128 - Don’t Say Number One! (w/ Scotty Icenogle, Ali Wentworth, and George Stephanopoulos)

Summary

SmartLess Presents ClueLess – Episode 128: “Don’t Say Number One!” Release Date: February 17, 2025

Hosts and Guests

• Host: Elliott Kaelin, Emmy-winning writer
• Contestant: Sean Hayes
• Guests: Scotty Icenogle (Sean's husband), Ali Wentworth, and George Stephanopoulos

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1. Introduction and Warm-Up (00:00 – 00:58)

Elliott Kaelin opens the episode with a humorous creation myth, blending divine humor with the podcast's puzzle theme:

“In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth... let there be puzzle podcasts. And it was so. This is Clueless.” [00:00]

Sean Hayes joins, adding his witty remarks, establishing a light-hearted and engaging atmosphere:

“I can't believe you write those. It's brilliant.” [00:55]

2. Meet the Guests (00:55 – 01:18)

Elliott introduces the delightful lineup:

“I am here today with Elliot and my husband, Scotty Icenogle, who I love, and our two friends, who we are brilliant and lovely and warm and kind, and I love them very much, Ali Wentworth and George Stephanopoulos.” [00:58]

The guests reciprocate the warm welcome, setting the tone for a friendly competition filled with camaraderie.

3. Cueless Segment: Answering Listener Questions (01:28 – 03:05)

Elliott transitions to the "Cueless" segment, addressing a listener’s query about the previous episode's puzzle:

“When you add two letters, this five-letter word actually becomes shorter. What is it?” [01:47]

Through lively discussion, George and Ally crack the riddle:

“The answer is short. You stepped right into the trap...” [02:28]

This segment showcases the collaborative spirit and quick thinking of the guests.

4. Main Game: Don't Say Number One (03:05 – 16:35)

a. Rules Explanation (03:05 – 04:34)

Elliott unveils the main game, emphasizing its twist on popular survey-based games:

“Don't say number one. If you do, your team's turn is over.” [04:11]

Participants aim to guess survey answers without selecting the top choice, adding a layer of strategy and fun.

b. Round 1: Top Five Pizza Restaurants in the US (04:34 – 06:10)

Sean and Scotty tackle their first survey:

Sean guesses: “Pizza Hut.” [05:24]

Elliott reveals this was indeed the trap, as Pizza Hut was the top answer they were instructed not to say:

“I'm sorry. You stepped right into the trap...” [05:37]

Their humorous reactions highlight the challenge's difficulty.

c. Round 2: Top Five Wine-Producing Countries (06:10 – 07:54)

Ali and George take the stage to guess wine-producing nations, navigating through Elliott's tricky clues:

George suggests: “Italy.” [07:20]

Elliott confirms Italy as the number one producer, once again catching them in the rule:

“It is so obvious that it was number one.” [07:50]

The round underscores the prevalence of obvious choices in such surveys.

d. Round 3: Top Five Dream Jobs (07:54 – 10:35)

Back to Sean and Scotty, they guess attainable dream jobs:

Sean and Scotty's guesses: “Doctor,” “Lawyer,” “Actor.” [08:25 – 09:44]

While some answers land, others like "Actor" don’t make the list, leading to playful frustration:

“Expressing confidence... Such confidence.” [13:05]

Elliott reveals the actual top dream jobs, including “Pilot” as number one, much to Sean’s surprise.

e. Round 4: Top Five Sexiest Men's Uniforms (10:35 – 14:36)

Ali and George engage with another survey, guessing appealing uniforms:

George: “Police uniforms” influenced by personal experiences. [11:43]

Despite their efforts, many guesses miss the mark, leading to laughter and camaraderie.

f. Mega Clue: Top 15 Sexiest Foods (14:36 – 16:35)

The final and most challenging segment allows participants to guess from a broader list:

Sean and Scotty guess: “Sushi,” “Tartare.” [13:17 – 13:22]

George and Ally attempt: “Strawberries,” “Chocolate Sauce.” [13:51 – 14:09]

Elliott reveals the extensive and eclectic list, highlighting favorites like “Chocolate,” “Chili Peppers,” and “Ribeye Steak,” leaving guests amused and amazed.

5. Conclusion and Final Thoughts (16:35 – 16:35)

With scores tallying Sean and Scotty leading by one point, Elliott praises all participants:

“All four of you are number one in my heart...” [16:35]

He teases the next episode’s cliffhanger puzzle, building anticipation without revealing the answer.

