153 - Stuck In The App Store (w/ Scotty Icenogle)

Summary

SmartLess Presents ClueLess – Episode 153: "Stuck In The App Store" (May 15, 2025)

Hosted by Elliott Kaelin | Featuring Sean Hayes and Scotty Icenogle

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Introduction

In this engaging 12-minute episode of SmartLess Presents ClueLess, host Elliott Kaelin introduces listeners to a dynamic session filled with puzzles and playful banter. Joining Elliott are the ever-competitive Sean Hayes and his guest, the brilliant Scotty Icenogle. The trio sets the stage for a fun-filled episode centered around the main game, "Stuck in the App Store."

Recap of the Last Episode's Cliffhanger Puzzle

Elliott begins by referencing the cliffhanger from the previous episode, which featured an "odd one out" riddle:

“Which one of these does not fit with the others and why: dream, weather, Spice, indigo, and rouge.”
— [03:39] Elliott Kaelin

Sean quickly recalls the answer:

“Rouge doesn't belong because all the rest are girl groups: Dream Girls, Indigo Girls, Weather Girls, and Spice Girls. There are no Rouge Girls yet.”
— [04:07] Sean Hayes

This clever puzzle left listeners eagerly anticipating the next installment, setting a high bar for the current episode.

Main Game: Stuck in the App Store

Game Introduction and Rules

Elliott introduces the main game, "Stuck in the App Store," explaining the rules:

“I'm gonna give you 10 clues, and the answer to each one of those clues is a word or phrase that contains 'app' in it, the letters A, P, and P in that order somewhere in the correct answer.”
— [07:37] Elliott Kaelin

He elaborates with an example:

“If I said, 'If you want my job hosting this podcast, you'll have to submit a resume,' the answer would be 'application.'”
— [07:43] Elliott Kaelin

Clues and Answers

The trio dives into the 10 clues, showcasing their quick thinking and camaraderie:

1. Controversial pizza topping

   • Sean: “Pineapple.”
     “Yes, Pineapple. Very good.” — [08:25] Elliott Kaelin

2. A precious blue gemstone

   • Sean: “Sapphire.”
     “Yes. Very good.” — [09:06] Elliott Kaelin

3. A dry German fruit liquor, often sweet

   • Scotty: “Schnapps.”
     “Yes, schnapps. Very good.” — [09:22] Sean Hayes

4. In grade school, you might sit crisscross

   • Scotty: “Applesauce.”
     “Yes. Very good. Applesauce.” — [09:35] Elliott Kaelin

5. Before a take, somebody has to snap this

   • Sean: “Clapper.”
     “Yes. Clapper. We also accepted clapper board.” — [09:49] Elliott Kaelin

6. The thing you said to me was not suitable or proper

   • Scotty: “Inappropriate.”
     “Very good, very good.” — [10:02] Elliott Kaelin

7. When things coincide or cover parts of the same area

   • Scotty: “Overlapping.”
     “Yes, overlapping.” — [10:44] Elliott Kaelin

8. That bird is upset. She keeps doing this chirping.

   • Scotty: “Flapping.”
     “Yes, flapping. Very good.” — [11:21] Elliott Kaelin

9. When you're in the mood for food, you've got an appetite.

   • Scotty: “Appetite.”
     “Appetite.” — [11:33] Elliott Kaelin

10. A close and harmonious relationship

    • Sean: “Rapport.”
      “Yes, Rapport. Exactly.” — [12:32] Elliott Kaelin

Throughout the game, the hosts share humorous exchanges, such as Scotty's misinterpretation of "pea shoots" as "pea scores," eliciting laughter and light-hearted moments.

“Clue number one... Pineapple. Very good.”
— [08:26] Elliott Kaelin

“You are killing it with the gerunds.”
— [11:26] Elliott Kaelin

Mega Clue: Advanced Word Replacement

Transitioning to a more challenging segment, Elliott presents the Mega Clue:

“Replace five parts of the sentence 'The way you look is quite pleasing. I think highly of your stylish packaging.' with words that contain 'app' in them.”
— [12:46] Elliot Kaelin

Sean and Scotty collaborate to decipher the puzzle, successfully transforming the sentence to:

“I appreciate your dapper apparel.”
— [15:01] Scotty Eisenogle & Sean Hayes

Elliott commends their effort:

“Fantastic work, listeners. Did you do as well as Sean and Scotty?”
— [16:00] Elliot Kaelin

Cliffhanger Puzzle

Concluding the episode, Elliott drops a tantalizing Cliffhanger Puzzle to keep listeners hooked:

“Tell me a word that could go next in this sequence of words: Adverb, cramped, elf, and what?”
— [16:22] Elliot Kaelin

He hints that the answer will be revealed in the next episode, leaving the audience eager for more.

