Re-release: 203: Bot Bops (w/ Max Silvestri and Gabe Liedman)

Summary

SmartLess Presents ClueLess Episode: Re-release: 203: Bot Bops (w/ Max Silvestri and Gabe Liedman)
Date: March 23, 2026
Host: Elliott Kalan
Guests: Max Silvestri, Gabe Liedman

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Episode Overview

This re-released episode of SmartLess Presents ClueLess is a fast-paced, pop-culture-infused puzzle showdown featuring host Elliott Kalan and special guests, comedians Max Silvestri and Gabe Liedman. The two compete to solve a word puzzle and take on the music guessing game "Bot Bops," where a robot cohost humorously reads lyrics from famous songs in a mechanical monotone, challenging contestants to name the song and artist. The episode culminates with a mega clue linking all the songs by a common theme. As always, the tone is playful, witty, and irreverent, packed with quick banter and comedic asides.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Opening Puzzle: Three-Letter Word Mystery

[01:31 – 06:28]

• Puzzle Prompt: Elliott humorously claims he’s been “belching out” three-letter words (DEN, SEA, CAN, MAD, SIN, LAX, BOG) and asks what they have in common.

• Guest Discovery: Gabe correctly deduces, “I believe that these are all airport codes.” (03:14)

• Explanation: Elliott reveals all are IATA codes for major world airports, specifically among the fifty busiest by human passenger traffic—joking that walrus cargo traffic is a separate category.

• Rapid-fire Airport Naming: Elliott asks Max and Gabe to match codes with cities:

  • LAX: Los Angeles
  • DEN: Denver (“the famous Illuminati airport” – Gabe, 04:18)
  • SEA: Seattle-Tacoma (Sea-Tac)
  • SIN: Singapore Changi
  • MAD: Madrid (“Lovely.” – Elliott, 05:34)
  • BOG: Bogotá, Colombia
  • CAN: Stumps the group; revealed as Guangzhou, China.

• Fun Banter: Dinosaur skeletons at DEN, imagined single airport for all of Canada and brief confusion over CAN (“Canary Islands?” “Canada?”)

Notable Moment:

“Sometimes when we do a word game, it’s not about what the words mean. It’s about some other thing about them.”
—Elliott Kalan, (03:17)

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2. Game Segment: Bot Bops

[08:25 – 16:45]

• Concept: The show’s robot host recites well-known song lyrics, “ushering in the Singularity,” and the contestants must name the song and artist.
• Elliott sets the stage:

  “It’s actually not. It’s very easy to imitate. You can do it on your phone. It’s the opposite of inimitable. Out. Imitable.” (08:43)

Bot Bop 1

Lyrics: “Love can touch us one time and last for a lifetime…”
Song Guess: “My Heart Will Go On” by Celine Dion
Outcome: Correct

Bot Bop 2

Lyrics: “Won’t you come see about me... Don’t you forget about me…”
Guess: Song - “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” (correct); Artists - fuzzy guesses (Anonymous, Huey Lewis, Tears for Fears).
Correct Artist: Simple Minds
Notable Banter:

“By the activist group Anonymous.” —Elliott/Gabe, (11:09)
“Oh, I would not have landed on Simple Minds.” —Gabe, (11:24)

Bot Bop 3

Lyrics: “His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy…”
Guess: “Lose Yourself” by Eminem
Outcome: Correct (Gabe: “by Eminems”)

Bot Bop 4

Lyrics: “No, I never felt like this before… I owe it all to you…”
Guess Confusion: “I’ve Had the Time of My Life.” Artists guessed: Patrick Swayze/Jennifer Beals (incorrect, humorously so).
Correct Artists: Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes
Banter:

“Medley is a collection of songs. Not last name.” —Elliott, (14:20)

Bot Bop 5

Lyrics: “Well now I get low and I get high… Whether you’re a brother or whether you’re a mother…”
First Guesses: “Dancing in the Street” or “Ghostbusters”
Correct Answer: “Stayin’ Alive” by Bee Gees
Funny Aside:

“Now I go… those are the words to that?” —Elliott, (16:03)

Game Score:

• Max & Gabe score 6 out of 10 points (“That’s all right. But there’s one thing you can do, finally to save the day…” – Elliott, 16:45)

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3. The Mega Clue

[16:45 – 18:48]

• Prompt: What is the unifying theme among the five songs?
• Contestants’ Guesses:
  • “Anthems of survival.” – Max (17:40)
  • Not quite; Elliott hints to focus on usage of the songs.
  • Correct solution: “They’re all songs that were made famous being in movies as movie themes.” – Elliott (18:08)
  • Gabe names “I Just Can’t Wait to Be King” from The Lion King as another example.

