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 ...
Jul 21, 2025•17 min•Ep. 65
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 Se...
Jul 14, 2025•14 min•Ep. 64
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 ...
Jul 07, 2025•19 min•Ep. 63
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 Monda...
Jun 30, 2025•18 min•Ep. 62
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) Pu...
Jun 23, 2025•12 min•Ep. 61
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 enti...
Jun 16, 2025•15 min•Ep. 60
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 cl...
Jun 09, 2025•16 min•Ep. 59
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. P...
Jun 02, 2025•18 min•Ep. 58
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 Mon...
May 29, 2025•14 min•Ep. 57
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 epis...
May 26, 2025•16 min•Ep. 56
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, a...
May 22, 2025•16 min•Ep. 55
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 a...
May 19, 2025•14 min•Ep. 54
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 episo...
May 15, 2025•17 min•Ep. 53
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. P...
May 12, 2025•19 min•Ep. 52
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! Subscribe to Staying Alive with Jon Gabrus & Ada...
May 08, 2025•15 min•Ep. 51
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. S...
May 08, 2025•9 min
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 ...
May 05, 2025•14 min•Ep. 50
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, y...
May 01, 2025•17 min•Ep. 49
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 To...
Apr 28, 2025•15 min•Ep. 48
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 e...
Apr 24, 2025•12 min•Ep. 47
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 ...
Apr 21, 2025•16 min•Ep. 46
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 R...
Apr 17, 2025•21 min•Ep. 45
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 Tor...
Apr 14, 2025•17 min•Ep. 44
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 ...
Apr 10, 2025•17 min•Ep. 43
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 ...
Apr 07, 2025•15 min•Ep. 42
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 an...
Apr 03, 2025•15 min•Ep. 41
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...
Mar 31, 2025•20 min•Ep. 40
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 Ell...
Mar 27, 2025•17 min•Ep. 39
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 i...
Mar 24, 2025•18 min•Ep. 38
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 Brya...
Mar 20, 2025•15 min•Ep. 37
