168 - Bot Bops (w/ Scotty Icenogle)

Summary

SmartLess Presents ClueLess – Episode 168: Bot Bops (w/ Scotty Icenogle)
Release Date: August 11, 2025

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Introduction to the Episode

The episode kicks off with host Elliott Kalan navigating a playful exchange with recurring guest Sean Hayes and Sean’s husband, Scotty Eisenhower. Elliott sets a lighthearted tone by referencing Sean’s ongoing cluelessness, which becomes a running joke throughout the episode.

Notable Quote:

[01:27] Sean Hayes: "I'm clueless."
[Elliott Kalan uses this moment to playfully welcome Sean to the show, establishing the camaraderie among the trio.]

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Recap and Puzzle Discussion

Elliott revisits the previous episode’s cliffhanger puzzle about the time it takes for multiple Guy Fieri-like characters to filet flanks. The puzzle questioned whether increasing the number of filleters proportionally decreases the time required.

Notable Quote:

[03:05] Elliott Kalan: "Well, it's one of these amazing discoveries. But for those without my script, I'll remind you..."
Elliott humorously refers to classical discoveries to segue into the puzzle discussion.

Puzzle Resolution: Sean proposes a less obvious answer, suggesting it would take 25 minutes, reflecting his tendency to overanalyze. Scotty follows suit but ultimately Elliott reveals the simpler solution: 5 minutes, emphasizing that with parallel processing, the time remains constant regardless of the number of filleters.

Notable Quote:

[04:18] Elliott Kalan: "No, the answer is five minutes. It takes five minutes."
Elliott clarifies the puzzle, highlighting the importance of confidence and straightforward thinking.

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Main Game: Bot Bops

The core of the episode revolves around the “Bot Bops” game, where a robotic voice recites incomplete song lyrics, and Elliott, Sean, and Scotty compete to identify the song titles and artists.

Game Mechanics:

• The bot presents a stanza with missing words.
• Contestants shout out the song title and artist upon recognition.
• Points are awarded for correct titles and artists.

Bops and Discussions:

1. "I'm a Believer" by The Monkees

   • Sean’s Guess: Recognizes both The Monkees and notes Smash Mouth’s version.
   • Bot Confirmation: "I'm a Believer by the Monkees."

2. "Happy Together" by The Turtles

   • Sean’s Initial Guess: Considers The Partridge Family.
   • Elliott’s Prompt: Clarifies and confirms The Turtles.
   • Bot Confirmation: "Happy Together by the Turtles."

3. "Wild World" by Cat Stevens

   • Sean’s Accurate Guess: Identifies the song promptly.
   • Bot Confirmation: "Wild World by Cat Stevens."

4. "All I Want to Do" by Sheryl Crow

   • Sean’s Correct Identification: Quickly nails the song.
   • Bot Confirmation: "All I Want to Do by Sheryl Crow."

5. "Pour Some Sugar on Me" by Def Leppard

   • Sean’s Debate: Initially confused between Bon Jovi and Def Leppard.
   • Elliott’s Clarification: Points out Def Leppard as the correct artist.
   • Bot Confirmation: "Pour Some Sugar on Me by Def Leppard."

Notable Quotes:

[07:27] Elliott Kalan: "BotBops is the game where we ask our in house robotic voice to recite the lyrics to popular songs."
Elliott explains the game mechanics with enthusiasm.

[09:15] Sean Hayes: "Yeah, not a trace."
Sean responds thoughtfully to the bot's incomplete lyrics, demonstrating his engagement.

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Mega Clue Challenge

As the game progresses, Elliott introduces the Mega Clue, a more challenging puzzle worth seven points. The Mega Clue requires contestants to identify a common theme linking all the previous artists and to name an additional song and artist that fit the category.

Mega Clue Details:

• Theme Identified: All artists are named after animals.
• Sean’s Winning Answer: Proposes "I Want to Hold Your Hand" by The Beatles, playing on "Beetles" as the animal connection.

Notable Quote:

[16:40] Sean Hayes: "Hold your hand. Is it hold your hand or hold."
Sean navigates the final answer with a mix of humor and precision.

[16:46] Elliott Kalan: "What makes these words the samesies again? That's right. We've got another samesies. Fires melon, lump and coat. What makes them samesies again?"
Elliott provides the final puzzle, prompting Sean to connect the dots.

Final Resolution: Sean successfully ties the theme together by recognizing all the artists are named after animals, securing his lead with an additional correct song.