Notable Quotes:

“That was only while doing this game that I learned that they name-checked the New York Times [in Stayin’ Alive].”
—Elliott Kalan, (16:16)

“Sure, I’ll give it to you… These are all songs that were made famous being in movies as movie themes.”
—Elliott Kalan, (18:08)

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Memorable Moments & Quotes

• On Simple Minds:
  “Oh, I would not have landed on Simple Minds.” —Gabe Liedman (11:24)
• Elliott’s Signature Humor:
  “People write songs about love, they write songs about sadness, and they write songs about mom’s spaghetti. Those are the three main subjects.” —Elliott Kalan (12:27)
• Regarding the ‘Perfect’ Medley:
  “Now what’s kind of screwed up there is that Medley is a collection of songs. Not a last name.” —Elliott Kalan (14:20)
• Massive Score Celebration:
  “You are true world travelers.” —Elliott Kalan (06:54)
  “Out of a possible 10 points, you got... 6 points. So not bad.” —Elliott Kalan (16:45)
• The Mega Clue Aha!
  “Sounds like these are anthems of survival.” —Max Silvestri (17:40)
  “Think less about the content... and more about the use.” —Elliott Kalan (18:01)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Opening Puzzle / Airport Codes: 01:31–06:28
• Bot Bops Game Segment: 08:25–16:45
• Mega Clue and Discussion: 16:45–18:48
• Episode Wrap & Sign-off: 18:54–19:49

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Episode Structure Summary

• Opening Banter & Puzzle: Three-letter word challenge leads to fun airport code discussion.
• Musical Game (Bot Bops): Robot reads famous movie soundtrack lyrics; contestants guess song & artist.
• Thematic Wrap-Up (Mega Clue): All the songs are iconic movie themes; bonus points for naming another.
• Consistently Playful, Self-Aware Humor: Elliott’s irreverent wordplay, guests’ quick wit and comedic timing.

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For New Listeners

This episode is an excellent representation of the ClueLess format: wordplay, pop culture puzzles, and tongue-in-cheek comedy, all wrapped in under 20 minutes. Expect brain-teasing fun, hilarious asides, and witty pop culture references—plus, you’ll get to chase along with the lively energy of Elliott, Gabe, and Max as they tackle airports, soundtracks, and the quirks of bot-performed karaoke.

Transcript

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[Jennifer]

Oh, could this vintage store be any cuter?

[Bot (Clueless Podcast Host)]

Right.

[Jennifer]

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[Elliot Kaelin]

Except Discover in a little place like this?

[Jennifer]

I don't think so.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Jennifer.

[Jennifer]

Oh yeah.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Huh?

[Jennifer]

Discover's accepted where I like to shop. Come on baby, get with the times.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Right.

[Jennifer]

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[Elliot Kaelin]

Discover is accepted at 99% of places that take credit cards nationwide. Based on the February 2025 Nielsen report.

[Bot (Clueless Podcast Host)]

Greetings Clueless listeners. While our host Elliot is busy this week completing his scholarly tome on the social history of the chicken tender, it is I the bot back with you to host another repeat performance. And this week, wouldn't you know, it is an episode starring me. That's right, our hilarious guests Max Silvestri and Gabe Liedman, co hosts of the comedy podcast called I Need U Guys have to try and guess which songs I am performing in my cold, inhuman manner. This is a fun one. Rock on.

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

Smart Less. So. Yesterday I decided to expand my vocabulary. So I did what anyone would do. I ate a dictionary. But it really didn't agree with me. And ever since then, I've been belching out three letter words. I'm pretty sure these words all have something in common that's upsetting my tummy, but. But I cannot figure out what it is. So can you tell me what characteristic these three letter words all share? And those words are Den, sea, s, E A can mad, sin, lax and bog. Again, these are the words that I've been burping up. Den see can mad, sin, lax and bog. Let's find out my dictionary diagnosis on today's episode of Clueless.