Conclusion

Elliott wraps up by praising Scotty's contributions and teasing future content:

“The simulation is sending us today's cliffhanger puzzle... We'll be back next episode with even more puzzles and the answer.”
— [17:23] Elliot Kaelin

The episode ends on a high note, with promises of continued fun and challenging puzzles.

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Notable Quotes:

• “It's a beautiful thing to see the gears turn.”
  — [02:05] Elliott Kaelin

• “Clueless.”
  — [00:58] Sean Hayes

• “You're killing it with the gerunds.”
  — [11:26] Elliot Kaelin

• “Think highly of your stylish packaging.”
  — [14:05] Sean Hayes

This episode of SmartLess Presents ClueLess seamlessly blends challenging puzzles with entertaining interactions, making it a must-listen for fans of brainteasers and witty dialogue.

Transcript

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[Scotty Eisenogle]

Smart.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Bless me. They say an elephant never forgets. So if you make plans with an elephant and he doesn't show up, you know he doesn't want to spend time with you. This is Clueless. Clueless. Clueless.

[Sean Hayes]

I'm clueless.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Welcome to Smartless presents Clueless, the only puzzle podcast known for leaving extremely generous tips. I'm your host, Elliot Kaelin, and I'm sitting in a tree K I S S I N G Now please welcome the man who's never lost an arm wrestling contest because he's also never entered one, Sean Hayes. Thanks for being here, Sean.

[Sean Hayes]

You're on fire today. These are really good. If you have an. Did you say appointment? Or a date with an elephant.

[Elliot Kaelin]

You make plans with an elephant. It could be professional or it could be personal. Yeah.

[Sean Hayes]

And you don't show up. That means you forgot, right?

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yes.

[Sean Hayes]

Yes.

[Elliot Kaelin]

But if he doesn't show up, you know, he knew it was happening and he does not want to be there.

[Sean Hayes]

That's really funny to me. Anyway, hi, everybody. I'm happy to be here. I'm just really working through this top of the show joke.

[Elliot Kaelin]

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[Sean Hayes]

Show off, it's the same thing as clicking my mind off. It's the same thing whether you listen or you don't listen. Today we have with us the hilarious, the lovely, the handsome, the smart, the talented other half of my being. His name is Scotty Eisenogle, and he's here with us today. Unfortunately, he's not gonna be talking at all.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

Oh.

[Sean Hayes]

Oh, sorry. You are.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

I am talking. That's what this microphone is for.

[Sean Hayes]

Oh, got it, got it. Oh, got it, got it. Sorry, sorry, sorry. Cheaper.

[Elliot Kaelin]

This is the kind of thing we usually work out, but we didn't have time this time.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

Clearly. Clearly.

[Sean Hayes]

Oh, my God, Scotty. It's like an oven in here.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

Today you're in your office, it's like a greenhouse.

[Sean Hayes]

I know it is.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

That's what happens.

[Sean Hayes]

Oh, God bless America.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

Through the magic of technology, I'm happy to turn on the.

[Sean Hayes]

Oh, yeah. Can you do that? Oh, thanks.

[Elliot Kaelin]

So Scotty is now about to change the air conditioning over his phone. It's some kind of strange marital game they play that Scotty controls the temperature wherever she is.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

Oh. Oh, that's true in every facet. Yes.

[Sean Hayes]

Metaphor for the relationship.

[Elliot Kaelin]

I don't want to freak either of you out, but ever since last episode, I've been hearing footsteps, feeling an occasional chill in the air, and the vague feeling of a presence right behind me. Jumpstair. Oh, thank goodness it's only last episode's cliffhanger puzzle. Oh, God. That really had my heart pumping. Cliffhanger puzzle. Don't do that to me again.

[Sean Hayes]

The journey we've gone on to get to that cliffhanger is so many emotions.

[Elliot Kaelin]

What a rollercoaster ride.

[Sean Hayes]

Yeah.

[Elliot Kaelin]

You may remember that last episode's cliffhanger puzzle was an odd one out riddle which went thusly. Which one of these does not fit with the others and why a dream.

[Sean Hayes]

Yeah.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Weather, Spice, indigo, and rouge. Which of those does not fit with the others? And why a dream? Weather, spice.

