178 - National Chicken & Waffles Day (Mini Episode)

On a new mini episode of SmartLess Presents ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan (and Producer Devon) aren’t waffling around, they’re here to tell you all about National Chicken & Waffles Day! You’ll learn about the surprising pre-waffle history of the Eggo brand, you’ll learn which side of the combo is Elliott’s favorite, and then we’ll play a mini game where we ask you to name a more iconic duo, and, uh, yeah, we’ll wait! Puzzles in this episode are by Jason Reich.Script by Elliott Kalan.Music and sound effects by Devon Torrey Bryant. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On a new mini episode of SmartLess Presents ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan (and Producer Devon) are boiling over to tell you all about National Pasta Month! That’s right, October is the month to celebrate pasta, and you can expect a quiz about food mascots, fun facts about pasta names, and a mini-game called Pasta, Italian Inventor, Or Active Volcano, which is almost painfully self-explanatory. Puzzles in this episode are by Brock Mahan.Script by Elliott Kalan.Music and sound effects by Devon Torrey Bryant. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On a new mini episode of SmartLess Presents ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan (and Producer Devon) would like you to go completely mad - because it’s 10/6, Mad Hatter Day, the day when we do kooky things to celebrate the Mad Hatter’s tea party from Alice In Wonderland! You can expect to learn why this event takes place on 10/6, just why that Hatter was so Mad, and then we’ll have a game called T Party, where you have to identify double-T phrases from a series of clues. Puzzles in this episode are by Jason Reich.Script by Elliott Kalan.Music and sound effects by Devon Torrey Bryant. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On a new mini episode of SmartLess Presents ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan (and Producer Devon) would like you to start your day with a cup of Good Morning, America - that’s right, today is National Coffee Day! You can expect short quizzes about fictional coffee shops and the origin of a famous coffee phrase, plus a history of where the coffee bean comes from, then we’ll play a mini-game that’s all about the Starbucks Secret Menu! Don’t talk to me until I’ve had my game show. Puzzles in this episode are by Josh Richmond.Script by Elliott Kalan.Music and sound effects by Devon Torrey Bryant. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On a new mini episode of SmartLess Presents ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan (and Producer Devon) would like to tell you all about some very mini people: the Hobbits, from JRR Tolkien’s Lord Of The Rings series! Today is Bilbo Baggins’ birthday (sort of, we’ll clarify that), so expect a quiz about what Tolkien fans are called, a history of where the word “hobbit” might have come from, and a mini-game where we ask you to identify mythical creatures hidden in plain sight. We’ll see you next week for National Coffee Day!Puzzles in this episode are by Jason Reich.Script by Elliott Kalan. Music and sound effects by Devon Torrey Bryant. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On a new mini episode of SmartLess Presents ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan (and Producer Devon) would like to crack the book on International Literacy Day, with some fun facts and a word cloud game to identify a famous novel! Then, we’ll play a mini-round of Odd One Out where you have to tell us what book doesn’t belong and why. Big takeaway: read a book! Books are good! We’ll see you next week for Hobbit Day!Puzzles in this episode are by Jason Reich.Script by Elliott Kalan.Music and sound effects by Devon Torrey Bryant. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On a new mini episode of SmartLess Presents ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan (and Producer Devon) would like to share some fun facts and test your knowledge about Star Trek Day, which happens to be today, September the 8th! You’ll learn about its curious connection to the TV show Riverboat, you’ll try to solve a brain twisting math problem, and then we’ll play a mini-round of our game The Sort ‘Em Consortium, putting Star Trek series in order. We’ll see you next week for International Literacy Day (Observed)!Puzzles in this episode are by Josh Richmond and Devon Torrey Bryant.Script by Elliott Kalan.Music and sound effects by Devon Torrey Bryant. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On a new mini episode of SmartLess Presents ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan (and Producer Devon) would like to tell you all about American Chess Day, which happens to be today, September the 1st! We’ll have questions and fun facts about the history of chess, then a mini-game for you called Chess Opening, Film Noir, Or Russian Literature?, the rules of which are relatively self-explanatory. We’ll see you next week for Star Trek Day!Puzzles in this episode are by Josh Richmond and Jason Reich.Script by Elliott Kalan.Music and sound effects by Devon Torrey Bryant. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On this ClueLess Season 1 clip show retrospective, host Elliott Kalan guides you through ten of our favorite clips, featuring Season 1's constant contestant Sean Hayes, and all our favorite guests, like Scotty Icenogle, Ali Wentworth, Reyna Larson, Carrie Aizley, George Stephanopoulos, Jeff Max, and Jon Gabrus! You’ll hear questions and silly moments from some of our favorite games, like Word Centipede, Don’t Be A Ditloid, Bizarro Concert Guide, The Sort ‘Em Consortium, Quick! Quick! Quick!, and more! We’ll see you next week for the first of our new mini episodes!Puzzles in this episode are by Matthew Broussard, Kevin Leman, Josh Richmond, Jason Reich, and Devon Torrey Bryant.Script by Elliott Kalan.Music and sound effects by Devon Torrey Bryant. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On this Season 1 finale of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan and no-longer-constant contestant Sean Hayes sit down with Sean’s husband Scotty Icenogle to identify the Odd One Out! The five members of Pearl Jam are getting together to go on vacation, but they each brought one item too many to their hotel. See if you can identify which item doesn’t fit the group and why, and try to do it faster than Sean and Scotty. Keep track of your discarded items, you’ll need them to solve the MegaClue! And don’t go anywhere, ClueLess will continue!New episodes every Monday.Puzzles in this episode are by Jason Reich and Kevin Leman.Script by Elliott Kalan, additional material by Maddie McCann.Music and sound effects by Devon Torrey Bryant. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.