[Jennifer]

Clueless.

[Bot (Clueless Podcast Host)]

Clueless. I'm clueless.

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

Welcome to Smartless Presents. Clueless, the puzzle podcast you like at the price you love. I'm your host, Elliot Kin, and I insist on paying a lot for this muffler. Today we are joined by the co hosts of the Smartless podcast. I need you guys. That's right, it is Max Silvestri and Gabe Leadman. Max Gabe, do you know the answer to this episode's opening question? What characteristic is shared by the three letter words den, sea, S, E, A, can, mad, sin, lax, and bog?

[Elliot Kaelin]

And it's making you ill, huh?

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

It is making me ill, though. That's more. That's more. A little bit of a. Oh, that doesn't have to do with it. No, that's not necessarily equation.

[Gabe Liedman]

I think I have a game.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Okay, go for it.

[Gabe Liedman]

I believe that these are all airport codes.

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

You're exactly right. These are all three lettered codes. IATA airport codes for major airports. Excellent work. Sometimes. Sometimes when we do a word game, it's not about what the words mean. It's about some other thing about them. And you figured it out. Exactly. Right now, all of those airport codes are on the list of the 50 busiest airports in the world based on human passenger traffic, as opposed to based on walrus cargo traffic, which would be a different list of airports. Can you identify the city or the name of the airport for each one? I'm going to go through them. I want you to try to tell me what these airports are. Okay. I'm going to try to go from easiest to hardest, or from hardest to easiest, depending on where you live. The first word, lax, I think that's

[Elliot Kaelin]

going to go ahead and be Los Angeles, folks. Beautiful town, wonderful airport.

[Gabe Liedman]

The best part of the city. Don't leave.

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

Oh, yeah. You want to stay there the whole time? Okay, then. Number two. Den.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Den.

[Gabe Liedman]

That's gonna be the famous Illuminati airport. Denver.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Beautiful airport. Now, you don't want a short layover there.

[Gabe Liedman]

No, you're gonna want a lot of time to walk around because it's huge.

[Elliot Kaelin]

It's huge. It's a very horizontally sprawling type of skeleton.

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

I believe they still have a dinosaur skeleton there, if you can find it. I think they do.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Oh, I gotta get back there and look.

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

Time for salt.

[Elliot Kaelin]

As a paleontologist, I'm trying to track down each one.

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

Just the ones in airports, though.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Even the ones that have been found and are in airports. Yeah. I'd still like to see it.

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

Number three.

[Elliot Kaelin]

C. S, E, A, H, C. Is that SeaTac? Seattle Tacoma.

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

Exactly right. Seattle Tacoma. I was worried you were going to forget the Tacoma part of it. A lot of people do. I would ever do that now. Sin S I N sin.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Ooh, Sin. Is it Sin City? Vegas. I'm kidding. Don't accept that. Is it Singapore?

[Gabe Liedman]

I'm gonna get Singapore.

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

You're right, it is Singapore. That's Singapore. Changi Airport in Singapore. Very Good. There. Next is mad. What airport is mad?

[Elliot Kaelin]

Mad. Madrid.

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

You're right, it's Madrid. Alfo Suarez, Madrid. Barajas Airport in Madrid, Spain. Very good.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Lovely.

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

Number six. Bog.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Bog.

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

What airport is bog?

[Gabe Liedman]

Bogota, New Colombia.

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

That's right. Bogota, Colombia. El Dorado International Airport in Bogota, Colombia. And finally, one last airport. Can.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Can.

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

C a n. Can.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Can.

[Gabe Liedman]

Can. Can.

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

Can.

[Gabe Liedman]

Yeah.

[Elliot Kaelin]

You get this airport, can we get this airport? Can. I mean, I don't think Canary Islands is huge. I don't think.

[Gabe Liedman]

Yeah.

[Elliot Kaelin]

I don't think Canada has only one airport.

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

Yeah.

[Gabe Liedman]

Okay.

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

It would be very funny if they did though. And it's right in the middle.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yeah.

[Gabe Liedman]

Like, I mean, I don't think it would be the airport in the south of France.

[Elliot Kaelin]

No. Maybe, you know, for one week a year. Okay.

[Gabe Liedman]

Huh.