6. Cliffhanger Puzzle (16:35 – 16:02)

Elliott poses a brain teaser for listeners:

“Take the six-letter name of a popular wafer-based treat, reverse the first three letters, then reverse the last three letters. When you say the new word aloud, it will sound just like a different popular treat, only this time it's minty fresh.” [15:53]

Guests speculate but agree to reveal the answer in the next episode, maintaining suspense.

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Notable Quotes:

• Sean Hayes: “I can’t believe you write those. It’s brilliant.” [00:55]
• George Stephanopoulos: “Or ending it all together. Yeah, that’s true.” [01:24]
• Elliott Kaelin: “Don’t say number one. This is a team versus team game...” [04:11]
• Sean Hayes: “So it’s the opposite of Family Feud.” [04:14]
• Elliott Kaelin: “Pizza Hut is number one. I'm sorry. You stepped right into the trap...” [05:37]
• George Stephanopoulos: “I would like to talk to the people that did the survey.” [07:35]
• Elliott Kaelin: “Law enforcement was on there. Also pharmacist.” [10:19]
• Sean Hayes: “But shop doctor makes this list.” [12:11]
• Elliott Kaelin: “Pumpkin seeds. Sweet potatoes. Are you kidding me.” [14:08]

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Final Thoughts

Episode 128 of "SmartLess Presents ClueLess" delivers a captivating blend of puzzles, humor, and engaging conversation. Elliott Kaelin masterfully guides the guests through a series of challenging surveys, fostering both competition and cooperation. The dynamic interplay between Sean, Scotty, Ali, and George ensures an entertaining and insightful experience for listeners. As the episode wraps with a tantalizing cliffhanger puzzle, anticipation builds for the next installment, promising more brain-teasing fun.

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For more episodes and engaging puzzle challenges, subscribe to "SmartLess Presents ClueLess" on your favorite podcast platform. Stay tuned and keep your wits sharp!

Transcript

[Elliot Kaelin]

Smart. Bless me. In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth, and the earth was without form and void. And God wished he had something to listen to while he gave the earth form and void. And God said, let there be puzzle podcasts. And it was so. This is Clueless.

[Sean Hayes]

Nice.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Clueless. Clue. Clueless.

[Sean Hayes]

I'm Clueless.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Welcome to Smartless Presents. Clueless, the world's greatest Sean Hayes puzzle podcast, and also the world's only Sean Hayes puzzle podcast. I'm your host, Elliot Kaelin. And I'm not an animal. I'm a human being. And now, please welcome the man who confessed to putting the bomp in the bomp. A bomp. A bomp. But denies charges that he put the ram in the Rama Lammading dong. Sean Hayes.

[Sean Hayes]

I can't believe you write those. It's brilliant.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Thank you.

[Sean Hayes]

So I am here today with Elliot and my husband, Scotty Eisenogle, who I love, and our two friends, who we are brilliant and lovely and warm and kind, and I love them very much. Ally Wentworth and George Stephanopoulos, thank you for being here today. Thank you.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Thanks so much for joining us again. There's so much love in this room. It's really. It's palpable. I have to open a window. In fact, it's too much of it.

[Sean Hayes]

It'll end shortly.

[Elliot Kaelin]

That's true. The games have a way of cutting love down to size.

[George Stephanopoulos]

Or ending it all together. Yeah, that's true.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Well, before we wreck some marriages, we've got to reveal last episode's cliffhanger Puzzle. But before we do that, it's time for a new segment called Cueless, where we answer questions from listeners. Today's question comes from Audrey in Ridgefield, Washington, who writes, dear Clueless, I just have to ask, what is the answer to last episode's cliffhanger puzzle?

[Sean Hayes]

Nice.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Well, we're about to do that anyway. Kind of a waste of a question, Audrey. So we have to retool this segment, figure out how to make it work. Anyway, last episode's cliffhanger was a linguistic brain teaser that went. When you add two letters, this five letter word actually becomes shorter. What is it? What is that word?

[Sean Hayes]

This five letter word. When you add two letters. When you add two letters, five letter words. I see what I think it is. I think it's a trick. And it says, this five letter word becomes the word shorter.

[Elliot Kaelin]

So what would that five letter word be?

[George Stephanopoulos]

Bigger.

[Ally Wentworth]

Short.

