @ineedyouguysshow


 

Subscribe to our YouTube channel to watch full video episodes.


 

I Need You Guys with Gabe Liedman, Jenny Slate and Max Silvestri is a production of SmartLess Media.


 

Produced by Anne Harris, Josh Richmond and Devon Torrey Bryant. Edited by Josh, with music by Devon.


 

Executive Producers are Gabe, Jenny and Max. Executive Producers for SmartLess Media are Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, Richard Korson and Bernie Kaminski.


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2025-10-29
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179 - Halloween (Mini Episode)

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!


 

Puzzles in this episode are by Brock Mahan and Devon Torrey Bryant.

Script by Elliott Kalan.

Music and sound effects by Devon Torrey Bryant.


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2025-10-27
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178 - National Chicken & Waffles Day (Mini Episode)

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 episode are by Jason Reich.

Script by Elliott Kalan.

Music and sound effects by Devon Torrey Bryant.


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2025-10-20
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177 - National Pasta Month (Mini Episode)

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 Mahan.

Script by Elliott Kalan.

Music and sound effects by Devon Torrey Bryant.


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2025-10-13
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176 - Mad Hatter Day (Mini Episode)

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.


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2025-10-06
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175 - National Coffee Day (Mini Episode)

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.


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2025-09-29
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174 - Hobbit Day (Mini Episode)

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.


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2025-09-22
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173 - International Literacy Day Observed (Mini Episode)

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.


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2025-09-15
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172 - Star Trek Day (Mini 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 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.


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2025-09-08
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171 - American Chess Day (Mini Episode)

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.


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2025-09-01
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170 - The Best Of ClueLess Season 1!

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.


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2025-08-25
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169 - Odd One Out (w/ Scotty Icenogle)

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.


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2025-08-18
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168 - Bot Bops (w/ Scotty Icenogle)

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.


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2025-08-11
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167 - Don?t Be A Ditloid (w/ Scotty Icenogle)

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.


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2025-08-04
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166 - The Sort ?Em Consortium (w/ Ali Wentworth)

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.


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2025-07-28
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165 - Odd One Out (w/ Ali Wentworth)

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.


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2025-07-21
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164 - Monkey In The Middle (w/ Carrie Aizley)

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.


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2025-07-14
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163 - Qu!ck Qu!ck Qu!ck (w/ Carrie Aizley)

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.


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2025-07-07
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162 - Linkuistics (w/ Jeff Max)

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.


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2025-06-30
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161 - Word Centipede (w/ Jeff Max)

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.


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2025-06-23
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160 - Slang Gang

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.


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2025-06-16
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159 - The Best Of It?s A Numbers Game

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.


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2025-06-09
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158 - State Of Confusion (w/ Jeff Max)

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.


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2025-06-02
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157 - Bizarro Movie Guide (w/ Jeff Max)

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.


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2025-05-29
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156 - The Sort ?Em Consortium (w/ Jeff Max)

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 the identity of another famous Betty in the fewest clues!


 

New episodes every Monday and Thursday.

Puzzles in this episode are by Devon Torrey Bryant and Kevin Leman.

Script by Elliott Kalan.

Music and sound effects by Devon Torrey Bryant.


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2025-05-26
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155 - Bot Bops (w/ Scotty Icenogle)

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!


 

New episodes every Monday and Thursday.

Puzzles in this episode are by Jason Reich, Devon Torrey Bryant, and Kevin Leman.

Script by Elliott Kalan, additional material by Maddie McCann.

Music and sound effects by Devon Torrey Bryant.


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2025-05-22
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154 - Monkey In The Middle (w/ Scotty Icenogle)

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 replace multiple words in a sentence!


 

New episodes every Monday and Thursday.

Puzzles in this episode are by Kevin Leman and Devon Torrey Bryant.

Script by Elliott Kalan, additional material by Maddie McCann.

Music and sound effects by Devon Torrey Bryant.


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2025-05-19
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153 - Stuck In The App Store (w/ Scotty Icenogle)

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 replace five words in a sentence with more APP words!


 

New episodes every Monday and Thursday.

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.


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2025-05-15
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152 - The Best Of Bot Bops

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 before Sean and his guests!


 

New episodes every Monday and Thursday.

Puzzles in this episode are by Kevin Leman, Josh Richmond, and Devon Torrey Bryant.

ClueLess scripts by Elliott Kalan.

The Bot?s script by Devon Torrey Bryant.

Music and sound effects by Devon Torrey Bryant.


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2025-05-12
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151 - Word Centipede (w/ Jon Gabrus)

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?s MegaClue!


 

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New episodes every Monday and Thursday.

Puzzles in this episode are by Kevin Leman.

Script by Elliott Kalan, additional material by Maddie McCann.

Music and sound effects by Devon Torrey Bryant.


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2025-05-08
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INTRODUCING: Staying Alive with Jon Gabrus and Adam Pally

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 friends about the little or the big things they do to?STAY ALIVE. Staying Alive is out now, anywhere you get your podcasts, episodes are available a week early and ad-free on Sirius XM Podcasts+ on Apple Podcasts. Check out the video version of the show on YouTube on the SmartLess Media channel.