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Conclusion and Cliffhanger Puzzle

Wrapping up the episode, Elliott acknowledges Sean’s victory while maintaining the light-hearted competitive spirit. He introduces a cliffhanger puzzle for listeners to ponder until the next episode.

Cliffhanger Puzzle:

• Question: "What makes these words the samesies? Fires melon, lump and coat."
• Hint: "There's something delicious you can do with all these words."

Notable Quote:

[19:13] Elliott Kalan: "The cliffhanger puzzle is sort of like losing a tooth and putting it under your pillow, but not getting your dollar from the tooth fairy until the next episode of Clueless."

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Final Remarks

The episode concludes with a humorous and slightly conspiratorial outro, teasing future puzzles and maintaining listener engagement.

Notable Quote:

[19:54] Elliott Kalan: "But I would love it if at the end of the episode, you just shout out a rat song."
A playful nod to ongoing jokes and future content.

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Episode Highlights

• Engaging Gameplay: The Bot Bops game keeps listeners entertained with song identification challenges.
• Humorous Banter: Elliott, Sean, and Scotty’s interactions add a lively and relatable dynamic.
• Cliffhanger Puzzle: Encourages audience participation and anticipation for the next episode.
• Consistent Theme: The animal-named artists provided a cohesive and intriguing puzzle resolution.

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This episode of SmartLess Presents ClueLess seamlessly blends puzzles with engaging dialogue, offering both entertainment and mental stimulation. Whether you're a fan of music trivia or enjoy clever wordplay, Episode 168 delivers a memorable and enjoyable experience.

Transcript

[Elliot Kaelin]

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[Sean Hayes]

I'm clueless.

[Elliot Kaelin]

I hope Sean is okay. Welcome to Smartless Presents. Clueless, the puzzle podcast you can trust. Even though our name is a lie, we've actually got a lot of clues. I'm your host, Elliot Kaelin, and in a past life, I was a game show host to the ancient pharaohs. Now please welcome the man who always knows the answer. And sometimes it's the right one, Sean Hayes. Thank you so much for being with us again, Sean.

[Sean Hayes]

Thank you, Elliot, for having me. And I would say I would amend that to most times I don't have the answers, unless they're really easy. Then I probably know the answer. Anyway, thank you for having me. I'm so excited to be here. And, you know, also I'm excited to have with us on the show my husband, my other guy, the other guy that I live with over there, he used to be called my roommate in the 80s until it became okay to be okay. And now he's my husband, Scotty Eisenhower.

[Scotty Eisenhower]

Well, I can't tell you.

[Sean Hayes]

How's your. Hey, how's your friend Sean? Hey, how's your roommate?

[Scotty Eisenhower]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Elliot Kaelin]

How's that buddy you spend all your time with and share a room with?

[Scotty Eisenhower]

Yeah, yeah, exactly. And go on vacations with.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yeah, what good friends. They're always going on vacation with each other. They Kiss a lot. They're just great friends. So wonderful to have you with us. It's always a pleasure, Just an extreme delight. And if having Sean on the show is the price I have to pay to get Scotty on the show, I will pay that price. That's okay, I'll do it.

[Sean Hayes]

Fair enough. Keep your receipt.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yeah, I'm holding onto all the paperwork in case I need to return anything. To return any Sean's or Scotties. Now, Sean, Scotty. The world's greatest thinkers make discoveries in unexpected ways. Gravity. An apple fell on Isaac Newton's head. Relativity. Einstein was daydreaming at work. The answer to last episode's cliffhanger puzzle. Elliot Kaelin realized the answer was written in his script the whole time.

[Sean Hayes]

What?

[Elliot Kaelin]

Well, it's one of these amazing discoveries. But for those without my script, I'll remind you, the puzzle went thusly. If it takes 5 guy fieri 5 minutes to fillet 5 flanks, how long would it take 100 fieri's to fillet a hundred flanks. Sean, Scotty, how long are these giaries gonna be flying flanks?

[Sean Hayes]

So I would say, you know, well, the obvious answer would be 100 minutes, but that can't be that easy. It's not apples to oranges, right? Apples to apples. I mean, so five Guy Fieri's take five minutes to cook to five flanks. How many minutes would it take 100 Fieris to make do?

[Scotty Eisenhower]

100.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Now that's a lot of fieris and a lot of flanks. But. But I think you're right, Sean, that it's not going to be the most obvious answer.

[Sean Hayes]

Right?

[Elliot Kaelin]

But it might be kind of a tricky answer, right?