[Sean Hayes]

Oh, yeah.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Indigo and rouge.

[Sean Hayes]

Got it.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

You got it?

[Sean Hayes]

Yeah.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

Oh, wow, it's fast. All right, what is it?

[Sean Hayes]

It's rouge. Rouge doesn't belong because all the rest are girls. Dream girls, Indigo Girls, weather girls, and what was the other one?

[Elliot Kaelin]

Spice.

[Sean Hayes]

Spice Girls.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yes, exactly.

[Sean Hayes]

Wow.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

Very good.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Rouge is the odd one out. The other. They're all girl groups, as you said. It's all groups of girls. Fantastic. There's no Rouge Girls yet. That's a pretty good name.

[Sean Hayes]

But that is good. Rouge Girls.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yeah. Rouge Girls is a good one.

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[Elliot Kaelin]

Listeners did you get the answer? If so, take it as validation of every choice you've made in life, even the bad ones. And speaking of choices you may regret later, it's time to play today's main game, Stuck in the App Store.

[Game Show Voice]

If you're down with app and you're happily trapped, then this game should appeal because you're stuck in the App Store.

[Sean Hayes]

Stuck in the App Store. Oh, he chose to go up on App Store instead of stuck on the App Store.

[Elliot Kaelin]

That's the kind of musical thing I wouldn't have noticed and I would just have. I just keyed in on what a specific situation the jingle is setting up for.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

The listener gave me Revenge of the Nerds vibes.

[Sean Hayes]

Yes, it totally did.

[Elliot Kaelin]

This game is called Stuck in the App Store. It's very simple. I'm gonna give you 10 clues, and the answer to each one of those clues is a word or phrase and that contains app in it, the letters A, p and P in that order somewhere in the correct answer. So if I said, if you want my job hosting this podcast, you'll have to submit a resume, the answer would be application. Yes, application or apply. Exactly, because the letters app appear in that order. But don't really submit an application for this job. It's mine. I have it.

[Sean Hayes]

Oh, okay. Okay.

[Elliot Kaelin]

No one else is taking it. We're going to start easy and work our way up to some trickier clues. Are you ready to be stuck in this particular app store?

[Sean Hayes]

Let's do it.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

Let's do it. Let's do it.

[Elliot Kaelin]

All right, great.

[Game Show Voice]

Stuck in the App Store.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Clue number one. Controversial pizza topping.

[Sean Hayes]

Yeah. Pineapple.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yes, Pineapple. Very good.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

I was thinking anchovies. Yeah. No, Not a pea to be found.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Search as long as you need to in that one. You're not going to find it for me?

[Scotty Eisenogle]

I'm not going to find it at all.

[Sean Hayes]

Okay, sidebar. Whenever we go to a restaurant and Scotty, and there's on the menu, there's pea shoots, P, E, a pea shoots. Scotty always goes, pea shoots, pea scores. It always makes me laugh.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

Okay, here's Sean. Thank you.

[Sean Hayes]

You're welcome.

[Elliot Kaelin]

It's very good.

[Sean Hayes]

It doesn't take much.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

Nope.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Clue number two. A precious blue gemstone.

[Sean Hayes]

Oh. Oh. It's a quiet app. It's sapphire.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yes. Very good. Oh, Shawn, a little bit of trick because it doesn't make the sound you think it's going to, but it is a quiet app in that one. Clue number three. A dry German fruit liquor, often sweet.

[Sean Hayes]

Wait, what?

[Scotty Eisenogle]

Schnapps.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yes, schnapps. Very good.

[Sean Hayes]

I didn't understand any of those words.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

They were English. Don't worry.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Clue number four.

[Sean Hayes]

Okay.

[Elliot Kaelin]

In grade school, you might sit crisscross.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

Applesauce.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yes. Very good. Applesauce. Clue number five. Before a take, somebody has to snap this.

[Sean Hayes]

The clapper. Clapper. Yeah.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yes. Clapper. Clapper. We also accepted clapper board. Same word, doesn't matter. I don't know why I said it. Clue number six. The thing you said to me was not suitable or proper. It was inappropriate.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

Uh huh.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Very good, very good. Clue number seven. When things coincide or cover parts of the same area, they are applicable. Oh, you know what applicable kind of Works. It's not what we're looking for, but it kind of works.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

Wow. Okay.

[Elliot Kaelin]

I might give you credit for that, but I want to see if you can think of the one we're looking for. But that one's pretty good. Yeah.

