SmartLess - SmartLess Presents ClueLess! 101 - It’s A Numbers Game

Episode Date: November 18, 2024

On the debut episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan and constant contestant Sean Hayes welcome Sean’s SmartLess pals Will and Jason to play a round of It’s A Numbers Game - we give you a simple math problem in the form of famous TV show titles with the numbers removed, can you solve the clues faster than Sean and friends? And even if you do, can you reckon with the MegaClue?! Subscribe to ClueLess HERE. New episodes every Monday and Thursday.Puzzles in this episode are by Matt Broussard and Josh Richmond. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ on Apple Podcasts to listen to new episodes ad-free and a whole week early.

Smart. Less. Media. Sean Hayes and Smartless Media are excited to announce the birth of an all-new baby podcast. The podcast weighs in at a healthy 10 to 12 minutes. Sean Hayes is resting comfortably. This is Clueless. Clueless! Clueless! Clueless! Clueless! I'm Clueless! Woo!

Welcome to episode one of Smartless Presents Clueless a brand new podcast where you, the listener, try to solve puzzles faster than Sean Hayes. My name is Elliot Kalin and I'll be your host because Sean Hayes can't just ask himself the questions, can he? It would be unethical.

And with me on every episode of this show is the man who loves games more than is really healthy, Mr. Sean Hayes. Sean, how excited are you for this new podcast on a scale from nine to 10? You know, I'm at a 10, but you pick up the slack with your energy, Elliot. It's really infectious.

Thank you. And listeners, by the way, this is Elliot Kalin, who you may know was the head writer for Mystery Science Theater 3000, the Daily Show with Jon Stewart, cohost of the bad movie podcast, The Flophouse, and now he's hosting this show for us. Yes.

Thank you, thank you. Now, Sean, we should explain to the listener. Okay. What is this show for us. Yes. Thank you, thank you. Now, Sean, we should explain to the listener. What is this show all about? Each episode, you'll be playing a different main game and it might be a word puzzle or identifying a song or choosing the odd one out. That game is called Odd One Out, but it won't just be you competing alone.

You'll also be bringing on a selection of your funny friends and family to play along. Who do we have with us today? It's Will Arnett and Jason Bateman everybody. Hi. Hi. Hi. We're excited. I was trying to harmonize.

Will, Jason, welcome to the show. How does it feel to be Sean's funny friends and family? Jason, you're family. I'm family. I'm funny friend. Before we begin, I have to know one thing. Yeah. Jason and Will, what is your Sean Hayes gaming experience up to this point? Has he ever asked you to do it in public before?

Oh yeah, no, let's keep it clean, okay? We used to gather over at his house for game night. Sean has been with us. We used to play a lot of poker together. I mean, he is a gifted gamer. Let me just say that I got passed over a little bit on the game stuff. You did. And have I forgiven him? Yeah. Wait, I don't remember you being a big person.

I don't remember you being a part of the group at that moment. Exactly. No, I wasn't. I wasn't a part of the group. And that's a, it's a bigger conversation. You were always here. Yeah, I was always on your mind. The trip to like Istanbul and stuff, was that before or after game night at your place, Sean? Istanbul was after, but Venice was before. But Venice didn't go very well.

No. And-huh. And here we are. Well, now we're new beginnings. But now we're here in new beginnings, Elliott. Now you've really unearthed some old dirt. This will stitch us back together. Maybe it'll launch a podcast of the three of us to be fun. But we're very excited.

I'm very excited. And I know Sean's love of games is deep, very deep. He loves games. Yeah, I like it. It's fun. It's fun. Sean is a master gamer. I love getting that peek inside of your relationship.

It briefly turned into a James Bond movie with all the international locations that got thrown into the mix. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. Sean, Will, Jason, enough talking about the past. Let's look ahead to the present. Today's main event, it's a numbers game TV show edition. Cue the theme song. Well, it's a numbers game. It's a numbers game.

TV show edition. I keep forgetting that there's a band right behind me. Because I saw them load in. I can smell the weed. I keep forgetting there's a band right behind me. Because I saw them load in. I can smell the weed. Yeah, you did. It's a numbers game.

It's so good. All right, let's begin. This game is built around TV shows with numbers in their titles. You are going to be tested on your very useful knowledge of television shows and also your very useless knowledge of basic elementary school math 227 227 I like that you were so ready with a number right off the bat It will be a winner and one of these questions each question will take the form of a simple math equation

Only instead of numbers. I'm gonna tell you a TV show title that has had the number removed from it. Oh, shit. You're gonna have to recognize the show, understand the number, and then solve the equation using the missing numbers. And you can get a bonus point as a group for responding with an answer in the form of a TV show title.

