Re-release: 205 - Bizarro Movie Guide (w/ Naomi Ekperigin and Andy Beckerman)

Summary

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SmartLess Presents ClueLess

Re-release: 205 - Bizarro Movie Guide

Guests: Naomi Ekperigin & Andy Beckerman
Host: Elliott Kalan
Original Release Date: April 6, 2026
Episode Length: ~15 minutes (excluding ads)

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Episode Overview

In this bite-sized, fast-paced episode of ClueLess, writer and comedian Elliott Kalan welcomes hilarious comedians Naomi Ekperigin and Andy Beckerman (the married duo behind the "Couples Therapy" podcast) for a rerun of a fan-favorite installment. Together, they tackle wordplay puzzles about fears (phobias) and dive into a uniquely twisted game: “Bizarro Movie Guide,” where contestants must decode the real-world counterpart of strange, alternate-universe romantic comedy titles.

The mood is playful and clever, filled with pop culture riffs, good-natured teasing, and witty banter.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Opening Puzzle: Which Word Doesn't Belong?

Segment Start: [02:19]

• Elliott poses a classic odd-one-out puzzle using the words: optimistic, heroic, poetic, artistic, romantic.
• The guests must find the word that doesn’t fit, focusing not only on meaning but on the words themselves.

“Think about the words themselves, not even necessarily the meanings of the words.”
— Elliott Kalan ([04:07])

Solution:

• Andy cracks it: “Romantic” is the only one that doesn’t conventionally form a noun by adding “-ic.”
• Playful riffing on writing things down as a tool for better problem-solving ensues.

“Because the rest of them are all nouns that you add ‘-ic’ to. And there’s no such thing as a romantic.”
— Andy Beckerman ([04:32])

"Being wrong is just the first step on the road to being right. So beautiful. Somebody put that on a quote thing."
— Elliott Kalan ([05:14])

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2. Lightning Round: Name That Fear (Phobia Game)

Segment Start: [06:15]

• Classic trivia round where Elliott gives obscure (and less obscure) phobia names; the guests identify what they represent.

Phobias covered:

• Claustrophobia: fear of confined spaces
• Acrophobia: fear of heights
  • Andy works through the etymology, connecting “acrobats” and height.
• Aerophobia: fear of flying (not just wind)
• Equinaphobia: fear of horses
  • Naomi nails this quickly.
• Nomophobia: fear of being without your mobile phone
  • A modern “digital age” phobia; guests riff on its likely etymology.

“Every other one of these was taken from the Latin, and then this one is just like some chump over in the Oxford English Dictionary is just like, ‘I don’t know. No, I’ll just shorten mobile.’”
— Andy Beckerman ([09:47])

Odd-One-Out (among fears):

• Elliott asks which phobia is least likely to be experienced simultaneously with the others on an airplane.
• Answer: Equinaphobia
  • Because it’s unlikely you'll encounter a horse on a plane, while all the others (fear of heights, flying, confined spaces, being without a phone) could occur in flight.

“Unless a fellow passenger has a very loose definition of service animal, you will not be seeing a horse on a plane.”
— Elliott Kalan ([11:15])

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3. Main Game: Bizarro Movie Guide

Segment Start: [13:14]

Elliott presents twisted, “opposite” versions of romcom titles from an imaginary Bizarro universe’s TV Guide. Naomi and Andy’s task: identify the correct movie in our universe.

