SmartLess Presents ClueLess

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!

Episode List

Re-release: 203: Bot Bops (w/ Max Silvestri and Gabe Liedman)

Mar 23rd, 2026 4:05 AM

While our host Elliott Kalan is busy this week completing his scholarly tome on the social history of the chicken tender, please enjoy another repeat performance! On this episode of ClueLess, Elliott 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!   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.

Re-release: 202 - Word Workout (w/ Max Silvestri and Gabe Liedman)

Mar 16th, 2026 4:05 AM

While Elliott is otherwise engaged this week cataloguing his Oingo Boingo B-sides, please enjoy a repeat performance of this Season 2 episode featuring the hilarious Max Silvestri and Gabe Liedman from the SmartLess Media show I Need You Guys! In this episode, Max and Gabe will tackle some out-of-this-world questions about astronaut movies, and then they'll help words get very slightly smaller in another round of Word Workout!   Puzzles in this episode are by Josh Richmond 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. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

217 - Take A Wild Guess/Tone Note (w/ Kristen Schaal and Matt Oberg)

Mar 9th, 2026 4:05 AM

On this episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan welcomes back his hilarious pals Kristen Schaal (Bob’s Burgers, What We Do In The Shadows, The Last Man On Earth) and Matt Oberg (Abbott Elementary, The Real O’Neals, Harley Quinn) to get into the ballpark and Take A Wild Guess about the popularity of English words! Then, it’s a return of our old friend Tone Note, Elliott will give you a clue and the answer is a two word phrase where the words are anagrams of each other, just like the game’s name, Tone Note! The MegaClue will ask you for a monstrously complex anagram!   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.

216 - Word Sandwich/Word Centipede (w/ Kristen Schaal and Matt Oberg)

Mar 2nd, 2026 5:05 AM

On this episode of ClueLess, it’s like a dang dictionary in here with all these words! Host Elliott Kalan invites his hilarious friends Kristen Schaal (Bob’s Burgers, What We Do In The Shadows, The Last Man On Earth) and Matt Oberg (Abbott Elementary, The Real O’Neals, Harley Quinn) to contend with both a sandwich made out of words and then, incredibly, a centipede also made out of words! Get your brain limber, get a pen and paper, and settle in for a hilarious bonus-length episode testing your word recall! Kristen would really like you to know: cigarettes are NOT cool.   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.

Re-release: 201 - State Of Confusion (w/ Max Silvestri and Gabe Liedman)

Feb 23rd, 2026 5:05 AM

While Elliott is away this week constructing a life-sized butter sculpture of President Rutherford B Hayes, please enjoy a repeat performance of our Season 2 premiere episode, featuring the hilarious Max Silvestri and Gabe Liedman from the SmartLess Media show I Need You Guys! In this episode, 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!   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. 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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