Re-release: 208 - The Sort ‘Em Consortium (w/ Naomi Ekperigin and Andy Beckerman)

Summary

SmartLess Presents ClueLess

Episode Title: Re-release: 208 - The Sort ‘Em Consortium (w/ Naomi Ekperigin and Andy Beckerman)
Host: Elliott Kalan
Guests: Naomi Ekperigin, Andy Beckerman
Release Date: April 20, 2026
Podcast Description: SmartLess Presents ClueLess is a brief, biweekly puzzle and trivia show where host Elliott Kalan challenges guests (and listeners) to brainteasers, often pitting them against recurring contestant Sean Hayes. This episode is a re-release featuring comedians Naomi Ekperigin and Andy Beckerman competing in the “Sort ‘Em Consortium”—this time, with clues about U.S. geography and colors.

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Episode Overview

This re-released episode features comedians and podcasting duo Naomi Ekperigin and Andy Beckerman (hosts of Couples Therapy) as they join Elliott Kalan for a lively round of "Sort 'Em Consortium." The episode balances clever trivia about U.S. cities and colors with comedic banter and plenty of quick wit. The theme: sorting and ranking answers, from geography to colors, while sharing explanations, jokes, and asides.

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Key Discussion Points & Segments

Welcome and Opening Puzzle

Timestamps: 01:46–04:06

• Elliott’s Absurd Fact About Backstreet Boys:
  Elliott opens with a joke about the Backstreet Boys only driving on non-highways, then segues to an actual lateral thinking puzzle: If the Backstreet Boys leave a concert heading north and make six lefts, three rights, a U-turn, and three more lefts, what direction are they traveling?
  • Naomi: Admits she’s hopeless with directions; “the way I checked out after six left turns…” (03:32)
  • Andy: Correctly deduces "north," tying it to the Rob Reiner movie. (03:48)
  • Elliott: “Your taste in Rob Reiner movies is questionable, but you’re right.” (03:55)

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Game 1: Twin Cities Trivia

Timestamps: 04:06–09:01

Elliott quizzes the guests on U.S. cities named after famous world cities, with the Backstreet Boys’ fictional tour as the connective tissue.

Sample Questions and Answers:

• Q: Northwest Texas city with a cowboy-capped Eiffel Tower?
  A: Paris, Texas.

  • Naomi jumps in: “Paris, Texas!” (04:49)

• Q: Tennessee city with a pyramid-turned-Bass Pro Shop?
  A: Memphis, Tennessee.

  • Andy: “I want to say Cairo.” Naomi: “Cairo, Tennessee?” (05:19–05:24)
  • Elliott: “No. The answer is Memphis, Tennessee. Memphis is also a city in Egypt.” (05:41)

• Q: University of Georgia’s city, home to R.E.M., named for an ancient Greek city?
  A: Athens, Georgia.

  • Andy: “Athens, baby.” (06:08)

• Q: Oregon city almost named Boston, decided by a coin toss?
  A: Portland, Oregon.

  • Naomi: “Oh I’m going to say Portland.” (06:23)

• Q: Florida city named for the Russian metropolis formerly called Leningrad?
  A: St. Petersburg, Florida.

  • Naomi: “Oh yes, St. Petersburg.” (06:49)

• Q: South Carolina city sharing its name with West Virginia’s capital and a dance? A: Charleston, South Carolina.

  • Naomi: “The Charleston.” (07:14)

Memorable Moments:

• Andy and Naomi’s humorous struggles with geography, with Andy deploying wordplay (“Stargate, Tennessee”) and Naomi fretting: “Don’t even say it again...the way I could crumble into a ball…” (07:25)

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Mega Clue: Putting Cities in West-to-East Order

Timestamps: 07:31–09:01

Challenge: Guests must sort the tour stops (Memphis, Athens, Portland, St. Petersburg, Charleston) from west to east.