[Elliot Kaelin]

You're right, George. The answer is short. There we go.

[Sean Hayes]

Wait. But you didn't add two letters.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

Er.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Er makes it shorter. When you add two letters, it becomes shorter.

[Sean Hayes]

Oh, I see. Nice.

[Elliot Kaelin]

That was a great team effort. Sean was like, I figured out how to do it, but I haven't done it. And George was like, I'll just do it, then. I'll just take care of it.

[Sean Hayes]

Exactly right.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Listeners at home, did you know the answer? If not, that's okay. It means you're not sneaking into my house at night and stealing the answers to the riddles. And I thank you for doing that.

[Ally Wentworth]

I come by that answer honestly.

[Elliot Kaelin]

I'm check the security tape storage and just make sure you weren't sneaking in.

[George Stephanopoulos]

And taking that answers. Put attention on that.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Besides, there's nothing wrong with coming in last, everybody. Especially in today's main game. It's called don't say number one.

[Sean Hayes]

Oh.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Don't say number one.

[Sean Hayes]

Oh. That's it.

[Elliot Kaelin]

There it is.

[Sean Hayes]

Amazing.

[Elliot Kaelin]

The buildup really made me think there was going to be more. There was going to be more to it. Yeah. Today's game proves that being number one is overrated. I have a stack of surveys in front of me. These are surveys, polls, whatever you want to call them. I'm going to read you the subject of the survey and then I want you to guess the answers on the survey. However, I do not want you to guess the number one answer. If you do, your team's turn is over. This is a team versus team game, and I will move on to the other team. For each correct guess of something on the survey list, you get a point. If you guess something that didn't make the survey, that's okay. Once. But if you have two guesses of things that are not actually on the survey, you're done and we go on to the next.

[Sean Hayes]

Okay. Got it.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yeah.

[Sean Hayes]

So it's the opposite of Family Feud.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Exactly. You don't want the number 1 1. This is family get. Get along. Families get together. Yeah.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

Family tolerate.

[Sean Hayes]

Yeah.

[Elliot Kaelin]

So we have four possible surveys, and the team with the most points will get a chance to solve today's mega clue. What a prize. What a reward. You're going to be so excited. What a thing worth competing for.

[Sean Hayes]

God, I wonder what you get if you didn't get it right. Do you get any kind of consolation.

[George Stephanopoulos]

If you don't get it right? You get four nights, five days in Aruba at the wonderful Raffles Hotel.

[Elliot Kaelin]

That's right, Raffles. We don't want the best. We want number two.

[Sean Hayes]

How do you have that at the ready? Okay, here we go.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Team number one. Let's make team number one, Sean and Scotty. How about that?

[Sean Hayes]

Okay.

[Elliot Kaelin]

This is their house. They get to go first. Here is your first survey. The top five pizza restaurants in the United States based on sales, according to Food Industry News. But don't say. Don't say the number one answer. What are the top five pizza restaurants in the US Based on sales, avoiding the number one.

[Sean Hayes]

Okay, so I'm just having a conversation with Scotty. I'm not saying this is the answer.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yes, yes.

[Sean Hayes]

I think the number one is Domino's. So don't say Domino's.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

I agree.

[Sean Hayes]

So I would say Pizza Hut.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

Pizza Hut.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Pizza Hut is number one. I'm sorry. You stepped right into the trap, and you were thinking so clearly through it.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

Oh, my God. We really.

[Sean Hayes]

Oh, my God.

[Elliot Kaelin]

That's my bad right off the bat.

[Ally Wentworth]

And you're from the Midwest. You guys voted for.

[Sean Hayes]

I have Pizza Hut inside of me right now. Wait a minute.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yes. Domino's was number two. Domino's number two, Papa John's number three. Number four, Little Caesars number five. Something called Papa Murphy's Take and Bake, which I've never.

[Sean Hayes]

Never heard of. That sounds like a gummy.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yeah, it does.

[George Stephanopoulos]

You would know.

[Sean Hayes]

I sure would.

[Elliot Kaelin]

So that's what's in your system right now. Is Gummies and Pizza Hut.

[Sean Hayes]

Good to know 100%.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

He's got to get through it.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yeah, that's true.

[George Stephanopoulos]

Throw a little tuna salad and a potato chip, and that's Thanksgiving for Sean.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

May.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Ali, and George, you'll take on the next survey. Okay, according to the International Organization of Vine and Wine, what are the top five countries that produce the most wine? Don't say the number one. One. But what are the other four of the top five countries that produce the most wine?