[Sean Hayes]

If it takes five and a flank steak or a flank fish.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yes. It's not super important what kind of flank it is for the answer. But I like you're filling out the world of the riddle. Yeah.

[Scotty Eisenhower]

25. 25 minutes.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Is that your answer? 25 minutes?

[Sean Hayes]

Yes, that's correct.

[Elliot Kaelin]

No, the answer is five minutes. It takes five minutes. Sorry, if it takes five, dammit. It just takes each of the guys five minutes to filet a flank. You could have a thousand guys with a thousand flanks. An infinite number of guys with an infinite number of flanks. It's always gonna take five minutes because it takes one guy five minutes to do one flank.

[Scotty Eisenhower]

You see, this is high school all over again. Sats and acts. I would overanalyze every answer in my head and then talk my way out of the right answer, which I just did. I was originally. I have it down five and then I said, but wait a minute. And then I talked myself out of it.

[Elliot Kaelin]

You said, if I think that's the answer, it must be wrong. No. But you know what, Scotty? You would have been right. You know how to do this. Yeah. All right, so I guess the lesson today is confidence. Believe in yourself. Telehealth has made mental health care accessible for millions of people. But finding a suitable therapist, scheduling appointments, and expensive out of pocket costs can still feel like a huge barrier. Thankfully, Rula has you covered. Rula partners with a network of over 15,000 therapists and psychiatrists, enabling you to find the right therapist for your needs and preferences. And get this, the average copay is as little as $15 per session. Rula sticks with you throughout every step, from therapy to medication management. Simply answer a few questions and get started as soon as the next day. Thousands have already trusted Rula to support them on their journey toward improved mental health and overall well being. Just head over to rula.com clueless to get started today and after you sign up and they ask you where you heard about them, please tell them that our show sent you. Go to r u l a.com clueless and take the first step towards better mental health Today. You deserve quality care from someone who cares.

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[Elliot Kaelin]

Listeners, did you get the answer? If so, give yourselves a square of applause. That's like a round of applause but you get a little bit of extra applause because there's a little bits of applause there in the corners of the square. And speaking of making things square, it's time for Today's main game, BotBops.

[Sean Hayes]

Bot Bops.

[Bot]

Bot bops. I am the bot, and these are my bots.

[Sean Hayes]

This is our bots. That's funny.

[Elliot Kaelin]

I always imagine the bot opening up a suitcase or a briefcase and saying, these are my bops. And they're laid out, you know, just for sales.

[Sean Hayes]

Oh, I thought they would take their shirt off and say, these are my bot bops. Right. Isn't that what it's supposed to be?

[Elliot Kaelin]

Well, there's only one way to find out. We gotta play the game and see what kind of bops they are. Yeah. Botbops is the game where we ask our in house. Smartless presents clueless robotic voice to recite the lyrics to popular songs. And we force you to listen to it. It's like if karaoke was performed by someone without any rhythm or. Or pitch. So basically, karaoke, this is a competitive game. Each of you will listen to the bot's mellifluously lifeless voice and see if you can be the first to identify the following bops. All you gotta do is shout out. When the lyrics are done, you receive points for both the song title and the artist. You are playing against each other. Let's see if we can get through this without an argument. Are you ready to get bopped with this bop?

[Sean Hayes]

Yes. But first I would like to. I would like to propose another game, if this one doesn't go well, where we all have to say mellifluous. Lifeless. Mellifluously lifeless.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Mellifluously Lifeless. Yeah, yeah, it's lifeless. Yeah, yeah, that's a beautiful. I mean, I would love it if the podcast just us repeating that over and over again.

[Sean Hayes]

Yeah, sure.

[Elliot Kaelin]

We activated someone. Someone's trigger phrase. Someone hypnotized in the country somewhere who does something afterwards.

[Sean Hayes]

All right, here we go.

[Bot]

These are my bops.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Let's hear bop number one. Bot, give us your first bop.

[Bot]

I thought love was only true in fairy tales Meant for someone else but not for me Ah, love was out to get me do, do do do do that's the way it seemed do do do do do Disappointment haunted all my dreams Then I saw her face now blank, blank, blank, blank, blank.

[Sean Hayes]

Yeah, not a trace.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yeah. Do you want to shout it out, Sean?

[Sean Hayes]

So I'm a believer who by?

[Elliot Kaelin]

Who? Who do you think it's by?

[Sean Hayes]

Well, Smash Mouth redid it, but it was originally done by. Then I saw her face. The Monkees.