Sample & Notable Rounds:

• Your Worst Enemy’s Divorce
  • My Best Friend’s Wedding
• Most Despise It Cold
  • Some Like It Hot
• Ugly Man
  • Pretty Woman
• Hate, Theoretically
  • Love, Actually
• Hang Around Groom
  • Runaway Bride
• Kiss. Sober. Hate.
  • Punch Drunk Love
• Also Them
  • Only You (tough round; explained by Elliott)
• Several Awful Nights
  • One Fine Day
• Unrelated to Tomorrow Morning
  • About Last Night (requires breaking down the logic; Andy and Naomi get there with prompts)

“That laugh at the end really bothers me every time.”
— Elliott Kalan, on the Bizarro Movie Guide stinger ([13:14])

“Sometimes it just takes a little thinking of it differently and getting a clue.”
— Elliott Kalan ([17:09])

“Sometimes it just takes the host telling you the answer basically for you to get it.”
— Andy Beckerman ([17:14])

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4. Mega Clue: Bonus Challenge

Segment Start: [17:20]

• Taking the first letters of every correct answer (S, P, L, A, P, O, O, A), guests must unscramble them to spell a romantic comedy’s title.
• “POORLAPS” stumps Andy and Naomi, who joke about “Poor Laps” and “Splash.”
• Elliott reveals the answer: The Proposal.

“What rom com has the word ‘poo’ in it? … That’s a trap we deliberately set for you.”
— Elliott Kalan ([18:34])

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5. Closing Banter & Sign-off

Segment Start: [18:54]

• Playful jokes about bottling listeners’ abilities (“I’d call it Listerine”).
• Jokes about returning “the unused portion of me to the manufacturer for a partial refund.”
• Light roasting about psychic clowns, callback to earlier gags about being afraid.
• Standard show credits and reminders to check out Couples Therapy and Elliott’s book.

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Notable Quotes

• Elliott Kalan:

  “Being wrong is just the first step on the road to being right. So beautiful. Somebody put that on a quote thing. Put that on a quote meme. Say Abraham Lincoln or Maya Angelou said it. That's fine.” ([05:14])

• Naomi Ekperigin:

  “[About fears] Absolutely everything. Quite honestly, everything what it is.” ([06:02])

• Andy Beckerman:

  “Watch out, Schrodinger. Watch out, Heisenberg. I’m coming for you. I’m coming for your Nobel Prize.” ([05:03])

• Elliott Kalan:

  “Unless a fellow passenger has a very loose definition of service animal, you will not be seeing a horse on a plane.” ([11:15])

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• [02:19] — Start of show/proper, intro and get-to-know-you banter
• [03:41] — Opening "which word doesn't belong" puzzle
• [06:15] — Phobia trivia lightning round
• [09:00] — Discussion of nomophobia, etymology riffing
• [10:33] — Odd-one-out phobia follow-up puzzle
• [13:14] — Start of “Bizarro Movie Guide” game
• [17:20] — Mega Clue: Unscramble letters for bonus movie title
• [18:54] — Episode wrap-up, thank-yous, closing banter

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Memorable Moments

• Andy’s celebratory pivot from “stinking it up” in the last episode to writing things down and getting puzzles right.
• Naomi and Andy’s comedic confidence when deliberating obvious answers, then second-guessing themselves.
• Extended riff on the “romantic” word puzzle and the perils of overthinking basic questions—mirrored when they struggle with “aerophobia.”
• The hosts’ playful antagonism toward overly literal Bizarro quiz answers (“Only You” as the answer to “Also Them”).
• Meta-commentary on logic puzzles and failing upward, peppered with self-aware humor throughout.

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Episode Tone & Style

• Upbeat, nerdy, and quick-witted.
• The trio riff freely and reward each other’s jokes, keeping even the silliest material feeling sharp.
• Listeners are invited to “play along” and test their own puzzle-solving skills.

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Summary Verdict

This re-released episode of ClueLess is a breezy, tightly-packed showcase of wordplay, pop culture trivia, and comedic chemistry. Naomi and Andy are game, making it feel like a friendlier, funnier version of a pub quiz, and Elliott’s hosting style provides just enough nudges to keep things moving without giving too much away until the last moment. Fans of playful banter and logic games will find a lot to love.

