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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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- 4 days ago27 min
Re-release: 213 - Odd Throuples/Coupled Up (w/ Moshe Kasher and Natasha Leggero)
While Elliott is away this week running his summer festival Kalanpalooza (highlights include the Presidential Impressions and the Chili Cook-Off), please enjoy another repeat performance! Host Elliott Kalan invites the hilarious married couple (and co-hosts of The Endless Honeymoon podcast) Moshe Kasher and Natasha Leggero to contend with two new Valentine’s-themed games: first up is Odd Throuples, where you’ll get clues to two celebrity names which, when combined, reveal a third celebrity in the middle. Then, our new game Coupled Up, which we promise isn’t complicated, we’ll give you a clue and the answer is a two word phrase where the second word starts with the last letter of the first word. The MegaClue will reveal the secret to a happy relationship! Follow Moshe @moshekasher on Insta Follow Natasha @natashaleggero on Insta Listen to The Endless Honeymoon anywhere you get your podcasts! Puzzles in this episode are by Jason Reich and Brock Mahan. 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.
- 2 weeks ago29 min
Re-release: 212 - Leg Day/This Or That (w/ Janet Varney and Neil Patrick Harris)
While our host Elliott is away in London this week auditioning for the lead role in the next James Bond film (it's down to him or Jacob Elordi, fingers crossed!), please enjoy another repeat performance. On this episode of ClueLess, host Elliot Kalan welcomes back the highly entertaining duo of Janet Varney (SF Sketchfest, Avatar: Braving The Elements, Stan Against Evil) and her good friend Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother, A Series Of Unfortunate Events, Starship Troopers) to take a couple reps of a new game: Leg Day (ClueLess fans will pick this one up right away). Then, it’s a return of a new favorite, This Or That: Elliott will provide a series of clues, and on this occasion you must answer if they refer to a designer perfume or a Swedish black metal band. A knowledge of contemporary pop stars is needed for the MegaClue! Listen to Janet’s podcast E Pluribus Motto with John Hodgman! Follow Neil Patrick Harris @nph on Insta Puzzles in this episode are by Jason Reich and Brock Mahan. Script by Elliott Kalan, additional material by Maddie McCann. 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. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
- 3 weeks ago31 min
Re-release: 211 - Breaking The Law/Linkuistics (w/ Janet Varney and Neil Patrick Harris)
While Elliott is out of circulation this week doing ten years in Leavenworth (or is it eleven years in Twelveworth?), please enjoy another encore presentation (don't worry, he should be released soon for what the parole board refers to as "polite behavior"). On this episode, Elliott welcomes back the hilarious Janet Varney (SF Sketchfest, Avatar: Braving The Elements, Stan Against Evil), only this time she’s brought along her wonderful friend Neil Patrick Harris (Doctor Who: The Giggle, Gone Girl, Neil’s Puppet Dreams)! First up is a very relaxed game about bizarre state laws (do NOT overthink this one), and then we’ll have a return of an old favorite: Linkuistics! Elliott will give you a word and the starting letter of a second word that completes a well-known phrase, guess what the phrase is and try to keep your word chain going longer than your opponent! In the MegaClue, we’ll ask you to come up with your own connections between given words! Listen to Janet’s podcast E Pluribus Motto with John Hodgman! Follow Neil Patrick Harris @nph on Insta Puzzles in this episode are by Jason Reich. 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. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
- May 4, 202624 min
Re-release: 210 - Take A Wild Guess/Tone Note (w/ Janet Varney and John Hodgman)
While our host Elliot Kalan is busy this week attending the premiere of his new film Ocean's Elliott (in which Elliott, Elliott Gould, Chris Elliott, and Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott conspire to steal an original print of The Taking Of Pelham 123), please enjoy another repeat performance. On this episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan welcomes back his pals Janet Varney (SF Sketchfest, Avatar: Braving The Elements, Stan Against Evil) and John Hodgman (Dicktown, The Daily Show, The Areas Of My Expertise) to get into the ballpark for a new game called Take A Wild Guess! Then, it’s the return of an old favorite, Tone Note! Elliott will give you a clue, and the answer will always be a two-word phrase where the words are anagrams of each other. You’ll have to assemble your own for the MegaClue! Visit SFSketchfest.com for tickets and more information! Listen to Janet & John’s podcast E Pluribus Motto! New episodes every Monday. Puzzles in this episode are by Jason Reich. 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. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
- Apr 27, 202627 min
Re-release: 209 - A Hello To Arms/Odd One Out (w/ Janet Varney and John Hodgman)
While our host Elliott Kalan is away this week getting ready to host a Quatro De Mayo event (nobody goes to those, all the big parties are the next day), please enjoy another repeat performance. On this bonus size episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan invites his friends Janet Varney (SF Sketchfest, Avatar: Braving The Elements, Stan Against Evil) and John Hodgman (Dicktown, The Daily Show, The Areas Of My Expertise) to go sifting for letters in a new game called A Hello To Arms! Then, they’ll check in with an old favorite and see if they can identify the Odd One Out! Visit SFSketchfest.com for tickets and more information! Listen to Janet & John’s podcast E Pluribus Motto! Puzzles in this episode are by Jason Reich. 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. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
- Apr 20, 202619 min
Re-release: 208 - The Sort ‘Em Consortium (w/ Naomi Ekperigin and Andy Beckerman)
While our host Elliott Kalan is busy this week judging the results of the International Championship Tractor Pull in Belgium (the world's heaviest motorsport), please enjoy another puzzling and hilarious re-release! 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 the same names! Puzzles in this episode are by Brock Mahan. 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. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
- Apr 13, 202621 min
Re-release: 206 - This Or That? (w/ Naomi Ekperigin and Andy Beckerman)
While our host Elliott Kalan is busy this week opening his new theme park Vice President Universe (come for the death-defying Spiro Agnew Drop Tower, stay for Hubert Humphrey's Haunted House), please enjoy another puzzling re-release! 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 Four-Most, where you’ll answer questions about the most common things people injure themselves falling out of, off of, or over. Plus: Andy’s wrong answer initiates Judgement Day, sorry about that. Puzzles in this episode are by Brock Mahan. 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. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
- Apr 6, 202618 min
Re-release: 205 - Bizarro Movie Guide (w/ Naomi Ekperigin and Andy Beckerman)
While our host Elliott Kalan is otherwise engaged this week, putting the finishing touches on his 10-part documentary series New Jersey: Jewel Of The Americas, please enjoy another brain-twisting re-release! 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 section, and translate them back into our world? Keep track of your answers, you’ll need them to solve the MegaClue! And before that: PHOBIAS. Puzzles in this episode are by Jason Reich. 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. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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