• Naomi: “Okay, so west to east: Portland…” (08:28)
• Andy: “And then Memphis… It’s Memphis or Athens... Portland, Memphis, Athens, Charleston, St. Petersburg...” (08:36)
• Elliott: Correct order: Portland, Memphis, Athens, St. Petersburg, Charleston.
  • “You have both provided for each other what each was lacking. And that’s the true meaning of a marriage.” (08:49)

Quote Highlight:

• Andy discusses teamwork in marriage: “We ordered those five from west to east in our vows. So it was just like you just had to recall from a couple years ago.” (09:02)

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Game 2: The Sort 'Em Consortium — Color Edition

Timestamps: 11:13–17:13

Elliott presents a classic “Sort 'Em Consortium” where contestants must connect a list of colors (red, blue, orange, yellow, green, purple) to clues.
Clues and Answers:

• Clues provided (13:03):

  1. Traditional color of Islam
  2. Most common color on national flags
  3. Dye only produced by sea snails until the 1800s
  4. Color used in maritime safety
  5. Word not found in ancient Greek
  6. Weakness for at least one DC superhero

• Solution discussion:

  • Naomi and Andy go back and forth, debating superhero weaknesses, national flags, ancient dyes, and Greek vocabulary.
  • Elliott reveals and comments as follows:
    • “Yellow…that’s the color Green Lantern couldn’t deal with!” (14:23)
    • “People love [red]…that’s why it’s on so many cereal boxes.” (14:41)
    • “Purple…was a dye that could only be produced by sea snails until the late 1800s.” (15:43)
    • On blue bloods, Andy jokes: “No, I’m not talking about the hit CBS cop show filmed in Greenpoint.” (15:31)
    • On green for Islam: “You are correct; green is the traditional color of Islam.” (16:58)
    • Final Answers:
      1. Green (Islam)
      2. Red (Flags)
      3. Purple (Snail dye)
      4. Orange (Maritime visibility)
      5. Blue (No Greek word)
      6. Yellow (Green Lantern weakness)

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Mega Clue: Favorite Colors Among Americans

Timestamps: 17:13–19:40

Task: Rank the six colors from most to least popular, per a 2015 YouGov poll.

• Andy & Naomi brainstorm, associating color popularity with patriotism and personality traits.
  • Naomi’s guess: “Blue, red, purple, green, yellow, orange.” (18:12)
  • Elliott reveals actual ranking:
    • Blue (31% most popular)
    • Green
    • Purple
    • Red
    • Yellow
    • Orange (Least popular; “super unpopular at 3% and 4%”) (19:19)
  • Elliott’s insight: “I think those [blue, green, purple] are more soothing colors…at best [red, yellow, orange] get people excited, at worst, aggravated.” (19:03)

Memorable Moment:

• Andy jokes: “I don’t know why, but I’m really hungry for a bowl of Lucky Charms right now.” (19:13)

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Notable Quotes

• Elliott, on teamwork:
  “You have both provided for each other what each was lacking. And that’s the true meaning of a marriage.” (08:49)

• Naomi, on directions:
  “The way I checked out after six left turns...I have no idea. Couldn’t tell you if I was actually driving a car either.” (03:32)

• Andy, on marriage and questions:
  “There’s one thing they teach you at marriage school. You don’t go against your wife.” (18:31)

• Elliott, on puzzles:
  “Winning is overrated. Just like being rich, beautiful, or clean.” (19:42)

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Episode Flow & Tone

• Language & Tone: Playful, irreverent, and clever—lots of zingers, pop culture references, and self-deprecating humor (esp. about Jeopardy! losses and book promotion).
• Energy: Fast-moving, lively banter; the trio keeps things light, often digressing into personal anecdotes or jokes before snapping back to puzzle-solving.
• Audience: Listeners who enjoy smart, silly trivia with comedic edge, and inside-joke fan service for trivia/puzzle lovers.

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Timestamps for Major Segments

| Segment | Time | |--------------------------------------------|-----------| | Opening, Banter & Intro Puzzle | 01:46–04:06 | | Twin Cities Trivia | 04:06–09:01 | | Mega Clue: Sorting Cities West to East | 07:31–09:01 | | Sort ‘Em Consortium: Colors Edition | 11:13–17:13 | | Mega Clue: Favorite Colors in America | 17:13–19:40 |

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In Summary

This episode of ClueLess is a rapid-fire, delightfully silly ride through U.S. geography and color trivia, with stand-out moments of banter, clever references (from Jeopardy! to R.E.M. to color theory), and a strong DIY game show vibe. Naomi and Andy’s comedic chemistry provides as much entertainment as the puzzles themselves, and Elliott’s quick asides and playful ribbing cement the show’s charming, off-beat character. Even listeners who’ve never heard the show before will find lots of fun facts, laughs, and a Sudoku’s worth of wordplay and wit.