So I'm gonna give you an example. This is just a practice one. This doesn't count to your score. Let's try this out. If I said, day fiance minus for 30, what would the answer be? And you can talk it out too, work it out between yourselves. 90 day fiance, 30 for 30. So it'd be 60.

Yep, you got that right. And if you wanted that extra point, what is there as a show title with 60 minutes? Oh, 60 minutes. You got it. 60 minutes. Great. You could have also said studio 60 or any of the millions of TV shows that have 60 in their titles. Yeah. Okay, then let's play. It's a numbers game TV show edition.

The first question is million dollar man divided by stooges. Six million dollar man. Yep. Three stooges. Two divided by three is two. Oh, two, and then you gotta do a show with two in it. 227. Nice. You got it, perfect.

Two and a half pence. Fuck, you used it. You used it right away. I feel like I should give you double extra points because there's two twos in that name. Yeah, I would like it, I'll take it. Okay, so that's three points total for that first question. You're getting more points than you're supposed to. Hey, hey, hey, a half men. Fucking dummies. 13. 10.

Hang on, hang on. Wait, no. And Reno 911 could be 11. 13 or two ones? Like two stupid sons. I think we gotta go with 11. I think we have to go with 11. Okay, 11 and then what is it?

I think plus two. Two and a half men. 13. Is 13. And 13 reasons why. Yep, you got it. That's great. Oh, nice. Where's 13 reasons why? Oh, it got it. That's great. Nice.

What's 13 reasons why? Oh, it's a YA vehicle on Netflix. It can be seen massively successful. Young people love it. Young people love it. And I bet it sucks. And I can give you 14 reasons why. Let's go to question three.

This one might be a little more difficult. I'm going to try to enunciate as much as I can. Let's go to question three. This one might be a little more difficult. I'm going to try to enunciate as much as I can. This is heaven times company. Seventh heaven. No, seventh heaven times. 21. Wait, wait, 21 Jump Street.

That's right. You got it. I thought you said something different on the second show. I thought it was six something. It could have been six's company. Who's your cable provider? Because you're doing different shows. Three and a half men, six's company. Yeah. That was very fast, very impressive. You guys are blazing through this game. Let's continue

at two. Number four. This question is, Beverly Hills, 0 021- is enough. One. Beverly Hills 90210 is enough. We gotta think of the show. Minus eight. Oh one. Murder one. Murder one, very good Will.

Yeah, very good. You got it. Murder one, that's two full points. It's just fantastic. Sean, by the way, you suck at this game. I haven't heard one answer from you. Order one that's two full points. It's just fantastic. I'm- Sean, by the way, you suck at this game. I haven't had one answer from you. No, I got the first one.

Why are you gonna pin in your hand? What are you doing? I'm writing the numbers down. It's obviously helping. Question five. Things I hate about you minus Babylon. What is it? 10 things I hate about you or what is it? What's... Is it 10 things? Is it 10, Elliot? I think it's 10 things I hate about you minus Babylon.

Five? Babylon five. Yeah, so it's... Party of five. Great, you got it. Wow. Wow. That was good. That was good. Party of five. Great, you got it. Wow. Wow. That was good. Party of Five. Incredible, Will. You have, you all have such unique strengths that come together as a team. Jason, with the numbers.

Will, with the TV shows. Sean, with the writing down the numbers. Yeah. Which is good for record keeping for later. Yeah, yeah, yeah, for sure. Do you consider Sean, would you consider it a compliment if he says your strength is writing stuff down? Yeah.

That's all he could think of. a great day you're gonna have. I'll take anything I can get. Is there, in the Marvel, sorry, in the MCU, is there a superhero? Who's superpowers? Was writing stuff down? The stenographer. He was the stenographer.

Okay, that was a great game. You guys played an amazing game, but just because you're done with the game does not mean the game is done with you. There's also the matter of this episode's Mega Clue. Mega Clue Question. Beautiful. This is a final question made out of the answers of all the previous questions. So I'm going to remind you what those answers were. I would tell everyone, except Sean doesn't

need to know this because he already has it. Everyone take a moment to get a pen, something to write on so I can remind you of what the correct answers were. I take it back on Sean writing it down. It turns out that was smart. If you're driving, lodge your knees just underneath the steering wheel, grab a pen, keep your eyes on the road somewhat. Yeah, if you have a candle on your dashboard, careful.