[Scotty Eisenhower]

The Monkees.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Bot, is he right about that bop?

[Bot]

I'm a Believer by the Monkees.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Exactly right. Two points For Sean. Excellent. I'm a believer. I would have accepted Smash Mouth two. I mean, they performed it, but, yeah, it's a monkey song. Excellent work. Bop Number two. Bot, give us your next bop.

[Bot]

Imagine me and you I do I think about you day and night. It's only right to think about the girl you love and hold her tight. So blanky, blank, blank, blank.

[Sean Hayes]

I got it.

[Bot]

If I should call you.

[Elliot Kaelin]

So happy together Together who's a bi. Scotty?

[Scotty Eisenhower]

I'm afraid you were going to ask me that because I literally came across this song six months ago.

[Sean Hayes]

Can I guess? Can I guess?

[Elliot Kaelin]

Scotty, if you don't have an answer, then I'll let Sean guess it.

[Scotty Eisenhower]

I don't have the singer.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Sean, do you have a guess?

[Sean Hayes]

So happy together. It's gotta be either Sean Cassidy or the Partridge Family or somebody like that.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Bop. Are they right about this bop?

[Bot]

Happy Together by the Turtles.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Ah, that's right, the Turtles. Happy Together. A song that always makes me think about long drives with my dad because he would play it on a cassette tape of the Turtles. And also serial commercials, because I think they did some serial commercial where they had that song.

[Sean Hayes]

Reminds me of my long journeys with my dad. Just kidding.

[Scotty Eisenhower]

Oh, taking a turn.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Took a dark turn all of a sudden. Forget I said so.

[Sean Hayes]

Happy together.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Bot, let's move on to the next BoP. Hopefully it's not another song by the Turtles, because I don't think I can name any other ones. So, bot, give us the third bop.

[Bot]

Now that I've lost everything to you. You say you want to start something new and it's breaking my heart that you're leaving, baby, I'm grieving. But if you wanna leave, take good care. Hope you have a lot of nice things to wear. But then a lot of nice things turn bad out there. Ooh, baby, baby, it's a blank blank. It's hard to get by just upon a smile. Ooh, baby, baby, it's a blank.

[Sean Hayes]

It's a wild, Wild World. It's a Wild World by James Taylor.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Is that bop? That bop?

[Bot]

Wild World by Cat Stevens.

[Sean Hayes]

Oh, Cat Stevens.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Cat Stevens. But that's one point for you, Sean. You got it right. That's Wild World by Cat Stevens. There's something about the bot saying baby that sounds very aggressive. Yeah. Okay, Bot, I'm sorry I said that about you. But hopefully you don't say baby in this next one. Bot, what is our next bop? The fourth bop. Let's hear it.

[Bot]

I like a good beer buzz early in the morning. And Billy Likes to peel the labels from his bottles of Bud. He shreds them on the bar. Then he lights every match in an oversized pack, Letting each one burn down to his thick fingers before blowing and cursing them out. He's watching the bottles of Bud as they spin on the floor. A happy couple enters the bar dangerously close to one another. The bartender looks up from his want ads. But blank, blank, blank, blank is have some fun. I got a feeling I'm not the only one. Blank, blank, blank, blank is have some fun. Until the sun comes up over Santa Monica Boulevard.

[Sean Hayes]

Yeah, yeah. I'm Sheryl Crow.

[Elliot Kaelin]

That's the title of the show.

[Sean Hayes]

All I want to do is have some fun. That's all I want to do. All I want to do is have some fun.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Let's find out. Bop. Let's hear the bop.

[Bot]

All I Want to do by Sheryl Crow.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Very good, Sean. All I Want to do by Sheryl Crow. Excellent. One of those songs where you start hearing the lyrics and you're like, oh, this is a much. This is a much more depressing song than I thought it was.

[Sean Hayes]

Also, by the way, never listened to them, like, as a story told by the bot. Like, I was like, oh, this is a really interesting. So the bartender was looking at want that? And then he looked up from like, oh, wow.

[Scotty Eisenhower]

So gillion labels off beers.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yeah. It becomes a tail. It becomes a slice of life tale.

[Sean Hayes]

Yeah.

[Elliot Kaelin]

One bop left. The scores are not close at the moment, but that's okay. Let's go to the final bop and see if it evens things up a little bit. Bot give us our final bop.