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Transcript

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greetings clueless listeners. While our host Elliott is otherwise engaged this week putting the finishing touches on his 10 part documentary entitled New Jersey Colon Jewel of the Americas, it is I the Bot back To present another repeat performance this week, Elliott is joined once again by hilarious comedians and married couple Naomi Ekparagan and Andy Beckerman, who also host the podcast Couples Therapy. In this episode, it's a trip to the freaky flicks as they have to interpret the titles of movies from a warped alternate universe in our popular game Bizarro Movie Guide. Lights, Camera, Clueless.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Smart Less. I had to go get a new driver's license the other day because my old one was stolen and they made me give it back to the person I took it from. And the forms that the DMV asked me to describe myself in five words. I put down optimistic, heroic, poetic, artistic and romantic. Then I realized one of those words doesn't belong. Which one is it and why? To find out. Keep listening. This is Clueless.

[Podcast Outro Narrator]

Clueless.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Clueless.

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[Elliot Kaelin]

Welcome to Smartless Presents Clueless, the puzzle podcast that wasn't paying attention and just missed Detect it. Darn. I'm have to turn around. I'm your host, Elliot Kaelin. Don't spend me all in one place. I'm also the author of Joke how to Write Comedy and Other Nonsense, a new book that's on store shelves now. But that's not what I'm here about. I'm here about Smartless Presents Clueless. And I'm here because this week we are joined once again by superstar guests Naomi Ekparigan and Andy Beckerman, the married couple, the comedy superstars whose last names are almost rhyme but don't quite rhyme. Thanks for joining us, Naomi and Andy.

[Andy Beckerman]

Thanks. Very excited to talk about the power broker.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Don't get me started. Do not get me started, sir. I will talk about that for hours and hours. As you know Now. Oh, man. Now. You literally mentioned it, and it's like, all I want to talk about now is the Power Broker. For anyone who's interested. I did a whole podcast about the book the Power Broker last year. Look it up. It's in the 99% visible feed. I don't know if I'm allowed to promote other podcasts on this one, but I will promote my book, Joke how to Write Comedy and Other Nonsense. Naomi. Andy, tell me if you've got the guts. What is the answer to today's opening question of this list of words to describe myself? Which one of them does not belong and why? Optimistic, heroic, poetic, artistic, and romantic. There's something about those words that unites four of them and excludes the other. What could it be?

[Andy Beckerman]

Romantic, Optimistic. I wish I was faster at writing things down, because as you said them, I'm like, you know what? I'll do this with my brain and no other tools. Even though humans are tool users.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yeah, right.

[Andy Beckerman]

Yeah, that's our. That's our chief thing. Using tools, destroying the earth. I guess those are our two things. Those are really the two big things that humans do.

[Naomi Ekparigan]

Now, you said one of these is not.

[Elliot Kaelin]

One of these words does not fit with the others. And so, again, those words are optimistic, heroic, poetic, artistic, and romantic. And think about the words themselves, not even necessarily the meanings of the words. Think about the words themselves.

[Naomi Ekparigan]

Okay, you know, Andy, I got it. Which one? What's coming to you? No, what's coming to you?

[Andy Beckerman]

Oh, romantic, I think.

[Elliot Kaelin]

And why is that?

[Andy Beckerman]

Because the rest of them are all nouns that you add I see to. And there's no such thing as a romantic.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Exactly correct. You did it. You did it. Through the power of writing things down, you managed to crack the code.

[Andy Beckerman]

Listeners, listeners, if you have heard the first episode, I wrote nothing down. Not a single word. And I stunk it up. I was a trash pile. All right? I was a sewer. And what happens the minute I write these words down? Oh, my gosh.

[Naomi Ekparigan]

Fresh.

[Andy Beckerman]

Watch out, Schrodinger. Watch out, Heisenberg. I'm coming for you. I'm coming for your Nobel Prize. And figure six.

[Naomi Ekparigan]

Well, Andy, that was good, because. I was going to say optimistic.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Oh, no, it was. You would have been wrong. But that's okay. Being wrong is just the first step on the road to being right. So beautiful. Somebody put that on a quote thing. Put that on a quote meme. Say Abraham Lincoln or Maya Angelou said it. That's fine. It's okay.