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

Would you like me to tell you the answer? Would you like to? Sure. Not hit on it yet. But you're right that it's an international airport.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Okay.

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

That's right. Cannes is, as you were probably just about to say, Guangzhou. Bayun International Airport in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. So you were so close. You were so close. Of course you were so close, but you did great. You got six out of seven. That was almost all the airports. You are true world travelers.

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[Jennifer]

Thy ticket lady Jennifer of Coolidge. Well, many thanks, good sir. Here is my Discover card.

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

They accept Discover at Renaissance fairs?

[Jennifer]

Yeah, they do. Here. Discover is accepted at the places I love to shop. Get it with the times.

[Elliot Kaelin]

With the times.

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

You're playing the loot.

[Bot (Clueless Podcast Host)]

Yeah.

[Jennifer]

And it sounds pretty good, right?

[Elliot Kaelin]

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[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

Listeners at home, did you get the answers? If so, that's great. You just want a free trip to wherever you are already going today. But don't pack your bags yet because we're about to play today's main game. It's Botbops.

[Bot (Clueless Podcast Host)]

Bot Bops. I am the bot and these are my bops.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Botbops.

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

So, as the song has told you, that's the bot that though these are going to be her bops. In Bot Bops, we help to usher in the Singularity by asking our clueless bot to sing the lyrics to various songs in its inimitable voice. It's actually not. It's very easy to imitate. You can do it on your phone. It's the opposite of inimitable. Out. Imitable. Your job is to identify the name of the song and the artist who originally performed it. Are you ready to artificially rock?

[Elliot Kaelin]

Hell, yeah.

[Gabe Liedman]

Yeah.

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

Let's do it, then. Let's do it. Take it away, Bot.

[Bot (Clueless Podcast Host)]

Love can touch us one time and last for a lifetime and never let go till we're gone Love was when I loved you One true time I'd hold two in my life will always Blank, blank, near, far, wherever you are I believe that the blank does blank, blank.

[Elliot Kaelin]

It's just too beautiful to cut off. I mean, what a. What a voice.

[Gabe Liedman]

I think you have to say this one, Gabe.

[Elliot Kaelin]

I think it's My Heart Will Go on by Celine Dion. And that was actually her demo, right?

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

That was the original. That was original bot is Gabe, right? Is that the BoP.

[Bot (Clueless Podcast Host)]

My heart will Go on by Celine Dion.

[Elliot Kaelin]

But she sounds great.

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

Before they bring in the orchestration, everything like that. That's what it always sounds like. That's what the song always sounds like. At first. Yeah.

[Elliot Kaelin]

The flute wasn't there yet. That was the message.

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

That's what really lifts it. Yeah. All right, Bob, please give us your second bop.

[Bot (Clueless Podcast Host)]

Won't you come see about me I'll be alone Dancing, you know it, baby Tell me your troubles and doubts Giving everything inside and out N Love's strange so real in the dark Think of the tender things that we were working on Slow change may pull us apart when the light gets into your heart, baby Blank, blank, blank, blank, blank, blank, blank, blank, blank, blank, blank, blank, blank.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Okay, I think I got it. It was the 17th blank. Now, this is taking me back to another film, a beautiful film. That is don't yout Forget About Me from the Breakfast Club soundtrack, which was sang by a musical artist.

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

Would the musical artist Have a name or something that people refer to it as something. By Anonymous.

[Gabe Liedman]

Yeah, I. No, I don't have.

[Elliot Kaelin]

By the activist group Anonymous.

[Gabe Liedman]

Yeah. By Huey Lewis and the Belinda Carliles. For fear. Tears for fears.

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

Are they right about this bot? Yeah.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Was that right?

[Bot (Clueless Podcast Host)]

Don't you forget about Me by Simple Minds.

[Gabe Liedman]

Oh, I would not have landed on Simple Minds.

[Elliot Kaelin]

You know, I just saw them live last night. It's so crazy.

[Gabe Liedman]

And they didn't play that.

[Elliot Kaelin]

No, no, they were focusing on the new stuff, which I actually like better.

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

Yeah, yeah. I'll give you half points for that. But that's great. You got or one point rather than two. It doesn't matter. The points don't matter, bot to you. Good point. It's easy for me to say that. Bot, please give us bop number three.