[George Stephanopoulos]

All right, so we have France, Italy, America.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Are these your answers or your.

[George Stephanopoulos]

No, no, we're talking.

[Ally Wentworth]

Here's the first answer. Germany.

[Elliot Kaelin]

That's your first answer.

[Ally Wentworth]

Yeah.

[Elliot Kaelin]

That is not on the list. So you have one more potential. Not on the lister.

[George Stephanopoulos]

Hi. Maybe I should do the next one. Right.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Okay.

[Sean Hayes]

Got it.

[George Stephanopoulos]

Since we were having a conversation and you went rogue and just threw something out.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Okay.

[George Stephanopoulos]

America.

[Elliot Kaelin]

America is one of your answers? Yes, that's an answer. Yes, that's one of them.

[Sean Hayes]

How many are there? Four or five?

[Elliot Kaelin]

There are four. Because you don't want to say number one. America is number four on the list.

[Sean Hayes]

Okay.

[Ally Wentworth]

Okay. I mean, which. I don't want to get number one.

[George Stephanopoulos]

I know, but don't you think number one's France?

[Ally Wentworth]

I'm not sure, probably. But.

[George Stephanopoulos]

So let's say Italy.

[Ally Wentworth]

Let's say Italy.

[George Stephanopoulos]

Italy.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Oh, I've got some bad news for you. Italy is number one on that list. They make more wine in Italy than in France by only by, like, a billion more liters.

[George Stephanopoulos]

But what else is on the list? Australia.

[Elliot Kaelin]

The rest of the list. Italy. Number one. Then France, Spain, the United States, and Argentina.

[Sean Hayes]

Wow. Wow. I thought for sure Italy was so obvious that it wouldn't be number one.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Mm. But it is so obvious that it was number one.

[Sean Hayes]

Yeah. How about that little twist?

[Scotty Eisenogle]

Turns out.

[Elliot Kaelin]

So the score is now 1 0. Back to the team with zero points. That's Sean and Scotty. Sean and Scotty, this is your survey. According to the New York Post, New York's favorite source for pun headlines, what are the top five dream jobs from around the world? Hint, they're attainable jobs. They're not fantasy jobs like tech billionaire, space guy, or dinosaur handler.

[Sean Hayes]

These are really like, when you're a kid, you're like, what do you want to be when you grow up? That kind of thing.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Exactly, Exactly. The top five dream jobs. Again, don't say the number one one, but what else do you need to do?

[Sean Hayes]

Well, this is interesting because, Scotty, I think it, you know, it depends on who the New York Post asked, but it would probably be like, you know, kids would say, I want to be famous. I want to be a social media thing, whatever.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

Social media influencer.

[Sean Hayes]

Influencer, yeah. So I bet you that's probably number one, don't you think?

[Scotty Eisenogle]

Yeah, I would think. Influencer or. Yeah.

[Sean Hayes]

What about veterinarian?

[Scotty Eisenogle]

Veterinarian. Let's say it.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Veterinarian is not on the list. That's a kind of job on here. That's a good guess. That's an attainable real job.

[Sean Hayes]

So doctor. So doctor is on the list. We're going to say doctor because it's not number one.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Nurse is on the list. I'm going to say that's medical professional.

[Ally Wentworth]

Doctor is not the same thing as a nurse.

[Elliot Kaelin]

You're not. George, this is a big controversy in the nursing community. I don't think we want to get involved.

[Sean Hayes]

Can you mute my upper left box on zoom? All right, so. So, doctor. So another one that everybody wants to be.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

I mean, I mean, a lawyer.

[Sean Hayes]

Lawyer.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

Lawyer.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Lawyer is on there. That's right. They say attorney, but that's a lawyer. Unless George has an issue with us. Attorney is.

[Ally Wentworth]

Dr. And nurse are not synonyms. But keep going.

[Sean Hayes]

It's okay. All right, so George is.

[Elliot Kaelin]

George is feeling a lot of confidence. After nailing that cliffhanger, there's a couple more answers that you could still get.

[Sean Hayes]

What about actor? What about actor?

[Scotty Eisenogle]

I say actor. Yeah.

[Elliot Kaelin]

No, unfortunately, actor is not on there. So that's two strikes.

