Elliott Kalan
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SmartLess
SmartLess Presents ClueLess! 137 - Word Workout (w/ Jeff Max)
That's it. They say patience is a virtue, but having too much patience is just being lazy. So let's stop waiting around and reveal the answer to last episode's cliffhanger puzzle, shall we? Yeah. You may remember it was an odd one out that went thusly. Which word does not belong? Drove, never, murder, school, or unkindness?
SmartLess
SmartLess Presents ClueLess! 137 - Word Workout (w/ Jeff Max)
You are very much on the right track. Yes.
SmartLess
SmartLess Presents ClueLess! 137 - Word Workout (w/ Jeff Max)
You're exactly right, Sean. Here's what I love about what you did. This is classic professional puzzle playing. You're like, I have a sense of it. I know what some of these things are. I'm narrowing in. I'm getting closer. I'm using my logic to narrow it down to two. And then at the last two, you're like, I don't know which one. So I'm going to take a gamble.
SmartLess
SmartLess Presents ClueLess! 137 - Word Workout (w/ Jeff Max)
Because every game player at heart is a gambler. You're exactly right.
SmartLess
SmartLess Presents ClueLess! 137 - Word Workout (w/ Jeff Max)
Oh, yeah, murder of crows. Murder of crows? And it's an unkindness of ravens.
SmartLess
SmartLess Presents ClueLess! 137 - Word Workout (w/ Jeff Max)
Yeah. And an O'Reilly of Jeff's, I guess, is the... O'Reilly of Jeff's.
SmartLess
SmartLess Presents ClueLess! 137 - Word Workout (w/ Jeff Max)
We've never had a guest with a catchphrase before, and I'm very excited about that.
SmartLess
SmartLess Presents ClueLess! 137 - Word Workout (w/ Jeff Max)
And if you're a mastermind who loves a little chaos, like Sean, the Go to Jail expansion is a game changer. Jail isn't a punishment. It's strategic. Bribe, steal, and collect corruption cards to mess with your opponents. Turns out crime does pay, at least in Monopoly.
SmartLess
SmartLess Presents ClueLess! 137 - Word Workout (w/ Jeff Max)
Available now on Amazon. All is fair in Monopoly expansions.
SmartLess
SmartLess Presents ClueLess! 137 - Word Workout (w/ Jeff Max)
Isn't that good? Yeah, it's really good. These are great songs. I can't wait for the album to come out. Now, okay, we've got seven words for you. Each of them wants to slim down and lose some weight, and we're going to help get them into shape. For each clue, I'm going to give you the starting word and ask you to remove one letter and then rearrange the remaining letters to create a new spelt word.
SmartLess
SmartLess Presents ClueLess! 137 - Word Workout (w/ Jeff Max)
I'd like to open this episode with a quick financial update. Due to inflation, a bird in the hand is now worth four in the bush. Please adjust your proverbs accordingly. This is Clueless. I'm Clueless! Welcome to SmartList Presents Clueless, the only puzzle podcast, period. I refuse to recognize any others. I'm your host, Elliot Kalin, and I come from the future with a warning for all mankind.
SmartLess
SmartLess Presents ClueLess! 137 - Word Workout (w/ Jeff Max)
I love this. I love this. I love this. Let's have an example. If the clue was, remove a letter from cinema to get a type of Japanese animation... What would you do? Anime. Yep, exactly. You take out the C, rearrange them, you get anime. Are you ready to send these words to the gym? Sure. Excellent.
SmartLess
SmartLess Presents ClueLess! 137 - Word Workout (w/ Jeff Max)
Let's start with question number one. Remove a letter from candle to get a series of rhythmic movements. Rhythmic? Movements. Dance. Yes, very good.
SmartLess
SmartLess Presents ClueLess! 137 - Word Workout (w/ Jeff Max)
Tell me, which letter did you remove out of there?
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SmartLess Presents ClueLess! 137 - Word Workout (w/ Jeff Max)
Question number two, remove a letter from basket to get a prime cut.
SmartLess
SmartLess Presents ClueLess! 137 - Word Workout (w/ Jeff Max)
Take a look at those letters and see which ones you might be able to rearrange to me. Oh, you got it. Yes. Steak. You take out the B, which is the part of the cow you don't use anyway. Sure. And you get the steak. Yeah.
SmartLess
SmartLess Presents ClueLess! 137 - Word Workout (w/ Jeff Max)
Question number three. Remove a letter from course spelled C-O-A-R-S-E. So course is in rough. Remove a letter from course to get the sports results. To get the sports results.
SmartLess
SmartLess Presents ClueLess! 137 - Word Workout (w/ Jeff Max)
Yes, very good. You remove the A and you get score. Number four. Remove a letter from cereal, as in things in order, S-E-R-I-A-L, to get some long tracks. Long tracks.
SmartLess
SmartLess Presents ClueLess! 137 - Word Workout (w/ Jeff Max)
Long tracks. Long tracks. Long tracks. I was hoping you would also say long tracks, Jeff, so we'd all say it. Rails. Yes, rails, exactly. You remove the E and you get rails. Damn, Sean, you're kicking my... Come on.
SmartLess
SmartLess Presents ClueLess! 137 - Word Workout (w/ Jeff Max)
Question number five. Remove a letter from Barber to get a kind of fitness activity. Remove a letter from Barber to get a kind of fitness activity.
SmartLess
SmartLess Presents ClueLess! 137 - Word Workout (w/ Jeff Max)
B-A-R-B-E-R, yeah. Not the elephant? Barber the elephant is a different story. He holds the scissors in his trunk. It's pretty cute. Wait. Ab? No. Would you like a hint or a clue? Sure. A hint. Okay. The hint is this is a ballet-based fitness activity. That's the hint. If you want a clue, I'll tell you what letter to remove. Oh. It's a ballet-related activity. A ballet-based fitness activity.