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2025-05-08
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150 - It?s A Numbers Game (w/ Jon Gabrus)

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 you get a bonus point if you answer in the form of a movie title featuring the solution! Keep track of all your answers, you?ll need them to take out the MegaClue!


 

Subscribe to Staying Alive with Jon Gabrus & Adam Pally HERE.

Check out Gabrus' action movie podcast The Action Boyz HERE.

New episodes every Monday and Thursday.

Puzzles in this episode are by Devon Torrey Bryant and Jason Reich.

Script by Elliott Kalan.

Music and sound effects by Devon Torrey Bryant.


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2025-05-05
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149 - Odd One Out (w/ Jon Gabrus)

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 faster than Sean and Gabrus. Keep track of your discarded items, you?ll need them to solve the MegaClue!


 

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.


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2025-05-01
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148 - Word Centipede (w/ Carrie Aizley)

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!


 

New episodes every Monday and Thursday.

Puzzles in this episode are by Kevin Leman and Devon Torrey Bryant.

Script by Elliott Kalan.

Music and sound effects by Devon Torrey Bryant.


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2025-04-28
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147 - Word Workout (w/ Carrie Aizley)

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 Richmond and Kevin Leman.

Script by Elliott Kalan.

Music and sound effects by Devon Torrey Bryant.


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2025-04-24
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146 - Top Tension (w/ Scotty Icenogle and Carrie Aizley)

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 they?re out of the game. The MegaClue will ask you to do the same again, but faster and with more TENsion.


 

New episodes every Monday and Thursday.

Puzzles in this episode are by Josh Richmond and Kevin Leman.

Script by Elliott Kalan.

Music and sound effects by Devon Torrey Bryant.


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2025-04-21
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145 - Do Not Pass Go! (w/ Scotty Icenogle)

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!


 

New episodes every Monday and Thursday.

Puzzles in this episode are by Josh Richmond and Jason Reich.

Script by Elliott Kalan.

Music and sound effects by Devon Torrey Bryant.


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2025-04-17
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144 - Bot Bops (w/ Jeff Max)

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 Thursday.

Puzzles in this episode are by Kevin Leman and Devon Torrey Bryant.

Script by Elliott Kalan.

Music and sound effects by Devon Torrey Bryant.


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2025-04-14
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143 - Stuck In The App Store (w/ Jeff Max)

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 words in a sentence with more APP words!


 

New episodes every Monday and Thursday.

Puzzles in this episode are by Jason Reich and Kevin Leman.

Script by Elliott Kalan.

Music and sound effects by Devon Torrey Bryant.


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2025-04-10
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142 - Odd One Out (w/ Jeff Max)

On this episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan and constant contestant Sean Hayes welcome back Sean?s good friend, actor Jeff Max, to see if he can help spot the Odd One Out! New Kids On The Block (NKOTB to their friends) are reuniting for an autograph signing, but they got so excited they each brought one item too many! See if you can identify which item doesn?t fit the group and why, and try to do it faster than Sean and Jeff. Keep track of your discarded items, you?ll need them to solve the MegaClue!


 

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.


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2025-04-07
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141 - Bizarro TV Guide (w/ Scotty Icenogle)

On this episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan and constant contestant Sean Hayes welcome back Sean?s husband Scotty for another flip through the Bizarro TV 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 Prestige Drama 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, Devon Torrey Bryant, and Kevin Leman.

Script by Elliott Kalan.

Music and sound effects by Devon Torrey Bryant.


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2025-04-03
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140 - Linkuistics (w/ Scotty Icenogle)

On this episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan and constant contestant Sean Hayes invite Sean?s husband Scotty Icenogle 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 to 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 and Thursday.

Puzzles in this episode are by Josh Richmond and Jason Reich.

Script by Elliott Kalan, additional material by Maddie McCann.

Music and sound effects by Devon Torrey Bryant.


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2025-03-31
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139 - Word Centipede (w/ Scotty Icenogle)

On this episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan and constant contestant Sean Hayes invite Sean?s husband Scotty Icenogle back to tangle with the many limbs 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 Scotty? One word per round will point you towards a connection for today?s MegaClue!


 

New episodes every Monday and Thursday.

Puzzles in this episode are by Kevin Leman.

Script by Elliott Kalan, additional material by Maddie McCann.

Music and sound effects by Devon Torrey Bryant.


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2025-03-27
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138 - It?s A Numbers Game (w/ Jeff Max)

On this episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan and constant contestant Sean Hayes invite Sean?s good friend Jeff Max to tackle a new round of an old favorite - It?s A Numbers Game! This time, Elliott will be giving you simple math equations in the form of famous song titles with the numbers removed, can you solve the clues faster than Sean and Jeff, and can you answer in the form of a song title? Keep track of your answers to solve the MegaClue!


 

New episodes every Monday and Thursday.

Puzzles in this episode are by Devon Torrey Bryant and Kevin Leman.

Script by Elliott Kalan.

Music and sound effects by Devon Torrey Bryant.


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2025-03-24
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137 - Word Workout (w/ Jeff Max)

On this episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan and constant contestant Sean Hayes invite Sean?s good friend Jeff Max to hit the gym for 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 Richmond.

Script by Elliott Kalan.

Music and sound effects by Devon Torrey Bryant.


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2025-03-20
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