140 - Linkuistics (w/ Scotty Icenogle)

Summary

SmartLess Presents ClueLess - Episode 140: "Linquistics" (w/ Scotty Icenogle)
Release Date: March 31, 2025

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Introduction and Welcome

In the 140th episode of SmartLess Presents ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan welcomes back his charismatic co-host, Scotty Icenogle, for another round of puzzling challenges and playful banter. The episode kicks off with a humorous casting announcement where Sean Hayes humorously replaces Ralph Fiennes in a theatrical role, setting a lighthearted tone for the session.

Elliott Kalan [00:45]: "Welcome to Smartless presents Clueless, the only podcast that promises you three puzzles per episode and just as many laughs."

Solving the Previous Cliffhanger Puzzle

Elliott dives straight into engaging the audience with the resolution of the previous episode's cliffhanger puzzle: "Elliott Kalan doesn't not, not, not dislike disco. So does he like disco?" This complex riddle challenges listeners to navigate multiple negations to uncover the truth.

Elliott Kalan [02:32]: "So does he like disco?"

Scotty attempts to dissect the layered negatives, initially struggling with the logical implications. After a back-and-forth analysis, he confidently concludes that Elliott does not like disco based on the puzzle's structure, despite Elliott's real-life affinity for the genre.

Scotty Icenogle [03:18]: "I'm just going to say he likes disco."

Elliott humorously corrects Scotty, revealing the puzzle's intended answer while admitting his genuine love for disco.

Elliott Kalan [03:34]: "Finally, Elliott Kahlen in the Cliffhanger puzzle does not like disco."

Main Game: Linquistics

The episode's main attraction is the intellectually stimulating game titled Linquistics, a clever twist on the word "linguistics." This game tests the participants' ability to create seamless chains of compound words or two-word phrases, enhancing both their vocabulary and quick-thinking skills.

Elliott explains the game's mechanics using an example:

Elliott Kalan [09:22]: "Aaron is given the starting word water, and the first letter of the next word is B. He guesses Beth, which is wrong. So Beth gets the next letter of the word E. She guesses bed, wins the point."

The competition heats up as Scotty and Sean engage in rapid word chaining, showcasing their prowess and quick reflexes. Highlights include:

• Moonwalk: Scotty successfully connects "blue" to "moonwalk," demonstrating his confident gameplay.

  Elliott Kalan [11:56]: "Moonwalk. Very good, Sean."

• Mankind: Transitioning smoothly from "walk" to "mankind," Scotty shows his expertise.

  Scotty Icenogle [12:29]: "Man... K. I. Mankind."

• Kind Bar: A playful exchange leads to the phrase "kind bar," emphasizing the game's creative demands.

  Elliott Kalan [13:06]: "Yes. Kind. Bar. Exactly."

Throughout the game, the hosts exchange witty remarks, keeping the atmosphere lively and engaging.

Scotty Icenogle [12:25]: "I feel like we're at the end of the episode."

Mega Clue Puzzle

As the excitement builds, Elliott introduces the Mega Clue Puzzle, worth a whopping 300 points, intensifying the competition.

Elliott Kalan [15:49]: "For today's mega clue, both of you will have..."

The challenge requires participants to link the final word "date" back to the starting word "blue" using no more than three intermediary words. Scotty initially grapples with the puzzle, reflecting the challenge's complexity.

Scotty Icenogle [17:07]: "If I could replace all the clue words with my own words, that would be great."

In a display of quick reasoning, Sean triumphantly solves the puzzle by connecting "date night" → "night sky" → "sky blue," securing a decisive advantage.

Elliott Kalan [17:58]: "And sky blue. The minimum number of words necessary. Nice work, Sean."

Sean's strategic thinking not only wins him the mega clue but also underscores his exceptional puzzle-solving skills.

Final Cliffhanger Puzzle

Before wrapping up, Elliott presents a tantalizing cliffhanger puzzle to maintain audience engagement for the next episode.