[George Stephanopoulos]

No one wants to do that.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

Apparently not the big dream. Why?

[Elliot Kaelin]

Why would they? George and Ally, would you like to try for any of the remaining ones? But remember, you can't say the top one. These are the top five dream jobs from around the world, according to the New York Post. The ones already said were attorney and nurse. Doctor. Doctor. Nurse.

[George Stephanopoulos]

Computer analyst.

[Ally Wentworth]

I was gonna say computer programmer.

[Elliot Kaelin]

No, not on the list.

[Sean Hayes]

Wow.

[Elliot Kaelin]

And so that's the end of that survey. But I'll tell you the ones that you guys didn't get.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

Yes, please.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Law enforcement was on there.

[Sean Hayes]

Yeah, like a cop.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Also pharmacist. A good stable job. That's a good job. Pharmacist.

[Ally Wentworth]

Pharmacist is in the top five.

[Elliot Kaelin]

That's in the top five. And number one. Pilot. Pilot was the number one dream job.

[Sean Hayes]

Everybody wants to fly a plane. Wow.

[George Stephanopoulos]

I would like to talk to the people that did the survey.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Coming up. This is the final survey of this game. Let's go back to George and Allie. To start, according to 94.3 the point.com, a website that I'm not also not familiar with, what are the top five sexiest men's uniforms? Okay. According to this poll, the top five sexiest men's uniforms. Again, don't say the first one. The number one. Yes, Allie.

[George Stephanopoulos]

What was this? Might be number one. Whatever Richard Gere wore in an office original. What was that?

[Sean Hayes]

We gotta get that.

[Ally Wentworth]

Whites.

[George Stephanopoulos]

Yeah. What's that? Navy.

[Sean Hayes]

Navy, like military something? Yeah.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Is your answer, like kind of military uniform?

[George Stephanopoulos]

Well, I don't know, Elliot.

[Ally Wentworth]

I would go military because I'm guessing police is number one. But who knows? Sexiest military.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Military uniform was number one, unfortunately.

[George Stephanopoulos]

Elliot, you made us say that. You kept saying do what? Is that what you're going to say? One of the tricks.

[Elliot Kaelin]

One of the tricks of a. Of a game show host who's trying to get the game to move along is to an answer.

[George Stephanopoulos]

George, I know why you thought cop.

[Ally Wentworth]

Why?

[George Stephanopoulos]

Well, because every time I have a stripper come, she's dressed as a cop.

[Sean Hayes]

I see. I got it.

[George Stephanopoulos]

That makes sense. With sexiness.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

That totally tracks.

[Sean Hayes]

Well, that makes sense, especially if they're in your living room.

[Elliot Kaelin]

I'm guessing military uniform was number one on the list, followed by fireman, football player, policeman and doctor. Not nurse or pharmacist.

[Sean Hayes]

But shop doctor makes this list.

[Elliot Kaelin]

People don't want to be a doctor, but they do want to be near a doctor, I guess is what we're learning from this.

[Devin Tory Bryant]

Don't say number one.

[Elliot Kaelin]

We don't have any more surveys, but we do have the mega clue. Mega clue question. That's right. There's the mega clue for this game. The score right now is 2 to 1. Sean and Scotty have a small lead. Call out the answers. Do not say the number one answer for another survey. And this is a bigger survey and I'm gonna try to keep track of it as best as I can. LifeExtension.com doesn't sound sketchy to me at all. Compiled a list of the top 15 sexiest foods. These are not sexiest uniforms, but foods.

[Sean Hayes]

Sexiest foods.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Because you have the most points going into this. Sean and Scotty, I'm gonna give you a chance to name as many of the top 15 sexiest foods as you can. But do not say the number one answer. And then I'm going to turn it over to Ali and George. Again, if you say the number one or if you get two that are not on the list, since this is a mega clue, I'm gonna give everyone a shot at it. So, Scotty and sean, the top 15 sexiest foods. What do you think's on that list? But don't say the first one. Don't say the first one.

[Sean Hayes]

Tartare. Any tartar?

[Scotty Eisenogle]

Anything tartare. Sushi.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Should we just say sushi?

[Sean Hayes]

Sushi.

[Elliot Kaelin]

You so quickly, so quickly named two that were not on the list. So.

[Sean Hayes]

Okay. Really?