[Naomi Ekparigan]

Elliot.

[Andy Beckerman]

Elliot. That was very optimistic of You. We'll be back after this.

[Elliot Kaelin]

No, no, hold on, hold on. But you're right. Romantic. You can't turn that to Romant. It doesn't work. It just sounds like a Superman villain who is an Italian insect. Romance. And that's not gonna work. Now. I'm not afraid of bugs, although many people are. I'm only afraid of Bugs Bunny because I do not trust a rabbit who carries around that much dynamite. I'm sorry. He's up to something. Today's trivia game is all about fears. Other people's fears of bugs. My fear of Bugs Bunny, fears in general. Naomi, Andy, are you afraid of anything, either of you?

[Naomi Ekparigan]

Absolutely everything. Quite honestly, everything what it is.

[Elliot Kaelin]

That's our move through the world.

[Andy Beckerman]

Yeah. It's our primary mode of being fear.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Okay, that's good to know. I'm glad you found each other. So you could reinforce each other's fears.

[Naomi Ekparigan]

Yeah, really healthy.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Well, I'm going to see if you can define some common fears. This is just straight up trivia. I'm going to name the phobia. You tell me what it's the fear of. We'll start easy. We'll get more difficult. Are you ready or are you too scared?

[Andy Beckerman]

Well, yeah, we are too scared, but we still move through the world.

[Elliot Kaelin]

That's. That's the meaning of courage. That's what bravery is. Yeah. All right. Can you tell me what claustrophobia is?

[Naomi Ekparigan]

Fear of confined spaces.

[Elliot Kaelin]

You got it. Can you tell me what acrophobia is? Acrophobia.

[Andy Beckerman]

Fear of open spaces? No, fear of acra. The city in Ghana.

[Elliot Kaelin]

I'll tell you. Here's my clue. This is a dizzying fear to have ac.

[Naomi Ekparigan]

Go ahead, then, mister.

[Andy Beckerman]

Oh, well, no, just acrobat. I'm not exactly sure the. What the. But it's the same. It's the same word as in acrobat. So fear of tightropes. Fear of height, falling off of a.

[Naomi Ekparigan]

Of a.

[Elliot Kaelin]

You got it. Fear of heights. I love that. You're like acrobat. What's the thing they do?

[Podcast Outro Narrator]

Ropes.

[Andy Beckerman]

They walk.

[Elliot Kaelin]

But what's the whole challenge of walking on a tightrope? That it's high up in the air.

[Andy Beckerman]

They walk a tightrope, and then criminals kill their family, and then they become

[Elliot Kaelin]

Robin and they become Batman's associate.

[Naomi Ekparigan]

You know, it's so funny. I've never heard acrophobia. I've heard. I know what a fear of heights is, but I've never heard it referred to as acrophobia.

[Elliot Kaelin]

One of the fun Things about the world is. Everything has a name. And once you learn that name, you're like, I didn't know that I had a name. I know. Can you tell me what aerophobia is? Aerophobia. A E R O Phobia.

[Andy Beckerman]

Wind.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Close the closest. In some ways, it's similar to our last fear. Acrophobia.

[Andy Beckerman]

Fear of wind at. When you're on top of a building and you're worried that the wind is gonna, like, whoosh you off the side.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Fear of whoosh. That's a very specific fear. Fear of whoosh. Yeah, that would be whooshaphobia, probably. Aerophobia. What's a way that people might find themselves very, very high up in the air?

[Andy Beckerman]

Fear of plane.

[Naomi Ekparigan]

Planes. Fear of flying.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yes, Fear of flying. Exactly. Fear of flying. What about this?

[Naomi Ekparigan]

This are supposed to be easy. Oops.

[Elliot Kaelin]

That. That was the hinge point. That was the hinge from easy to hard.