Elliott Kalan [15:49]: "The words in this group are education, tambourine, sequoia, miscellaneous, multimillionaire. Which of the following options belongs in that group: automobile, buttermilk, weightlifter, or undergarment?"

This puzzle encourages listeners to identify a common linguistic or thematic link among the given words, setting the stage for continued intrigue.

Conclusion

The episode concludes with a summary of the game's outcomes, highlighting Scotty's commendable efforts and Sean's dominance in both the main game and the mega clue. Elliott's humorous remarks about Scotty's persistence add a final layer of camaraderie and entertainment.

Scotty Icenogle [15:30]: "Team effort."

Elliott Kalan [18:19]: "Unfortunately, it's not a team. They are against each other."

As promised, the episode delivers a blend of intellectual challenges and lighthearted interactions, making it a must-listen for puzzle enthusiasts and fans of witty banter alike.

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Notable Quotes:

• Elliott Kalan [02:32]: "Does he like disco?"
• Scotty Icenogle [03:18]: "I'm just going to say he likes disco."
• Elliott Kalan [03:34]: "Elliott Kahlen in the Cliffhanger puzzle does not like disco."
• Elliott Kalan [09:22]: "Aaron is given the starting word water..."
• Scotty Icenogle [12:25]: "I feel like we're at the end of the episode."
• Elliott Kalan [17:58]: "Sky blue. The minimum number of words necessary. Nice work, Sean."

This episode of SmartLess Presents ClueLess masterfully combines challenging puzzles with engaging dialogue, ensuring listeners are both entertained and intellectually stimulated.

Transcript

[Elliot Kaelin]

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[Sean Hayes]

Bless me.

[Elliot Kaelin]

We'd like to start today's show with a casting announcement. The part of Sean Hayes, which was originally to be played by Ralph Fiennes, will be today played by. By Sean Hayes. We apologize for any disappointment. This is Clueless.

[Sean Hayes]

Clueless.

[Scotty Eisenhogel]

Clueless. I'm Clueless.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Welcome to Smartless presents Clueless, the only podcast that promises you three puzzles per episode and just as many laughs. I'm your host, Elliot Kaelin. Battery's not included. Some assembly required. Please join me in welcoming the man who ran away to join the circus when he was only 35 years old, Sean Hayes.

[Scotty Eisenhogel]

Bo. It sure seems like it, doesn't it? Joining me today is the incomparable, incredibly intelligent, kind, sweet, handsome, friendly, lovely, handsome devil devil bandit, Scotty Eisenhogel. Perfect. What a pleasure to meet you and thank you for being here today.

[Unknown]

Thank you for having me. I hope I can bring the intelligence.

[Scotty Eisenhogel]

Today, because I'm sure not.

[Unknown]

All right.

[Elliot Kaelin]

I was quite. That was quite a buildup. I love it when a relationship can be described in as many adjectives as possible. When you just. You know that. You know that, Sean. That. That Scotty's love language is adjectives and descriptors.

[Scotty Eisenhogel]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Elliot Kaelin]

It's really wonderful.

[Scotty Eisenhogel]

Well, I left out argumentative.

[Unknown]

Controlling, opinionated.

[Scotty Eisenhogel]

Yeah, yeah.

[Sean Hayes]

Mm.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Scotty, thank you so much for joining us again. It's wonderful to have you.

[Unknown]

Yes, thank you for having me.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Thank you, as always, for being here, because without you, where would we be here but without you listeners at home, if this is your first episode of Clueless, I have two things to say to you. First, how dare you? You should be ashamed of yourself. And second, we start every episode by answering the cliffhanger puzzle from the end of the previous episode. Last episode's cliffhanger was a negatory riddle about me that went thusly. Elliot Kaelin doesn't not, not, not dislike disco. So does he like disco?

[Scotty Eisenhogel]

All right, so we're going to talk this one out. Scotty. Ready?

[Unknown]

Yes.

[Scotty Eisenhogel]

So Ellie and Kaelyn doesn't not, not not. Okay, so wait. But wait. Doesn't not means he likes it.

[Unknown]

Well, why don't you take it one step back? Doesn't dislike disco means that he likes disco.