[Sean Hayes]

Wait, say it again.

[Elliot Kaelin]

If something coincide, recover parts of the same area they are apply.

[Sean Hayes]

I don't know.

[Elliot Kaelin]

They.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

I'm stuck on applicable.

[Elliot Kaelin]

It was too good.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

It was too good.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Too good. A wrong answer.

[Sean Hayes]

Story of my life. Wait, wait. Cover the same.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

Overlapping.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yes, overlapping. Oh, God.

[Sean Hayes]

Wow. That's amazing that you got that.

[Elliot Kaelin]

And I'm gonna give you one and a half points for that. Not just one point, because applicable was really good, too. Yeah, so? So you're at a surplus now. You could get one wrong and you'd just be not that far down. Yeah.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

What if we just don't answer the next question?

[Sean Hayes]

There you go. We're done today.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

We're done.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Clue number eight. Let's see if this is hard or easy. I think that bird is upset. She keeps doing this chirping.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

No chirping.

[Sean Hayes]

I think she's upset.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

She keeps flapping.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yes, flapping. Very good.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

Oh, my God, Scotty, you are killing it on fire.

[Elliot Kaelin]

You're killing it with the gerunds. You are doing great with all the gerund answers.

[Sean Hayes]

Yeah, sure.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Clue number nine. When you're in the mood for food, you've got an appetite. Yes, Appetite. Clue number 10. A close and harmonious relationship in which the people or groups concerned understand each other's feelings or ideas and communicate well.

[Sean Hayes]

Wow.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

Good God.

[Elliot Kaelin]

That one's more difficult because you got to pay attention to the whole clue.

[Sean Hayes]

I know. I checked out halfway through. Can you say it again?

[Elliot Kaelin]

I can give you a. You want me to give you another version of the clue?

[Sean Hayes]

Yes, please.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

One in English? Yeah.

[Elliot Kaelin]

You two get along really well.

[Sean Hayes]

You've got a great chemistry.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

You got a great, great relationship chemistry.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Just like that, but with a P and P in it.

[Sean Hayes]

Yeah, Capistry.

[Elliot Kaelin]

And it's a word I'm gonna guess probably comes from the French, considering how it's pronounced.

[Sean Hayes]

I was gonna say apropos, but that's not it.

[Elliot Kaelin]

That's not it. But it's kind of similar sounds.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

Rapport.

[Sean Hayes]

Rapport. Yeah.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yes, Rapport.

[Sean Hayes]

Exactly.

[Elliot Kaelin]

There you go. So I give you half a point for that. So that makes up for the extra half point you got earlier, which means we got them. All right. You got them. All right. Perfect score. 10 out of 10.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

Wow.

[Game Show Voice]

Stuck in the app store.

[Elliot Kaelin]

The game may be Over. But the game isn't over yet. There's still the matter of today's mega Clue. Mega clue question. In this final round, I'm gonna tell you a sentence, and I want you to replace five parts of it, either five words or phrases in it, with words that contain the letters app in that order, but that have the same meaning. So see if you can solve it. Okay. This is a. This is a difficult one. You might need to take a little bit of time. You might need a pencil or pad or, like, a second brain. I don't know. So this is the sentence. The way you look is quite pleasing. I think highly of your stylish packaging. And you want to replace five parts of that sentence with words with app in them.

[Sean Hayes]

Yeah.

[Elliot Kaelin]

The way you look is quite pleasing. I think highly of your stylish packaging.

[Sean Hayes]

Well, I got the first two.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Oh, okay.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

Wow.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Do you want to say them, or do you want to reveal them all at once?

[Sean Hayes]

I'm going to reveal them all at once.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Oh, okay.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

Wow. Okay. Pressure.

[Elliot Kaelin]

And remember, you can work together if you want to. It seems like Sean is.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

It seems like he's on his own. He's gone rogue.

[Elliot Kaelin]

This is a tough one. And my talking to you is probably distracting and probably making it harder to do it.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

So what are you guys up to?

[Elliot Kaelin]

What are you guys doing later?

[Scotty Eisenogle]

Yeah, so keep doing it. Yep.

[Sean Hayes]

What are you guys doing later? So wait, so I'll just tell you the first two. Scott, the way you appear is quite appealing.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

Oh, nice. Okay, I like that.

[Sean Hayes]

And then I think one of the next words. Well, two of the other words are stylish and packaging, and maybe highly you have.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Stylish and packaging are definitely two of the words that we want you to replace. Highly is part of the phrase.