[Andy Beckerman]

Hold on. Can I tell you.

[Elliot Kaelin]

We were.

[Andy Beckerman]

We were looking for something. This is what. At least what I was doing. I was like, it can't be that easy. Arrow plan. That's a.

[Elliot Kaelin]

That's what. So that's. You're. You're overthinking yourself.

[Naomi Ekparigan]

Oh, that's Andy Beckerman in a nutshell.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Get him out of that nutshell. It's not safe to be in there. Let's move on to the next fear. It is aquinaphobia. Aquinaphobia.

[Andy Beckerman]

Oh, Fear of Thomas Aquinas.

[Naomi Ekparigan]

Fear of horses.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yes, Fear of horses. Very good. The equine. And finally, this is our last fear. This is a very modern fear. It's nomo phobia. N o M o. Phobia. Nomophobia. This may not be one you've heard of. It was new to me with this game.

[Andy Beckerman]

No mo Fear of. Fear of phones. Fear of cell phones.

[Elliot Kaelin]

You're on your way there. It's not that, but it's related to that.

[Naomi Ekparigan]

Fear of not being afraid anymore. No mo phob. I ain't got no more phobias. I think that's right.

[Elliot Kaelin]

What a great. I've decided that would be. I'm so afraid I'm gonna lose my fears, and then what. What defines me? Yeah.

[Naomi Ekparigan]

Who am I? Who am I when I'm not afraid?

[Elliot Kaelin]

Who am I when I'm not afraid of horses?

[Andy Beckerman]

Wow. What is this? My. My therapy session.

[Elliot Kaelin]

So I'm gonna give you one more shot. What is nomophobia? Andy, you were. You were on your track.

[Andy Beckerman]

Fear of losing your cell phone.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yes. It is the fear of being without Your mobile phone. Very rare.

[Podcast Outro Narrator]

Wow.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yeah, so I literally. I think no mo literally means no mobile phone. You know,

[Andy Beckerman]

every other one of these was taken from the Latin, and then this one is just like some chump over in the Oxford English Dictionary is just like. I don't know. No, I'll just shorten mobile.

[Elliot Kaelin]

You could see it as the corruption of culture in today's world. Yeah, we're no longer going back to the. To the classical. Not all our buildings have pillars on them anymore. You know, now that we've defined our fears, can you tell me which of these fears doesn't belong with the others and why? Again, those fears were acrophobia, fear of heights, aerophobia, fear of flying, claustrophobia, fear of confined spaces, equinophobia, fear of horses, and nomophobia, fear of being without your mobile phone. Which of those fears doesn't. It doesn't fit with the others.

[Andy Beckerman]

You know, I'm going to say nomophobia because it's the only one that doesn't come from Latin.

[Elliot Kaelin]

That's a great guess. That is not the answer that we're looking for. But you know what? That's a. That's an acceptable answer. It's an acceptable answer, but it's not the one we're looking for.

[Andy Beckerman]

Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Let me reframe it. Let me reframe it. Which of these fears are you unlikely to experience with the others? Let's say that you can explore these fears you could be experiencing at the same time. One of them you wouldn't. Which would be the one?

[Naomi Ekparigan]

Claustrophobia?

[Andy Beckerman]

No, equa.

[Elliot Kaelin]

The.

[Andy Beckerman]

The horse one.

[Elliot Kaelin]

And why is that?

[Andy Beckerman]

Look, unless you're on some, like, weird plane, like the Spruce Goose that can fit horses, when are you gonna. Where are you gonna be with a horse on a plane?

[Elliot Kaelin]

You're exactly right. You're exactly right. The answer is aquinaphobia. Because you could experience the other phobias on a plane. Fear heights, fear flying, fear confined spaces, fear being at your phone. But unless a fellow passenger has a very loose definition of service animal, you will not be seeing a horse on a plane.