[Scotty Eisenhogel]

Right.

[Unknown]

Okay, so now add the second knot or the, you know, the first not word.

[Scotty Eisenhogel]

Yeah.

[Unknown]

But, okay, so therefore, he doesn't like disco.

[Scotty Eisenhogel]

Yeah.

[Unknown]

So now go to the second. Now go to the first. Not.

[Scotty Eisenhogel]

Yeah, yeah. After.

[Unknown]

As a. After. Doesn't.

[Scotty Eisenhogel]

Okay.

[Unknown]

That means he doesn't like disco.

[Scotty Eisenhogel]

Doesn't. Does, and then doesn't.

[Unknown]

Then the second one means that he does. So I'm going to say he does.

[Scotty Eisenhogel]

No, that doesn't make sense, what you just said.

[Unknown]

I think it does.

[Scotty Eisenhogel]

It does not. Here's what I hears. What I think I'm going to screw all of the logic to figure this out. Eliot Kaelin's one of the nicest people on the face of the earth, so I'm just going to say he likes disco.

[Elliot Kaelin]

All right. Is that your answer for this riddle?

[Unknown]

Yeah, that was my answer, too.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Okay, listeners, unfortunately, the Elliott Kahlen in the Cliffhanger puzzle does not like disco. The knots and the discs cancel each other out. The fact is, I'm so dedicated to this podcast that I told you that riddle, even though the truth is, in real life, I do like disco.

[Scotty Eisenhogel]

Of course you do.

[Elliot Kaelin]

See, of course.

[Scotty Eisenhogel]

Everybody does.

[Elliot Kaelin]

It gets your blood pumping, gets your feet tapping. It's amazing. That beat. It's amazing. I never let reality get in the way of a good puzzle. That's my motto. Reality, get out of the way. It's puzzles in this place.

[Scotty Eisenhogel]

Can you talk us through it?

[Elliot Kaelin]

Okay, so, Scotty, that was an interesting way you were doing it. So the way I like to do it is I say, okay, I start from the end. Dislike disco. He doesn't like it. Not. Dislike disco. He likes it. Not not. Dislike disco. He doesn't like it. Not not, not. Dislike disco. He likes it, doesn't not, not, not disappoint. Dislike disco. He doesn't like it. So that's how I would do it. Is I would work backwards.

[Unknown]

I just realized I left off a knot in my list. That's what it was. Otherwise it would have happened.

[Scotty Eisenhogel]

Right, because you had three. That's what I was saying. There was three. You only said two.

[Unknown]

I know. All right, all right, that's enough of that.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Well, now that. Now that your. Your marriage has been irreparably harmed by this puzzle.

[Scotty Eisenhogel]

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[Elliot Kaelin]

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[Elliot Kaelin]

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[Elliot Kaelin]

Device into eligible carrier and timely redemption. Required card has no cash access and expires in six months. Listeners at home did you get the answer? If so, I'm impressed. That was a real brain twister. In fact, you probably have a headache right now. So quickly run some detangler through your cerebellum because it's time for today's main game. Linquistics.

[Sean Hayes]

Linguistics. Linguistics. Lingqistics.

[Elliot Kaelin]

What does it mean?

[Sean Hayes]

You take half a word or phrase and you try to complete it. Linguistics is beginning when you hear the drum beat.

[Unknown]

I hear it.

[Scotty Eisenhogel]

Oh my God.

[Unknown]

My God.

[Scotty Eisenhogel]

The 17 minute song.

[Elliot Kaelin]

I like a song. It reminds me of when movies used to have raps at the end of the movie in the credits. That would explain the plot of the movie you just saw. And with bloopers.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Ye with flippers underneath the oh, what a beautiful time to be alive. Linguistics is a competitive game that, as the song said, will test your ability to keep a word chain going. We're gonna give one of you a word that starts a two word phrase or compound word. We'll give you the word and the first letter of the word that follows it. If you can name the second word, you get a point. If not, your opponent will have a chance to guess the word. And we'll make it easier for them by revealing the word's next letter.