[Bot]

Love is like a bomb baby come and get it on Livin like a lover with a radar phone Lookin like a tramp Like a video vamp Demolition woman Can I be your man? Razzle and a dazzle and a flash a little light Television lover baby go all night sometime, anytime Sugar me sweet Little miss innocent Sugar me yeah, yeah now come on take a bottle Shake it up Break the bubble Break it up Blank, blank, blank, blank, blank, blank. Oh, in the name of love Blank, blank, blank, blank, blank, blank. Come on, fire me up Blank, blank, blank, blank, blank, blank. I can't get enough I'm hot, sticky sweet from my head to my feet.

[Sean Hayes]

Down to my feet Pour some sugar on me Pour some sugar on me Bon Jovi. Bon Jovi.

[Elliot Kaelin]

And who's a buy? Who's a buy?

[Sean Hayes]

Wait, is it Bon Jovi or is it White Snake? It's one of those two.

[Elliot Kaelin]

You're in the right. You're in the right range.

[Scotty Eisenhower]

Isn't Axl Rose the singer?

[Sean Hayes]

No, no. Pour some. No. Pour some sugar on me Pour some sugar on me Pour some sugar on me and then it's not. It's like, oh, God.

[Scotty Eisenhower]

It's a big hair sweet from my head to my feet.

[Elliot Kaelin]

That sounds like kind of a rap version of it, Scotty.

[Scotty Eisenhower]

It does. Yeah.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Wow.

[Scotty Eisenhower]

That's. That's what I'm known for.

[Sean Hayes]

Shoot. What is it?

[Elliot Kaelin]

All right, bot, Whose bop is this? Bop.

[Bot]

Pour some sugar on me. Bye. Def Leppard.

[Scotty Eisenhower]

Def.

[Sean Hayes]

Def Leppard.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Def Leppard. But you got the title, Sean. That's great.

[Bot]

Bop bops.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Going into the final part of this game, we see that the score right now is Sean with a very respectable six points, Scotty with a semi respectable one point. So hang in there.

[Scotty Eisenhower]

Hang in there. This is the big comeback.

[Elliot Kaelin]

This is the big comeback is the Mega Clue. Of course, there are some things that are still beyond the limits of modern technology. For instance, delivering today's Mega Clue.

[Sean Hayes]

Mega clue question. Oh, can I guess what the answer is already?

[Elliot Kaelin]

Hold on. Wait, let me finish telling you. It's gonna be. Can you figure. And this is to win the game. This is for seven points. So if Scotty gets this, then it's seven points. Can you figure out what theme links all these artists? And can you name a sixth song and artist that fits the category?

[Sean Hayes]

Oh, so you have to name what it is, then you have to do a thing.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yes.

[Sean Hayes]

Okay.

[Elliot Kaelin]

That's why you can win the game if you.

[Sean Hayes]

Okay, all right. So should I hold off on. Okay, should I answer the first part or come up with all of it?

[Elliot Kaelin]

Do you feel like if you answered the first part, you'd then be able to come up with the next part of it?

[Sean Hayes]

Yeah, but then Scotty might come up with it fast.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Then we'd have to split the Mega Clue points. We could always do that.

[Sean Hayes]

Let me just think. Let me just think.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Scotty could also jump in and answer it too, if he.

[Scotty Eisenhower]

I could. Sadly, I don't have the total recall of all those songs I'm going through.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Would you like me to remind you what they were?

[Scotty Eisenhower]

That would be nice.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Sure. The answers were I'm a Believer by the Monkeys, Happy Together by the Turtles, Wild.

[Sean Hayes]

Oh, I got it. I got it.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Stevens. All I Want to do by Cheryl Crow, Pour Some Sugar on Me by Def Leppard and Sean Bob.

[Sean Hayes]

They're all animals. And then I'll do and for example, hold My Hand by the Beatles.

[Elliot Kaelin]

You got it. They're all animals and. Yeah. I want to hold my hand. That's the Beatles. Because Beatles are animals too. Very good, Sean. You did it. You won those.

[Sean Hayes]

Hold your hand. Is it hold your hand or hold.

[Elliot Kaelin]

I think it's I want to hold your hand. Right.

[Sean Hayes]

Hold your hand. Sorry, sorry.

[Elliot Kaelin]

But I know what song you're talking about. That's fine. Hold my hand. It's a ruddle song.

[Devin Tory Bryant]

So I just took it.

[Elliot Kaelin]

I accepted it.

[Sean Hayes]

Okay, there you go.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Okay, it's a ruddle song. What if I was being a real stickler and I'm like, sorry, Sean, Scotty, you've got a chance to steal.