Transcript

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Welcome to Smartless Presents Clueless, the world's greatest puzzle podcast called Smartless Presents Clueless. I'm your host Elliot Kaelin, author of the new book Joke how to Write Comedy and Other Nonsense on bookstore shelves now. And and I also am the winner of the host Clueless sweepstakes. I'm so excited about it. I can't believe I won. Joining us today once again are the best guests we've ever had. If our previous guests aren't listening right now, comedy stars Naomi Ekberrigan and Andy Beckerman. Thank you so much for joining us.

[Naomi Ekparigan]

Thank you so much for having me.

[Elliot Kaelin]

It's my pleasure. I noticed that your husband has become a Coyote, I guess, which is why you'll be the one answering the questions today. Thank you for being here. And I wouldn't be doing my due diligence if I didn't ask if you knew the answer to today's opening question. So the Backstreet Boys, they leave their concert headed north. They make six left turns, three right turns, a U turn, and three more left turns. Which direction are they now headed in?

[Naomi Ekparigan]

The way I checked out after six left turns is you said it. And you know, the second time I'm hearing it, I have no idea. Couldn't tell you if I was actually driving a car either. So I am really leaving this up to Andy Beckerman, who can attest that my sense of direction is atrocious.

[Andy Beckerman]

If I've done the math correctly, the answer should be my favorite Rob Reiner movie, north.

[Elliot Kaelin]

You are correct with the answer. Your taste in Rob Reiner movies is questionable, but you're right.

[Andy Beckerman]

The answer is better one.

[Elliot Kaelin]

This is Spinal Tap. That the answer.

[Andy Beckerman]

Wait, he did that? I thought he only did North.

[Elliot Kaelin]

No, no, you only thought he did the one movie. That makes sense. And that makes sense. The answer is north. Because it's always a trick question. Always. Listeners at home, did you get the answer? If so, give yourself a pat on the back or if you're a puppy dog, a rub on the belly. Wow. Andy. Showing me he did the math. Wow. Amazing. Now we're going to quit playing games with my heart. But that doesn't mean we're done playing games with the Backstreet Boys. Apparently, they're headed to the rest of the stops on their tour. All of their tour stops share a name with another notable city. Can you figure out which city they're traveling to next? For example, I would tell you this clue. This city in northwest Texas is home to a replica Eiffel Tower adorned with a cowboy hat. What city is it? What city is it?

[Naomi Ekparigan]

Paris, Texas.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Exactly. The answer is Paris, Texas, because the Back Streeters are huge fans of the films of Wimwenders. And let me stop right there to ask you, how many other puzzle podcasts give you references to boy bands and German New wave filmmakers. None. Just this one. So you already got it. Each city will share its name with another city in the world. Are you ready to play the game?

[Andy Beckerman]

Yes.

[Elliot Kaelin]

I'm clueless.

Okay. You can find a great pyramid in this Tennessee city. But instead of a cursed mummy, it contains a Bass Pro shop. Also cursed.

[Andy Beckerman]

I want to say Cairo.

[Naomi Ekparigan]

Cairo, Tennessee.

[Andy Beckerman]

I can't think of any other city in. In Egypt at the moment.

[Naomi Ekparigan]

I think it's wrong. But I also can't think of another

[Elliot Kaelin]

because I was going to say you're the gatekeeper on this one, Naomi. Are you going to allow that question?

[Naomi Ekparigan]

I don't support it.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Allow it.

[Andy Beckerman]

Stargate. Stargate, Tennessee.

[Elliot Kaelin]

No. The answer is Memphis, Tennessee. Memphis, Tennessee. Memphis is also a city in Egypt. Yes. Or was an ancient city.

[Andy Beckerman]

So do you know what else? Denial is also a river in Egypt. Elliot.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Okay, it's not. It is. I didn't say it wasn't. I just said it's not just that. Yeah. Question number two. This year, when you get the home of the University of Georgia may not have Socrates or Necropolis, but it does have Michael Stipe and Rem. What city is it?

[Andy Beckerman]

And elephant six. Athens, baby.

[Elliot Kaelin]

You got that right. It's Athens, Georgia. Question number three. This Oregon locale was almost named after Boston, Massachusetts, until its founder won a coin toss to name it for his hometown in Maine. What is this Oregon City?

[Naomi Ekparigan]

Oh, I'm going to say Portland.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Very good. It is Portland, Oregon, named after Portland, Maine.

[Naomi Ekparigan]

That's crazy. Actually, they did that.

[Elliot Kaelin]

I mean, they're also both port places, you know, so it wasn't. It wasn't like too. Not like Memphis, where they're like, yeah, this place reminds me of ancient Egypt. Sure. The next city is in Florida. Shares its name with a Russian metropolis that used to be called Leningrad. But Florida city shares its name with a Russian metropolis that used to be called Leningrad.