[Scotty Eisenhogel]

I love it.

[Elliot Kaelin]

So, for example, Aaron and Beth are playing against each other. Our friends Aaron and Beth, you know them.

[Scotty Eisenhogel]

I love them.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Aaron is given a starting word. Yeah, they're wonderful. They're good at this game. Aaron is given the starting word water, and the first letter of the next word, B. He guesses Beth, which is wrong. So Beth gets the next letter of the word E. So they know it's water. B. E she guesses bed, wins the point. Now has to guess the word that follows bed, starting with H. She guesses head, which is correct, wins another point, gets to keep guessing until she misses a word. There are 14 words to guess, so I shouldn't spend that much more time explaining it, but. Yes. Sean, do you have a question?

[Scotty Eisenhogel]

No, I was just going to say I feel like we're at the end of the episode.

[Elliot Kaelin]

It's the game that takes more time to explain than to play. Like all good games.

[Sean Hayes]

Lingqistics. Lingqistics.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Okay, we'll start with the first player, which is whoever is quickest to say the word razzmatazz. As soon as I finish this sentence.

[Scotty Eisenhogel]

Oh, nice.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Which one else? Oh.

[Unknown]

Oh. Oh, God. I was thinking it was coming after the.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Okay, so Sean. Got it. Wonderful, Sean, as always with that kind of stuff. But you're gonna do great, Scotty. So. All right. Okay, let's begin. Sean, your starting word is blue. And the first letter of the next word is M. So a phrase or compound word. Blue. M. Okay.

[Scotty Eisenhogel]

Blue. M. M. Blue. Blue. Man.

[Elliot Kaelin]

No. So it goes to. Scotty. Scotty, I'm gonna add another letter for you. That's blue. Mo. Blue.

[Unknown]

Moon.

[Elliot Kaelin]

You got it, Scotty.

[Scotty Eisenhogel]

Look at that confidence coming through the microphone.

[Elliot Kaelin]

That was. He knew it and he said it. And he wasn't afraid. No.

[Unknown]

And I was nodding away. I was like, yep.

[Elliot Kaelin]

So starting with moon. Now the next word starts with W. Moon.

[Scotty Eisenhogel]

Rasmusaz.

[Elliot Kaelin]

No, no, shiny.

[Scotty Eisenhogel]

I'm kidding. I'm kidding. I'm kidding.

[Unknown]

Moon. W. You said yes. All right, the confidence is gone. Moon. Whisper. I don't know.

[Elliot Kaelin]

No, Sean. So it's moon. Wa.

[Scotty Eisenhogel]

I knew you were going to say moon wash. Moon wash is my answer.

[Elliot Kaelin]

No, it's not Moonwatch. Scotty, I'll give you one more letter. We'll throw it back to you. Moon. W, A, L. Oh.

[Scotty Eisenhogel]

Does it come back to me?

[Elliot Kaelin]

It will if Scotty gets it wrong.

[Unknown]

Oh, my gosh. I'm feeling inept at this moment. Moon Wall. Waller. I don't know.

[Elliot Kaelin]

No, not moon Waller.

[Scotty Eisenhogel]

Sean, the last letter is a K.

[Elliot Kaelin]

You got that right. What is the word?

[Scotty Eisenhogel]

Moonwalk.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Moonwalk. Very good, Sean.

[Unknown]

Moon walk. Good Lord. Okay.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Now, Sean, you will continue, then walk. And the next word starts with M. Walk.

[Scotty Eisenhogel]

Man.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yep, you got it. Okay, so man. And the next word starts with K. Man. Man.

[Scotty Eisenhogel]

You know it. Scotty. Scotty. I do.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Gave a confident nod. The confidence is back. I love this confidence roller coaster that Scotty is on today.

[Unknown]

Listen, it's the room I'm in.

[Elliot Kaelin]

That's what it is.

[Scotty Eisenhogel]

I don't know. I don't know.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Okay, Scotty, I'll give you man. K. I. Mankind. Yes, Mankind.

[Scotty Eisenhogel]

Oh, nice.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Now, the next one goes to you. Kind. B.

