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! Subscribe to ClueLess HERE.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. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of SmartLess ad-free and a whole week early. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.
Chapter 1: What is ClueLess and who is hosting this episode?
Hey Smarties, it's Sean Hayes here. You may remember that we launched a new bite-sized game show last year called Clueless. In every episode, our hilarious host, Elliot Kalin, takes me and a friend of mine through a different game, and sometimes they're word puzzles or chains of common phrases, or robots singing songs, we have to guess. It's a whole lot of fun.
Here's an episode that came out today with my good friend, actor and comedian Jeff Max, where we play one of our favorite new games, Word Workout. Check out SmartList Presents Clueless anywhere you get your podcasts. New episodes every Monday and Thursday.
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.
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.
Yeah, I can't get off it. That's the problem. That's the problem. Today, we are joined by an old friend of mine. His name is Jeff Max. We grew up in the theater together. If you heard the previous episode, you would know what I'm talking about. He needs a little slapping around sometimes because we got to keep him real.
Hello.
That's it.
All right. Wow, that's it? That was a very little something.
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?
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Chapter 2: Who are the guests in this episode?
Really? Is that really? By the way, just so you know, and everybody who works on this show, Jeff's signature is, oh, really? What's a drove? A drove of donkeys. Donkeys become droves. Okay, murder is crows, drove is donkeys, school is fish, unkindness is ravens, which is very close to crows, and a never is nothing.
Yeah. And an O'Reilly of Jeff's, I guess, is the... O'Reilly of Jeff's.
Really? This is what we've been missing.
We've never had a guest with a catchphrase before, and I'm very excited about that.
By the way, a catchphrase that caught on in literally 10 seconds. Well, you also have to follow it up with, I never knew. Also, get a couple of drinks in them, and that O'Reilly is about two octaves higher. Probably longer. And about 20 decibels louder. What?
Drinks?
Yeah. Thank you to Monopoly for supporting today's episode. If you're the kind of person who likes to press their luck, like Elliot, the free parking jackpot expansion is your jam. Land on free parking, spin the wheel and boom, cash in big. But don't get too comfortable because it's risky. One spin could have you rolling in money or losing it all.
It's high stakes, fast and definitely for the competitive players.
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.
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