[Sean Hayes]

Oh, okay.

[Elliot Kaelin]

But you're right. You got those first two. That's great.

[Sean Hayes]

Right?

[Elliot Kaelin]

And then there's that phrase, and then those two last words each. Stylish and packaging.

[Sean Hayes]

Oh. So I think highly is a phrase.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yeah, yeah, sure.

[Sean Hayes]

I think highly of you. It's like.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

Yeah, yeah, sure. So whatever. Stylish. Stylish.

[Sean Hayes]

Apparel. Apparel.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

Oh, oh.

[Sean Hayes]

Or no, that's a good one.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

Packaging could be apparel.

[Elliot Kaelin]

That's not the one we were originally looking for, but I would accept that. That's great.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

Oh, okay.

[Sean Hayes]

Her apparel.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

Oh, Is stylish. Dapper.

[Elliot Kaelin]

It very is.

[Sean Hayes]

Oh, wow. That was good. Scotty. I'm out. I don't know.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

I know. I'm kind of. I can't think of that fifth one.

[Elliot Kaelin]

All right, well, you've done a great job. If you get four out of five, that's fantastic. That's really great. So let's say. So the original sentence was, the way you look is quite pleasing. I think highly of your stylish packaging. And Sean, you had said you. The way you appear is quite appealing. That's fantastic. I think highly of your stylish packaging. You said dapper apparel. We also would have accepted snappy wrapping. That also works, but dapper apparel is even better. I think highly. You could say I appreciate your dapper apparel. So appreciate was the word that we were looking for there.

[Sean Hayes]

Oh, I think highly. I appreciate.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

Think highly of was the replacement.

[Elliot Kaelin]

I got it.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

I got it.

[Elliot Kaelin]

We also would have accepted. Approve.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

Very good.

[Elliot Kaelin]

We would not have accepted applesauce. Again, not the word that fits there.

[Sean Hayes]

I hope everybody enjoyed this extended 45 minute episode of Clueless.

[Elliot Kaelin]

This is the super size bonus episode with release. Yeah. 10 points out of 10 in a sort of creative way for the full game. And then four points out of five for the mega clue. Fantastic work, listeners. Did you do as well as Sean and Scotty? If not, that's okay. We're all just a bunch of brains in jars hooked up to a computer anyway. And right on time. The simulation is sending us today's cliffhanger puzzle. The Cliffhanger puzzle is an artifact we leave behind for future generations, by which I mean you, the listener, in a couple of days. Today's puzzle is a word game that goes thusly. Tell me a word that could go next in this sequence of words. And these are the words in the sequence. Adverb, cramped, elf, and what next? Adverb, cramped, elf, and what. What possible word could go next in that sequence? Sean, Scotty, do you have any idea? Don't tell me yet, but do you have any idea? I mean, you can tell me if you have an idea, but don't tell me the answer.

[Sean Hayes]

No, I don't. I have to think about it.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

Yeah, I have an idea. I don't know it.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Okay, so the idea is that you don't know. Okay. That still counts as an idea. That's a thought.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

Okay, fair enough.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Well, I've got good news and I've got bad news. The good news is we'll be back next episode with even more puzzles and the answer to that cliffhanger. The bad news is, in order to be back, first we have to go away. But before we leave, I'd like to thank Scotty Eisenobel for being a true diamond in the rough. I'd like to thank Sean Hayes for being the rough surrounding diamond.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

Yep, thank you.

[Sean Hayes]

That's for sure.

[Elliot Kaelin]

And I'd like to thank you, the listener, for not getting upset with me when I say things like that to Sean. Sean's great. I'm just, you know, we're just having fun. You've been listening to Smartless presents Clueless and I have been your host, Elliot Kaelin, reminding you to mark your calendars for the next episode. Unless your name is Mark, in which case, Steve, your calendars. Thank you, Clueless.

[Game Show Voice]

You have been listening to Smartless presents Clueless, a Smartless Media production in association with SiriusXM. Your host is Elliot Kaelin, who also writes our scripts. Your constant contestant is Sean Hayes, who does Like Candy. Your producer, editor and engineer is Devin Tory Bryant, who is me. I also write all the music, produce and sound effects assistant engineer, Kyle McGraw. Today's puzzles were written by Kevin Lehman and myself. 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 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]

Clueless.

[Sean Hayes]

Less.

[Scotty Eisenogle]

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