[Elliot Kaelin]

Such confidence. Such confidence. Tartare. I guess people don't find, what, raw beef as sexy as you guys or raw fish. You love raw fish. I guess that's what it is. Yeah. Uncooked food. Raw fish you find very attractive. So, George, Ally, to try to take the lead and win the game, can you name at least one of the foods on the top 15 sexiest food list? But not the first one. Not number one. Strawberries.

[George Stephanopoulos]

Chocolate sauce. Chocolate sauce. No. Strawberries could be number one. Chocolate sauce. Honey.

[Elliot Kaelin]

It's a perfect storm of wrong answers. Yeah. Strawberries is not on the list. And chocolate is number one.

[Ally Wentworth]

Strawberries isn't on the list.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Strawberries are not on the list. There's some surprising ones on this list.

[Ally Wentworth]

I knew chocolate would be number one.

[George Stephanopoulos]

You're kidding me.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

Wow.

[Elliot Kaelin]

On the list we find chocolate is number one. Then chili peppers, oysters, pomegranates, figs, arugula. Somehow Avocado. Pumpkin seeds, apparently. For nursery rhymes. I guess maca, which is a sweet root vegetable referred to as the food of the gods by the Incas.

[Ally Wentworth]

This list is ridiculous.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Pumpkin seeds. Sweet potatoes. Are you kidding me? Red wine. Garlic. Ribeye steak specifically. And ginseng.

[Sean Hayes]

So, Scotty, I'm going to feed you so many pumpkin seeds later, I want to give you diverticulitis. Really bad.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

Fantastic.

[Elliot Kaelin]

After four rounds and one mega clue, the score remains two to one. Sean and Scotty, you win by one point. Congratulations on that. But all, all four of you are number one in my heart, even if that's technically against the rules of the game. But I'm not afraid to be a rebel. You're all number one. That's fine. Listeners at home, did you do as well as Sean and his guests? If so, it might be because you are sneaking into my home at night and stealing the answers. Please stop doing that. I just. It's not helpful for any of us. At least don't do it right now or you'll miss this episode's cliffhanger puzzle. The cliffhanger puzzle is like gaming tantric style. A single riddle can last for days. Continuing the pretty adult theme of this episode, today's puzzle will test your knowledge of the supermarket snack aisle. Thusly, take the six letter name of a popular wafer based treat, Reverse the first three letters, then reverse the last three letters. When you say the new word aloud, it will sound just like a different popular treat, only this time it's minty fresh.

[Sean Hayes]

Minty fresh.

[Elliot Kaelin]

What are these two treats?

[Ally Wentworth]

Oh, I know what it is.

[George Stephanopoulos]

What?

[Sean Hayes]

Hang on. Don't say it yet.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Don't say it yet. Don't say it yet.

[Sean Hayes]

Say it at the top of the next episode.

[Elliot Kaelin]

George. George, I believe you. I think you've got it. But we've got to save it for the next episode or the audience won't show up. Or perhaps they will. That's the kind of cliffhanger mystery we'll find out next episode. Because now it's time to say welcome to the end of the episode. But before you turn off this podcast and I assume your ears, please use them to hear me say thank you to Allie Wentworth, George Stephanopoulos and Scotty Eisenachal for truly being the best guests that we can imagine. And I'd also like to thank Sean Hayes for being the best star of the show that we could ever hope for on such short notice in this budget.

[Sean Hayes]

This has been the truth.

[Elliot Kaelin]

This has been Smartless Presents Clueless. And I've been your host, Elliot Kaelin reminding you to keep watching the skies and if you see my keys up there, please tell me. Thank you.

[Devin Tory Bryant]

Good Clueless, you have been listening to Smartless presents Clueless, a Smartless Media production in association with SiriusXM. Your host host is Elliot Kaelin who also writes our scripts. Your constant contestant is Sean Hayes with those blue blue eyes. Your producer, editor and engineer is Devin Tory Bryant who is me. I also write all the music and sound effects assistant engineer Kyle McGraw. Today's puzzles were written by Josh Richmond and Kevin Lehman. Talent producer is Anne Harris. Associate Producer Matty McCann Social media producer Tommy Galgano. Executive producers are Elliot Kaelin, Sean Hayes, Will Arnett and Jason Bateman. Executive producers for Smartless Media are Richard Corson and BE Kaminsky. Remember to follow, subscribe, rate and review the show. It really helps. That's all for now. We will see you again for More.

[Elliot Kaelin]

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