SmartLess
SmartLess Presents ClueLess! 137 - Word Workout (w/ Jeff Max)
Oh, yeah. Yes, bar. Exactly right. B-A-R-R-E? Yes, you removed the B to get bar. That was good, but that's a hard one, right? That was a really hard one.
SmartLess
SmartLess Presents ClueLess! 137 - Word Workout (w/ Jeff Max)
I hope you walk away from this knowing that you got a really hard one, and it just gives you confidence for whatever you're doing next.
SmartLess
SmartLess Presents ClueLess! 137 - Word Workout (w/ Jeff Max)
They do. Well, they've started doing it. It's a, you know, they can turn anything into fitness. They turn ballet exercises into fitness exercises. Oh, is that new? Okay, great. Just like how Pilates used to be just plates. Right. Yeah.
SmartLess
SmartLess Presents ClueLess! 137 - Word Workout (w/ Jeff Max)
Question number six. Remove a letter from a ringer to get the span of a monarchy. Remove a letter from ringer. Rain. Yes, rain. Very good. And now, finally, our last one for this game. Remove a letter from sellout to get a way to mess up someone's hair. Tussle. Yes, very good.
SmartLess
SmartLess Presents ClueLess! 137 - Word Workout (w/ Jeff Max)
Very good. I thought that was going to be the hardest of them. Yeah. But instead, if anything, it was the easiest of them, probably. How about that?
SmartLess
SmartLess Presents ClueLess! 137 - Word Workout (w/ Jeff Max)
How about that? No pain, no gain. Excellent work, but now that we've sweated off all those unsightly extra letters, we've got to find some way to dispose of them. How about we recycle them as today's Megaclue? Megaclue question.
SmartLess
SmartLess Presents ClueLess! 137 - Word Workout (w/ Jeff Max)
To solve the Megaclue, I want you to take the letters you removed from those words, and I'll remind you what they are, and I want you to rearrange them to reveal a piece of workout equipment you could buy a drink from. And the letters are L-B-A-E- B, R, and L. And what's the clue? And the clue is a piece of- Barbell. Well, you don't even get the clue anymore. It's too late.
SmartLess
SmartLess Presents ClueLess! 137 - Word Workout (w/ Jeff Max)
It was a piece of workout equipment you could buy a drink from, and the answer was barbell.
SmartLess
SmartLess Presents ClueLess! 137 - Word Workout (w/ Jeff Max)
No, this time it's just another kind of bar. Let's not lose our pleasing disposition.
SmartLess
SmartLess Presents ClueLess! 137 - Word Workout (w/ Jeff Max)
But first, please welcome the man who's got entertainment in his blood. But don't worry, he's taking something for it. Sean Hayes. Thanks for being here, Sean.
SmartLess
SmartLess Presents ClueLess! 137 - Word Workout (w/ Jeff Max)
We've narrowed it down. Bye-bye. Nice work. Great work, guys. Well, listeners, did you do as well as Sean and Jeff? If so, your steak is free. But before you chow down, make sure you keep a little room for today's cliffhanger puzzle.
SmartLess
SmartLess Presents ClueLess! 137 - Word Workout (w/ Jeff Max)
The cliffhanger puzzle is like if a genie let you wish for more wishes, except you only get one more wish, and it's a puzzle. And today's cliffhanger goes thusly. I'm going to read a sentence to you. Can you replace five parts of this sentence with five uses of the same one word while keeping the meaning of the sentence the same? So again, I'm going to read the sentence to you.
SmartLess
SmartLess Presents ClueLess! 137 - Word Workout (w/ Jeff Max)
I want you to replace five parts of it with the same word while keeping the meaning the same. And that sentence is... After watching a concert and part of a tennis match on my TV, I put dishes on the table, then turned my clock back for daylight saving time. Okay. Again, I'll read you that sentence one more time. Yeah, slower. After...
SmartLess
SmartLess Presents ClueLess! 137 - Word Workout (w/ Jeff Max)
After watching a concert and part of a tennis match on my TV, I put dishes on the table, then turned my clock back for daylight saving time. So for next episode, can you replace five of the parts of that sentence with the same single word and keep the meaning of the sentence the same? Yeah, yeah. Okay, very good.
SmartLess
SmartLess Presents ClueLess! 137 - Word Workout (w/ Jeff Max)
Well, the feds are here, and this time they've got a warrant, so we better bring this episode to a close. But first, I'd like to thank Jeff Max for finding the quickest path to our hearts. And I'd like to thank Sean Hayes for taking a more roundabout route to the heart. He's getting there. He's on his way.
SmartLess
SmartLess Presents ClueLess! 137 - Word Workout (w/ Jeff Max)
And I'd like to thank you, the listeners, for accepting these sound waves into your head right now. Until next time, this has been SmartList Presents Clueless. And I've been your host, Elliot Kalin, saying that by the power vested in me by the Universal Life Church and the state of Montana, I now pronounce you married to whoever you're sitting next to right now. Mazel tov. Very good.
SmartLess
SmartLess Presents ClueLess! 137 - Word Workout (w/ Jeff Max)
Thank you to our partner, Monopoly, for supporting today's episode. Just like Clueless is a shorter, faster show from Smartless Media, Monopoly is introducing three new expansion packs that you add on to Classic Monopoly for fresh twists, faster gameplay, and a modern take on the game you love. I'm talking about Monopoly.
SmartLess
SmartLess Presents ClueLess! 137 - Word Workout (w/ Jeff Max)
Look out for the all-new Buy Everything, Go to Jail, or free parking jackpot expansions to spice up your next game night. Pick your expansion and level up your game, available now on Amazon. Monopoly is a trademark of Hasbro.