[Bot (Clueless Podcast Host)]

His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy. There's vomit on his sweater already. Mom spaghetti. He's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready to drop bombs. But he keeps on forgetting what he wrote down. The whole crowd goes so loud. He opens his mouth but the words won't come out. He's choking.

[Jennifer]

How?

[Bot (Clueless Podcast Host)]

Everybody's joking now the clock's run out, Time's up, over.

[Gabe Liedman]

I think we got this.

[Elliot Kaelin]

You do?

[Gabe Liedman]

Uh huh. Yeah.

[Elliot Kaelin]

There's so many songs about mom's spaghetti that I'm just sort of like. I have a top 10.

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

People write songs about love, they write songs about sadness, and they write songs about mom's spaghetti. Those are the three main subjects.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yeah. Which of those won an Oscar?

[Gabe Liedman]

I think this is Lose Yourself by Eminem's.

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

Is that the bop?

[Bot (Clueless Podcast Host)]

Lose Yourself by Eminem.

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

I'm gonna give you full credit even though you use the plural. The plural of Eminem's.

[Elliot Kaelin]

I think he had some help.

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

Yeah. What I like about the bot is her phrasing is so unique. It's so individual, you know, poetry.

[Gabe Liedman]

She's like any great hip hop artist. The cadence is unique. One on one.

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

Exactly. All right, Bop, give us bop number four now.

[Bot (Clueless Podcast Host)]

Blank, blank, blank, blank, blank, blank, blank. No, I never felt like this before. Yes, I swear it's the truth and I owe it all to you.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Right.

[Bot (Clueless Podcast Host)]

Cause Blank, blank, blank, blank, blank, blank, blank.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yeah. So what a beautiful song. And it.

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

Especially in this version.

[Elliot Kaelin]

I. Yeah, I like how it was not a duet. That was.

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

That's the amazing thing about modern technology. They can do both parts.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yeah, right. That was. I've had the time of my Life by two musical artists on the Dirty Dancing soundtrack was, I believe, their full Name? Did you need their legal name? Because they were the recording artists from.

[Gabe Liedman]

Yeah. By Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Beals. Yeah, that's who sung it.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Jennifer Beals. We're so sorry. Jennifer Grey. Literally.

[Gabe Liedman]

Oh, I'm thinking of Flashdance. Sorry.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yeah, that's right.

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

I like that you're not apologizing to the. To the performers of the footlongs. You can't remember.

[Elliot Kaelin]

They're thrilled. They're thrilled.

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

Well, let's find out if you're right. Bot whose bop is it and what bop is that?

[Bot (Clueless Podcast Host)]

I've had the Time of My Life by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Now what's kind of screwed up there is that Medley is a collection of songs. Not last name.

[Gabe Liedman]

Yeah.

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

This time it gets to be both.

[Gabe Liedman]

Yeah.

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

That's the wonderful thing about words.

[Gabe Liedman]

It's also how nickels taste.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yeah.

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

Medley. Yeah. Those are the three. The three definitions under medley in the dictionary.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yeah.

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

We have one more bop for you bot give us our final bop of the game.

[Bot (Clueless Podcast Host)]

Well now I get low and I get high and if I can't get either I really try. Got the wings of heaven on my shoes. I'm a dancin man and I just can't lose, you know. It's alright, it's okay. I'll live to see another day. We can try to understand the New York Times effect on man. Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother. You're blank, blank, blank, blank, blank blank. Feel the city break in and everybody shaken and we're blank, blank, blank, blank, blank blank. Ah ha ha ha. Blank, blank, blank, blank blank blank.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Ha ha ha.

[Bot (Clueless Podcast Host)]

Blank, blank blank.

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

Okay, Beautiful. I go.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Is that Dancing in the Streets by, you know, David Bowie and his friend Mick Jagger? Maybe I was.

[Gabe Liedman]

I thought it was the Ghostbusters song. But yeah, I think is that. You're right. Gay.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Are those the words to that song?

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

Only one way to find out. If that's your answer then bot tell us if that's the bop.

[Bot (Clueless Podcast Host)]

Staying Alive by Bee Gees.

[Elliot Kaelin]

No. Got it.

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

Staying Alive, Stayin Alive by the Bee Gees.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Now I go. Those are the words to that?