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[Elliot Kaelin]

Listeners at home, did you soar through those questions? If so, that's great. You've accrued enough frequent gamer miles to trade them in for a second game. And here it is. It's called Bizarro Movie Guide.

[Podcast Outro Narrator]

Bizarro. Bizarro Movie Guide.

[Elliot Kaelin]

That laugh at the end really bothers me every time. So, as regular listeners know, I am still on the mailing list for the TV Guide from the Bizarro dimension, where everything is the opposite of our own world. For instance, they still print TV Guide, the opposite of Our own World. I was taking a look through the guide's rom com section. Rom com is of course short for romantic comedy and not romaine computer, which is cutting edge salad technology. Anyway, I was wondering if you can help us figure out the corresponding movie title in our universe to each of the rom coms that they list. So their titles are the opposite of our titles. For example, they've got a listing for something called your Worst Enemy's Divorce. Naomi, Andy. What movie is that? Is that the opposite of what in our world?

[Andy Beckerman]

Your best friend.

[Naomi Ekparigan]

My Best Friend's Wedding.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Exactly. My Best Friend's wedding. So you get it. I'm going to name eight more Bizarro rom coms. You tell me what the opposite movie is that exists in our world.

[Andy Beckerman]

Bizarro.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Let's go the first one. Most Despise it cold.

[Naomi Ekparigan]

Oh, well, you know, I would say some like it hot.

[Elliot Kaelin]

You got that right. Some like it hot. Number two. Ugly Man.

[Andy Beckerman]

Pretty Woman.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yes. Pretty Woman. You got it. Don't overthink it, Andy. You know these Number three. Hate. Theoretically, Love. Actually, very good. Number four, Hang Around Groom.

[Andy Beckerman]

Runaway Pride.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yes, very good.

[Naomi Ekparigan]

I did not even remember that movie.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Okay, this one kind of. Kind of stretching the definition of a rom com kiss. Sober hate.

[Naomi Ekparigan]

Oh, Punch drunk love.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yes. Punch drunk love. Very.

[Naomi Ekparigan]

Yeah, I wouldn't call that a romcom

[Elliot Kaelin]

you need to go back.

[Naomi Ekparigan]

You need to check what's going on in this other dimension.

[Elliot Kaelin]

The OED says it's a romcom, so we have to, you know. So question number six. Also them.

[Naomi Ekparigan]

Also them.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Also them.

[Andy Beckerman]

They live. Obviously. The best. The best rom com.

[Elliot Kaelin]

There's a love scene at one point.

[Naomi Ekparigan]

Wait, no. Also them. Them us. But then also.

[Elliot Kaelin]

But this is a tough one. Would you like me to give you the answer?

[Naomi Ekparigan]

Andy, do you have one thought?

[Andy Beckerman]

I'm just trying to think of, like, the opposite also. What's the opposite of also? That's the what. That's what's like.

[Naomi Ekparigan]

As good as it gets.

[Andy Beckerman]

The opposite of two words is four words, five words.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Once you start going down that road. Yeah, it's like. Well, the opposite of these words would be silence, you know, So I guess it's silence. Directed by Martin Scorsese. So the answer we're looking for is only you instead of also them. Only you. That's a tough one.

[Naomi Ekparigan]

Okay, okay. Only you.

[Andy Beckerman]

Wait, what is that? Phil? I've heard of it.

[Elliot Kaelin]

It's a romantic comedy.

[Naomi Ekparigan]

You don't know anything about the Rob Cop?

[Podcast Outro Narrator]

That's Marisa Tomei and Robert Downey Jr. Right. Only you.

[Naomi Ekparigan]

Okay, Devin, coming through with Marisa tomei, Robert Downey Jr. Rap, you're wel.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Question number seven. Several awful nights.

[Andy Beckerman]

One

[Naomi Ekparigan]

beautiful day. Oh, one fine day.

[Elliot Kaelin]

One fine day. Very good. I'll give you that one. And finally, question number eight. Unrelated to tomorrow morning. Unrelated to tomorrow morning.