[Andy Beckerman]

Stalin crab.

[Naomi Ekparigan]

Oh, yes. St. Petersburg.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Very good. St. Petersburg, Florida. It was St. Petersburg, then it was Leningrad, then it was St. Petersburg, Florida. That's St. Petersburg.

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Question number five. This city in South Carolina shares a name with the capital of West Virginia. And with a dance I had to learn during my Jay Gatsby phase. You remember it when I dressed like. Like I was Jay Gatsby all the time.

[Naomi Ekparigan]

Okay, your Jay Gatsby phase.

[Andy Beckerman]

Yes.

[Naomi Ekparigan]

The Charleston.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Very good. Charleston, South Carolina. You did great. You got four out of five questions with that one. And maybe Cairo, Tennessee is a place.

[Naomi Ekparigan]

Don't even say it again. The way I could crumble into a Ball and D

[Elliot Kaelin]

don't crumble into a ball yet because you've still got a mega clue. Mega clue question. So the Backstreet Boys need our help one final time. They really should hire a road manager instead of outsourcing this sort of thing to a podcast. They want to make sure that when they hit the road, they only travel from the west to the east. So we want to put their tour stops in order from west to east. And those stops are again, Memphis, Tennessee, Athens, Georgia, Portland, Oregon, St. Petersburg, Florida, and Charleston, South Carolina. Can you put an order from west to east Memphis?

[Andy Beckerman]

Athens, Portland, Charleston, and St. Petersburg. And St. Petersburg.

[Naomi Ekparigan]

Oh, I thought you were saying the order. I said what I was like, girl,

[Andy Beckerman]

okay, we're going west to east. Obviously we're starting with St. Petersburg.

[Naomi Ekparigan]

That's why I was so confused. I was so scared after Cairo that

[Andy Beckerman]

I was like, we'll never come back from this Stalingrad. Oh, God.

[Naomi Ekparigan]

Okay, so west to east Portland.

[Andy Beckerman]

Yes, obviously.

[Naomi Ekparigan]

And then Memphis.

[Andy Beckerman]

It's Memphis or Athens.

[Naomi Ekparigan]

I know it's mad. This is where I get confused. Like Portland, Memphis, Athens, Charleston.

[Andy Beckerman]

St. Petersburg or St. Petersburg. Charleston, I think, because, Charles, because South Carolina is over farther than I think. I'll give it to you.

[Elliot Kaelin]

I'm giving it to you for the teamwork. Portland, Memphis, Athens, St. Petersburg, and then Charleston. You have both provided for each other what each was lacking. And that's the true meaning of a marriage. And so I'm very proud of both of you for that one.

[Naomi Ekparigan]

We did so much.

[Andy Beckerman]

I'll say this, we ordered those five from west to east in our vows. So it was just like you just had to recall from a couple years ago.

[Naomi Ekparigan]

I see.

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[Elliot Kaelin]

Listeners, are you Ready for more U.S. geography action? If so, I apologize. Our next game has none of that. It's called Sordum Consortium.

[Devin Tory Bryant]

Well, it's the Sorghum Sordum Consortium. Put them in order. Won't you take my bike? Sorghum, Sorghum zero, one, two, three, four and five.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Get along there. Another great song. This is the game where I give you the answers ahead of time and you have to figure out what questions they go to. And the answers are this. Usually in sort of consortium, they're numbers. This time they're going to be colors. Write down these answers. Red, blue, orange, yellow, green and purple. Now, I'm going to go through a series of clues and I want you to match each of those answers to one clue and only one clue. So you are sorting them by color, I guess. Yeah. Usually it's by number.

[Andy Beckerman]

We have to match. I've never heard of a game show. I've never heard of a game show. Do that. Where you have to, like, then say the question.

[Elliot Kaelin]

I. Well, no, I'm gonna say the why. I oughta. Andy is of course referring to the game show Jeopardy, which I don't know if he knows is a sore spot for me since during my one contested appearance on it, I came in second. I did not win that game. So.

[Andy Beckerman]

No, I'm sorry. Have you ever been on Emily Heller's podcast?

[Elliot Kaelin]

No, I haven't.

[Andy Beckerman]

You should.

[Elliot Kaelin]

I should do that. Is that the Is that the I lost on Jeopardy?