[Unknown]

If you listen carefully, you can hear the confidence just drifting away. Kind.

[Elliot Kaelin]

The highs are dizzying and the lows are plummeting.

[Unknown]

Plummeting huge. Kind. Kind. Can.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Kind.

[Unknown]

And then be kind. I don't know. I'm just gonna say a word. Boat.

[Elliot Kaelin]

No, not kind. Boat, Sean. It's kind. B. A Kind.

[Scotty Eisenhogel]

Bar.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yes. Kind. Bar. Exactly.

[Unknown]

Good Lord. Okay.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Sean, you get the next one. Bar. And the next word starts with F. Bar. F. Fly. Yep, you got it. Fly. And the next word starts with B.

[Scotty Eisenhogel]

Fly.

[Unknown]

Ball.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yes, very good. I was worried. You're saying fly bar, and I'm like, no, bar. Fly is a thing. Fly. Bar is not a thing. Okay, Sean, back to you again. Ball. And the next word starts with G. Game. Yes, very good.

[Unknown]

Wow.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Game. And the next word starts with S.

[Scotty Eisenhogel]

Stop.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Oh, no. Almost. Almost in that. That was a word that starts with S also.

[Scotty Eisenhogel]

No, I'm just asking you to. If we can stop.

[Elliot Kaelin]

You're like, just stop. Just end it. Scotty, back to you.

[Unknown]

Yes, I'm here.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Game. Sh.

[Unknown]

Game. Show.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yes. Very good. Nice show. T. Time.

[Scotty Eisenhogel]

Yeah.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yes. Showtime. Time. Tea for Scotty. Time. Tea.

[Unknown]

Table.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yeah, Very good.

[Scotty Eisenhogel]

Oh, nice. Table T. Yeah, I know what that is.

[Unknown]

Top.

[Elliot Kaelin]

No, Sean, back to you. Table.

[Scotty Eisenhogel]

T. E. Tennis.

[Unknown]

Oh, God.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Table tennis.

[Unknown]

There it is.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Sean. Tennis. C. Tennis. Court. Yes. And for the final one, Sean, court. D, as in dog.

[Scotty Eisenhogel]

Court. Is it dog? No. I'm kidding.

[Elliot Kaelin]

No.

[Scotty Eisenhogel]

Court. Documents. Document.

[Elliot Kaelin]

No, not documents. But, Scotty, court. Da.

[Unknown]

I don't know. Dash. Okay, that's my word.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Sean, back to you. It's not court. Dash. Sean, court. D. A T. Date.

[Unknown]

Borsch.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yes. Court. Date. And that is the final word in the round. Let's tally up the scores right now before we are officially done with the game. Let's see, Scotty has 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 points. And Sean has 1, 2, 3, four, five, six, seven, eight. Nine points. Nine to five. But you guys both had some great runs in there.

[Scotty Eisenhogel]

Team effort. Team effort. Team effort.

[Unknown]

Team effort. Team effort.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yes. If it's a team, you got everything, right? Unfortunately, it's not a team. They are against each other. Even though you did all that excellent work linguisticizing those words, as William Shakespeare once wrote, you're not done yet. There's still a mega clue to solve.

[Unknown]

Mega Clue question.

[Elliot Kaelin]

That's from Shakespeare's tragedy mega Beth. For today's megaclue. For today's mega clue, both of you will have. And this mega clue is worth 300 points. So whoever wins this wins the game.

[Scotty Eisenhogel]

Wow, that's a lot of points.

[Unknown]

I'm ready. To clue or not to clue. Here we go.

[Elliot Kaelin]

That's, of course, from ham clue. Yeah, yeah. Ham clue. Here's the challenge. Can you create your own chain of words that will connect the final word of this chain date back to the starting word blue, using three new words or less? For instance, if you needed to connect the word tree to the word walk, you could say tree. House. House. Cat. Cat walk. So can use three new words or less to bring date back to blue. And I'm going to give you 60 seconds to think about it. And I guess whoever's. Whoever gets it first. So 5.5words total is the maximum.