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

Those are the words. You didn't recognize the lyrics? Ha ha ha ha ha ha.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Right. Well I mean right now it makes sense.

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

It was only while doing this game that I learned that they name checked the New York Times in the song Stand Out. Remember that?

[Elliot Kaelin]

That's what made me think maybe it was Bowie. Now I go, okay, great. That's great. That's great. Those are crazy words. And Then the other thing is, that might be the only song so far where, like, there was some, like, real magic lost.

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

You think? All the rest of it was just

[Elliot Kaelin]

the rest of them.

[Gabe Liedman]

Really?

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yeah, really held up in that. In the robo cover.

[Bot (Clueless Podcast Host)]

But these are my bops.

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

Well, you did great. Out of a possible 10 points, one for the song and one for the performer, you got, let's see, 2, 4, 5, 6. 6 points. So not bad. That's all right. But there's one thing you can do, finally to save the day, to stop the computers from rising up and crushing humanity. And that's if you can wield our secret weapon, the mega clue. Mega clue question. So for this mega clue, I need you to tell me what is the common theme that connects all these songs? And can you name another song in that same category or theme? Would you like me to remind you what the songs were?

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yes, please.

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

They were My Heart Will Go on by Celine Dion, don't you Forget about Me by Simple Minds, Lose Yourself by Eminem, I've had the Time of My Life by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warrens and Stayin Alive by the Bee Gees. What is the common theme that connects all of these songs?

[Elliot Kaelin]

Sounds like these are anthems of survival. Survival. Survival. Yeah. I mean, I don't know if the Burkams Club one matches that, but.

[Gabe Liedman]

What's the Breakfast Club one again?

[Elliot Kaelin]

Don't you forget about me. That's more of a legacy thing.

[Gabe Liedman]

Yeah.

[Elliot Kaelin]

But anyway, I think I want you

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

to think less about the content of these songs and more about the use of these songs.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Okay. They're all soundtracks. They're all songs from soundtracks. I see.

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

Can you name another one that's like that? Another song? No.

[Gabe Liedman]

Has there ever been another song in a Lion King? I just can't wait to be king.

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

Sure. I'll give it to. Wow. I'll give it to you. These are all songs that were made famous being in movies as movie themes. My Heart Will Go on from Titanic. Don't you forget about me from the Breakfast Club, lose yourself from 8 mile, I've had the time of my Life from Dirty Dancing and Staying Alive from Saturday Night Fever. And you're right. I just can't wait to be King is, of course, best associated with the Lion King, even though we hear it all the time. Yeah.

[Gabe Liedman]

Yeah. Every time they get a Slam Dunkin basketball, they play it and you're like, what is this from?

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

It's like, oh, I forgot that was in a movie. Oh, yeah, yeah.

[Gabe Liedman]

Jonathan Taylor Thomas sang this.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Wow.

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

It's crazy.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Listen well, he's part of it.

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

Listeners at home, did you do as well as Gabe and Max? If not, that's okay. You're only human. Or are you? Bum, bum, bum. Dramatic. Well, this has been a really fun episode. I hope you've had a great time, but I've had to use the bathroom for the past 15 minutes. So before I do permanent damage to my kidneys, let's bring this show to a close. First, I'd like to thank Max and Gabe. Gabe and Max. Whatever order you say your names in, you're a shining example for America's youth to look up to. Thank you for that. Thank you for providing that.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Thank you for recognizing it.

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

Yes, finally. It should have been recognized a long time ago. It took me to do it. And I'd like to thank you, the listener, for telling us you listened to today's episode even if you didn't. And you're just trying to make us feel good. Still tell us that even if it's not true. We really appreciate it. We're very fragile. We'll have more Smartless presents Clueless for you next week. Until then, I'm your host, Elliot Kaelin, reminding you I need you to work a double shift this weekend. No excuses.

[Narrator/Announcer]

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. Today's contestants were Gabe Liebman and Max Silvestri. Check out I need you guys anywhere you get your podcasts. Your producer, editor and engineer is Devin Tory Bryant, who is me. I also write all the music and sound effects. Today's puzzles were written by Jason Reich. Talent producer is Anne Harris, Associate Producer Maddy 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.

[Elliot Kaelin (Host, Smartless Presents Clueless)]

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