[Scotty Eisenhower]

Thank you, thank you.

[Elliot Kaelin]

But, Scotty, just to get extra points to tie it up, can you give me quickly a song by an animal band of some kind or animal person or an actual animal?

[Sean Hayes]

I got another one.

[Scotty Eisenhower]

Oh, my gosh. Wait. Salamander. Monkeys. Already done something with a bear.

[Elliot Kaelin]

I love that. Salamander was the first animal that came to mind. I don't know any bands.

[Scotty Eisenhower]

Elephants. Grizzly.

[Elliot Kaelin]

You know what? Never mind. We might have trouble getting.

[Sean Hayes]

You could do Billy Joel. Billy's a. Billy is a goat.

[Scotty Eisenhower]

I was thinking. I thought there was a rock band from the 80s with Tiger in there.

[Sean Hayes]

Yeah, no. Eye of the tiger. Eye of the tiger.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yeah, I. The tiger. That's Survivor. Yeah.

[Scotty Eisenhower]

Oh, God. Ape. Oh, gosh.

[Elliot Kaelin]

I feel bad about putting you on the spot, Scotty, but I'm glad I did.

[Scotty Eisenhower]

Yeah, I know. Well, it's actually a really good question for another time, but it's hard.

[Elliot Kaelin]

We'll come back to it. We'll come back to it another time. That's fine. That's fine.

[Scotty Eisenhower]

If you just hear me. And silent. If everybody listens quietly. You can still hear me way over.

[Sean Hayes]

Here, trying to come. Yeah, yeah, exactly.

[Elliot Kaelin]

You're like. You're like. You're like the rats.

[Scotty Eisenhower]

Ooh, the rats.

[Sean Hayes]

No, Remember rat? I was trying to think of what that. What's that song by Rat. Remember Rat.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Rat band. Yeah.

[Sean Hayes]

What's that song anyway? Who cares?

[Elliot Kaelin]

Oh, you think about it. You think about it. We move on. But I would love it if at the end of the episode, you just shout out a rat song.

[Sean Hayes]

Yeah.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Listeners, did you do as well as Sean and Scotty? If so, then I'm approving you for this bank loan. And just for opening an account with us, you also get a free cliffhanger puzzle. The cliffhanger puzzle is sort of like losing a tooth and putting it under your pillow, but not getting your dollar from the tooth fairy until the next episode of Clueless. Today's puzzle goes. What makes these words the samesies? That's right. We've got another samesies. Fires melon, lump and coat. What makes them samesies again? Fires melon, lump and coat. Hint. There's something delicious you can do with all these words.

[Sean Hayes]

I love it. I can't wait to discuss it and write it down. Round and round by rat.

[Elliot Kaelin]

You did it. You did it. Now I don't know.

[Scotty Eisenhower]

White snake. Here I go again.

[Sean Hayes]

There you go.

[Elliot Kaelin]

There you go. Yes, There you go. A snake is an animal. Perfect.

[Scotty Eisenhower]

I didn't want to end the podcast without at least two points or three points. Just something.

[Elliot Kaelin]

I'm giving you four points for that one. Also for the enthusiasm that you lived in it. So you still lost the game. But respectfully. Very respectfully.

[Scotty Eisenhower]

Yes, respectfully.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yeah. Now, I don't know about you, but it seems like an awfully big coincidence that just as we run out of puzzles for today's episode, the episode comes to an end. I mean, what are the odds?

[Scotty Eisenhower]

What?

[Elliot Kaelin]

Before I investigate this conspiracy, I'd like to thank Scotty Eisenhobel for being the first person of interest I'll be keeping my eye on in my investigation. I'd also like to thank Sean Hayes for being a great, constant contestant and also someone I never fully trusted. But most of all, I'd like to thank you, the listener, for being a part of this sinister scheme with them. And let me guess, let me guess. Somehow we'll be back on the next episode of Smartless Presents Clueless, and we'll just happen to have more puzzles and games. Seems pretty convenient to me. Your host, Elliot Kaelin.

[Sean Hayes]

Or am I, Don, ready to do that?

[Elliot Kaelin]

Mysterious. Yeah, we already did that part.

[Devin Tory Bryant]

Clueless, 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 and sound effects. Assistant engineer, Kyle McGraw. Today's puzzles were written by Jason Reich and Kevin Lehman. Talent producer is Anne Harris. Associate producer, Matty McCann. Social media producer, Tommy Galgano. Executive producers are Elliott 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]

Smart Less.

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