[Scotty Eisenhogel]

Got it.

[Elliot Kaelin]

But you can use less than that if you want to. While we're waiting, I'd like to say that guests of Clueless stay in their own house.

[Unknown]

Does. Does the. Do the words have to always appear at the after the first word, or can they be in front of the first word?

[Elliot Kaelin]

I always have to be after the first word. After.

[Unknown]

Okay.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Because it's like a chain of words. A cha. Cha. Chain. Chain of words.

[Scotty Eisenhogel]

Got it. I got it.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Oh, Sean says he has it.

[Unknown]

I don't. I thought I did. If I could. If I could replace all the clue words with my own words, that would be great.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Oh, if only. That would be a wonderful strategy. Sean, would you like to try us out on your connection from blue from date to blue?

[Scotty Eisenhogel]

I'll do Scott. Scotty. Ready? Date. And the next night starts. The next word starts with the letter N. Night. That's right. The next word starts with the letter S. Shift. No, because the last word is blue.

[Unknown]

Okay. I didn't know how many. How many words you have getting blue that would help.

[Scotty Eisenhogel]

Okay. Okay. And our night. And then the sky.

[Unknown]

Oh, night sky. Okay.

[Elliot Kaelin]

And then sky blue, you said. Yep. You went from date night to night sky to sky blue. The minimum number of words necessary. Nice work, Sean. Let's say you won, I don't know, like, 7,000 points. Wow, you really dominated Scotty in this one. 7,009 to 5.

[Unknown]

Never mind. Cut all of this nonsense out. I'm going down the haunted hallway. I'm gonna start all over again and come back.

[Elliot Kaelin]

I love it. This episode has been such a portrait of a man disintegrating under pressure. But refusing to let it get him completely down. He always builds himself listeners at home. Did you do as well as Sean? If not, that's okay. He's a professional puzzle solver. This is all that he does. That also means Sean has an amazingly high tolerance for puzzles where an average person will be satisfied with a main game and a mega clue. Sean demands more. Sean, can you please demand more for us?

[Scotty Eisenhogel]

I demand another game. Yes.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Wonderful. For heaven's sake. You insatiable fiend. Is there no quenching your puzzle hunger? Hopefully, you'll be satisfied after today is cliffhanger puzzle. The cliffhanger puzzle is like the opposite of a twist ending. It's a twist beginning that comes at the end. And today's cliffhanger goes thusly. I'm going to give you a list of words that all have something in common. Your challenge is to provide another word that fits that category, and I'm going to give you choices for that. So the words in this group are education, tambourine, sequoia, miscellaneous, multimillionaire. But this is a multiple choice. Cliffhanger. You'll have options. One of these options will be the answer. Which of the following options belongs in that group? Automobile, buttermilk, weightlifter, or undergarment. Which of those words belongs with the first group of words? But now I gotta bring today's episode to an end. It's nothing you did. It's me, I swear. But before we go, I'd like to thank Scotty Eisenogle for impressing us all with his professionalism and dignity. I'd also like to thank Sean Hayes for impressing us with his quick thinking and skill. And I'd like to thank you, the audience, for being so easily impressed. It really makes it easy to impress you. I really appreciate that. This has been Smartless presents Clueless. I've been your host, Elliot Kaelin. At the sound of the bell, you will think you're a chicken. Ding, oh bok rock.

[Sean Hayes]

Clueless, you have been listening to Smartless presents Clueless, a Smartless Media production in association with Sirius xm. Your host is Elliot Kaelin, who also writes our scripts. Your constant contestant is Sean Hayes, who is five'eleven Your producer, editor and engineer is Devin Tory Bryant, who is me. I also write all the music and sound effects assistant engineer, Kyle McCroft. Today's puzzles were written by Josh Richmond and Jason Reich. Talent producer is Anne Harris. Additional script material by 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 Korson and Bernie Kaminski. 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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[Sean Hayes]

Bless me.

[Elliot Kaelin]

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[Scotty Eisenhogel]

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[Elliot Kaelin]

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