Sorry, Elliot, there are some. No, no, it's a good point. Set aside the rotisserie chicken that you're picking out with your non-driving hand so you can put a pad there so you can work during that time. Okay, here are the numbers that you have already had as your answers. 2, 13, 21, 1, and 5. Yeah. I'll tell you again. two 13 21

1 and 5 yeah, I'll tell you again 2 13 21 1 and 5 now I want you to add those numbers together 42 and then subtract from that number that was great Then I don't even have a pen with me and I did that in my oh Talk about your superpower mr. math man hey algebra okay now add those numbers together 42 and then subtract the number of monkeys in the title of a television adaptation of a

1990s science fiction film and then tell, can you think of a show with that number in the title? It'd be 12 monkeys. 13. 34. 34. Oh, so wait, 12 monkeys or eight monkeys? 12 monkeys. 30, 30 something. Is it 30?

30 something. Oh, wait, what? 42 minus 12, 12 monkeys for 30. And then I was hoping that someone would say 30 something, because it's the rare television show where they spelled out the number They didn't just put a number there. Yeah, that's right. And for one final absolutely last question take that last number and I want you to add it up. Yep.

That's the way we'd end things on smart lists, you know. Take that last number add it to 9970 and can you tell me the name of any pyramids that are worth that much money? Ah. $10,000. The $10,000 pyramid. $100,000.

You got it. $100,000. Elliot, I put you and this show on the top of a million dollar pyramid, it's so damn good. Yeah. Thanks. Elliot, you're brilliant. Thanks, I appreciate it.

It's a lot of fun, it's a lot of fun, Elliot. You know, it's a hoot, you guys. Yeah. Thanks. Elliot, you're brilliant. It's a lot of fun. It's a lot of fun, Elliot. You know it's a hoot, you guys. Clueless. Listeners at home, did you do better or worse than these actual 100% authentic famous people? If you did better, maybe you should be famous. Your mom keeps telling me how talented you are. Think about it.

Sean, Will, Jason, thank you so much for being with us today. I'll be very sad to see you go. So it's a good thing the show's not over yet because every episode of Clueless ends with the cliffhanger puzzle. Sting music there it is. You wanted more sting music you got it. Heavy bass line. The cliffhanger puzzle is just a little bit of extra puzzle. We put it in a tougher way for you to take home and pick at it until the next episode and today's puzzle takes the form, today's puzzle takes the form of a little story.

It seems that the energy drink Prime Hydration has been so successful that the company celebrated by creating two solid gold Prime bottles. The gold bottles are an appropriate vessel for the drink. Silver bottles would also be appropriate, but iron or tin bottles would not be. Why is that the case? That's for you to noodle over until our next episode.

Sean, Will, Jason, are you guys going to get any sleep between now and the moment you learn the answer to this puzzle? Not if I get all hopped up on prime beverage. Yeah, I'm going to sleep great. I'm going to be able to do that. Maybe even better. Maybe a little better than normal. I mean, Elliot, I gotta say, just the very end

of your question, I was just entering REM. We'll reveal the answer to today's cliffhanger puzzle at the top of our next episode, which guess what? You can listen to right now. Just click the link in this episode description to follow us on Apple podcasts or search for Smartless Presents Clueless in your podcast app of choice. Make sure to follow, subscribe, rate, review, all the things that you can do to let us know

you love this show. And with that, this first episode of Clueless must come to an end. Will, Jason, thank you so much for joining us. Sean, thank you for being Sean Hayes. Somebody has to. I'm glad you took the burden. It's exhausting. Yeah. And as long as I'm just handing out thank yous, why don't I Somebody has to. I'm glad you took the burden off. It's exhausting. Yeah.

And as long as I'm just handing out thank yous, why don't I toss one to the audience as well? Thank you, audience, for listening to this show. This has been Clueless. We'll be back next episode with more puzzles and more Sean Hayes, not necessarily in that order. I've been your host, Elliot Kalin, reminding you to join us next time because if you give us less than 24 hours notice, we still have to charge you for the appointment.

Goodbye. Yay. Very nice. Thank you, guys. Thank you, Elliot. You have been listening to Smartless Presents Clueless, a Smartless media production in association with SiriusXM. Your host is Elliot Kalin, who also writes our scripts. Your constant contestant is Sean Hayes, who is 5'11". Your producer, editor, and engineer is Devon Torrey-Brindt, who is me. I also write all engineer is Devon Torrey Bryant who is me I also write all the music and sound effects assistant engineer Kyle McGraw

today's puzzles were written by Matt Broussard and Josh Richmond 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 Bat Bateman. Executive Producers for Smartless Media are Richard Corson and Bernie Kaminsky. Remember to follow, subscribe, rate, and review the show. It really helps. That's all for now. We will see you again for more Clueless.

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