[Naomi Ekparigan]

No, it is. What is a Jeopardy. Podcast.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Oh, okay, there you go.

[Naomi Ekparigan]

But honestly, we shouldn't be promoting other things. If it's not couples therapy, I don't want to hear about it.

[Elliot Kaelin]

No, no. We should only be. Only be promoting your podcast and my book, Joke Farming, how to Write Comedy and other Nonsense on bookstore. Bookstore shelves now. So I'm going to give you clues, and I want you to say which color matches that clue. You cannot use any of the colors twice. Okay. You can only use them once each time.

[Naomi Ekparigan]

Okay.

[Devin Tory Bryant]

Sordum.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Sord. Here are the clues.

[Naomi Ekparigan]

Okay.

[Elliot Kaelin]

The traditional color of Islam, the most common color on national flags, a dye that could only be produced by sea snails until the 1800s, a color used by the maritime industry to make objects at sea stand out, a word that does not exist in ancient Greek, and a weakness for at least one DC superhero. So I want you to attach the colors. And again, the colors are red, blue, orange, yellow, green, and purple. Can you attach which colors to which clues? Which ones jump out at you right away?

[Andy Beckerman]

Well, you know, I'm the most intelligent because the first one I went to was DC superhero, and I thought, so here. But here's. Here's where we get into, you know, is it green for kryptonite for Superman, or is it. Isn't there something in the spectrum that Green Lantern can't deal with? I can't remember. I'm not a. Not a huge D.C. head.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Well, you are halfway right, because we are looking for the Green Lantern one. That is the color that we're looking for, not an object. So there is a color that the Green Lanterns, until recently, I think they faked that flaw in the ring eventually. There's a color that traditionally Green Lanterns cannot handle. What color is it?

[Naomi Ekparigan]

Is it yellow?

[Andy Beckerman]

Is it yellow because they're coward? Because they can't abide being a coward?

[Elliot Kaelin]

It is yellow, but not for that reason. So you know that yellow goes to number six, a weakness for. For the Green Lantern. Which other ones? So what. What other clues do you think might go with. With what other colors?

[Naomi Ekparigan]

Okay, so we're gonna say the color on flags is red.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yes.

[Naomi Ekparigan]

People love that.

[Elliot Kaelin]

They love the color red. That's why it's also on so many cereal boxes.

[Andy Beckerman]

Yeah, because it angers up. It angers up all the people that live there. They see their flag and they're like, ah, we gotta fight.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Well, a lot of people don't realize that flag, national flags were originally only used for bull fighting. So that's why a lot of them have red on them.

[Naomi Ekparigan]

Yes, that's very smart. That's very smart. Accurate, accurate. Elliot. Caitlyn. No questions. Follow up. To follow up. And then you said dye that up until recently could only be made by

[Elliot Kaelin]

snails until the 1800s. This color only produced by sea snails. The dye of this color, I will say also. In addition, here's an extra clue. That's one of the reasons that this dye was limited to a very specific sort of person in many European cultures up until the blue.

[Andy Beckerman]

It's got to be blue royalty, right? Oh, purple. Duh. Purple royalty.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yes, purple. Thank you.

[Andy Beckerman]

Sorry, I was thinking. Hold on. I was thinking blue bloods and. No, I'm not talking about. I'm not talking about the hit CBS cop show filmed in Greenpoint.

[Naomi Ekparigan]

Oh, my God, you're right.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Purple was a dye that could only be produced by sea snails in the late 1800s. It was very hard to make. Okay, so you've only got three clues left. Those clues are the traditional color of Islam used by the maritime industry to make objects at sea stand out, and a word that doesn't exist in ancient Greek.

[Andy Beckerman]

Oh, well, obviously, if you want something to stand out in the sea, it's gonna be blue. So that. That's the obvious answer to the maritime. So orange. I mean, that's. Is that. Aren't buoys orange?

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yes, orange. Orange, the classic color of safety.

[Naomi Ekparigan]

I said that is. That was a color that you wouldn't have in ancient whatever you had said. Greece am stroking out. I don't know.

[Andy Beckerman]

No, no, because I was thinking, look, this, Naomi, I'm 100% with you, my dear, because in my brain, it went, well, orange doesn't rhyme with anything. So that's probably the Greek answer. There's no connection. That. That makes absolutely no sense.

[Elliot Kaelin]

I will also mention also because that orange was not the word for the color orange in Greek, you know, that's. They weren't so true. So maybe the Greek word orange rhymes. Lobster. Ooh.