[Andy Beckerman]

Related to today night.

[Naomi Ekparigan]

Unrelated.

[Elliot Kaelin]

You're getting there. You're getting there.

[Naomi Ekparigan]

Unrelated to Yesterday, Today, Yesterday by Danny Boyle.

[Andy Beckerman]

What's the opposite of tomorrow? See, this is weird. I would argue that tomorrow doesn't have an opposite necessarily.

[Elliot Kaelin]

You know what I'm gonna say? You could also say unrelated to first morning.

[Andy Beckerman]

Last.

[Naomi Ekparigan]

About last night.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yes, about last night. You got it.

[Podcast Outro Narrator]

Yeah.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Sometimes it just takes a little thinking of it differently and getting a clue.

[Andy Beckerman]

Sometimes it just takes the host telling you the answer basically for you to get it.

[Elliot Kaelin]

That was. You did great. You got seven out of eight. Of course, in every rom com, the stars start out hating each other, but then by the end of the movie, they end up solving a mega clue. Mega clue question. For today's mega clue, I want you to take the first letters of each of the answers you gave me and unscramble them to spell out another romantic comedy. I'm gonna give you those titles again. These are the ones that you. The answers. So you're gonna take the first letters of them. Some like it hot. Pretty woman. Love, actually. Runaway Bride. Punch drunk Love. Only you. One fine day. About last night. So those letters are S, P, L, A, R, P, O, O, A.

[Andy Beckerman]

By the way, for the first five, I was starting to get sweaty. I was like, is this Welsh? Where is the. Where are the fouls?

[Elliot Kaelin]

Don't know. We were saving them. Saving them till last. What?

[Andy Beckerman]

Oh, obviously it's Poor Laps.

[Elliot Kaelin]

It is the famous romantic comedy, Poor Laps. Yeah.

[Andy Beckerman]

Oh, wait. Can I tell you what your mistake was?

[Elliot Kaelin]

What?

[Andy Beckerman]

To order this in such a way that the word poo is in there. Because that's all my brain is fixating on.

[Elliot Kaelin]

That's all you trap that we deliberately set for you. Yeah, yeah.

[Andy Beckerman]

And I walked right into it.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Well, what Rom com has to work. Poo. And so do you have an answer? Let's see. Do you have an answer?

[Naomi Ekparigan]

My answer is Splash.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Okay. Looper and Splash both are incorrect. The answer is proposal. The movie is the proposal.

[Naomi Ekparigan]

Okay, that is a word with those. Let.

[Elliot Kaelin]

That's a word with those. You were so close with Prolapse, you almost got there, but you did great in that game. That was fantastic, listeners at home. Did you find love with that game? If not, that's okay. This was the attractive but shallow game that was keeping you from seeing you should be in love with the game you've been best friends with all along. Well, the clock just struck midnight, which means I need to reset the clock to the actual time. Before I do that, I'd like to thank Naomi Ekparigan and Andy Beckerman for showing us how it's done. I don't know what it is, but they sure did it. And they showed us how to do that.

[Andy Beckerman]

It is a psychic clown that lives in the sewers.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Oh, okay. That's what it is. Okay. And I'd like to thank you, the audience, for being great listeners. I wish I could bottle how good you are at listening. I call it Listerine. We'll be back next week with more Smart List presents Clueless. Until then, I'm your host, Elliot Kaelin, author of Joke Farming, how to Write Comedy and Other Nonsense on Bookstore shelves now reminding you that if I fail to satisfy, please return the unused portion of me to the manufacturer for a partial refund.

[Podcast Outro Narrator]

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. Today's contestants were Naomi Ekparigan and Andy Beckerman. Check out their show, Couples Therapy, anywhere you get your podcasts Your producer, editor and engineer is Devon Tory Bryant, who is me. I also write all the music and sound effects. Today's puzzles were by Matt Pack and myself. 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 Courson 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 bless.

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