[Andy Beckerman]

Yes. It was probably something with the A S T o s or something green. So Islam. I want to say green and. No Greek blue.

[Elliot Kaelin]

You are correct. Green is the traditional color of Islam. And blue. That's the one I didn't know. That was a surprise to me. But by order of elimination, it must be blue. So you did great. You got them all right. You thought them all free. You sorted them. Sortium.

[Andy Beckerman]

Get along there.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Now, we've been through all the colors of the rainbow except one. The color. Mega clue. Mega clue. Question for Today's mega clue, we'll be sorting those same answers not as facts, but as opinions. In 2015. YouGov.com I don't know if it's YouGov.com or whatever. Anyway, in 2015, the YouGov organization asked Americans what their favorite color is. Can you rank these six colors from most to least popular?

[Andy Beckerman]

So, Naomi, what's. What's the most hated color? Do you think people don't like green? Right. We're destroying the environment.

[Naomi Ekparigan]

I know. I think people. If you're going to say your favorite, I feel like orange is at the bottom. No one's checking for orange.

[Andy Beckerman]

I'm with you. I think blue. What do we say? Blue on top? Yeah, blue on top, orange on bottom. So if people don't like orange, they're not going to like yellow. Yellow's gonna go above orange and then red above that.

[Naomi Ekparigan]

I put red actually after blue.

[Andy Beckerman]

Okay.

[Naomi Ekparigan]

Okay. I think I'm gonna put patriots. So I think. Okay. It would go in order of most to least would be blue, red, purple, green, yellow, orange.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Is that the order that you would also like to sign off on? Andy?

[Andy Beckerman]

Hey. Hey, Elliot. There's one thing they teach you at marriage school. It's. It's you don't. You don't go against your wife.

[Elliot Kaelin]

I'm so glad you went to that Staten island marriage school. You are so close. You're almost right. You said blue, red, purple, green, yellow, orange. The answer is blue, green, purple, red, yellow, orange. You swapped red and green. Unfortunately, people like green more than red.

[Naomi Ekparigan]

I think interesting.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Blue, green, purple. I think those are more soothing colors. I think that's why I'm choosing. I mean, blue is objectively the best color.

[Naomi Ekparigan]

It's a great course. We all do that.

[Elliot Kaelin]

We all love blue and red, yellow, orange, those colors, they get people at best excited, at worst, aggravated. Blue.

[Andy Beckerman]

I don't know why. I don't know why, but I'm really hungry for a bowl of Lucky charms right now. I can't figure it out.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Blue. For anyone interested in the numbers, blue was the runaway favorite. 31% of Americans said they liked blue. Orange and yellow are super unpopular at 3% and 4% that they actually weren't even the bottom colors in the survey. Black and pink were both more popular colors than orange and yellow. And we didn't even. They just weren't part of the game. That's the only reason they didn't get brought up here.

[Andy Beckerman]

Is that a K pop band, black

[Elliot Kaelin]

and pink or orange and yellow? They both are probably. So you did great in that game. You got. I'm gonna give you. I'm gonna give you a 3/4 for the mega clue. You did great, listeners. Did you do as well as our guests? If not, that's okay. Winning is overrated. Just like being rich, beautiful or clean. Unfortunately, that's all the clueless we have for you today. Unfortunately, that's all the clueless we have for you. We just failed our health inspection and the city is forcing us to close for one week. But before we power wash the grease off the walk in freezer, I'd like to thank our guests Andy Beckerman and Naomi Ekparigan for being such great sports. In fact, if I had to list my favorite sports, it would go baseball, cricket, Naomi and Andy. Those are my top three sports. And of course, I'd like to thank you, the listener, for sharing this time with us and also sharing your fries with us. I was so hungry. Thank you for letting me have a few. We'll be back next week with more Smart Loose presents Clueless. Until then, I'm your host, Elliot Kaelin, author once again of Joke Farming, how to write comedy and other nonsense on store shelves now. And I'll never forget where I was on this day because it's the same place I always am.

[Devin Tory Bryant]

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 Devin Tory Bryant, who is me. I also write all the music and sound effects. Today's puzzles were by Josh Richmond and Matt Pack. 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 Korson and Bernie Kaminski. Remember to follow, subscribe, rate and review the show. It really helps. That's all for now. We will see you again for.

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[Elliot Kaelin]

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[Elliot Kaelin]

Oh, no.

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[Elliot Kaelin]

Yeah, the bird looks out of your league.

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[Elliot Kaelin]

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