ClueLess from SmartLess +Trailer
SmartLess Media with Sean Hayes, Wil Arnett, and Jason Bateman's podcast and media company announced the latest addition to their lineup.
It's ClueLess.
About: SmartLess Presents ClueLess, an all-new bite-sized brain teaser podcast. Emmy-winning writer Elliott Kalan will host the podcast, as he guides listeners through different puzzles, brain teasers, and conundrums, to see if they’re faster than this season’s permanent contestant, SmartLess co-host Sean Hayes. In each episode, Hayes will be joined by his close friends and family, who also share a love of games.
When: Launching Monday, November 18th, with new episodes releasing every Monday and Thursday on the SiriusXM app or wherever podcasts are available. Each bite-sized episode will be 10-12 minutes long.
- On ClueLess, the games will rotate, and there will always be an element of surprise. Will you be solving logic puzzles with a pop culture twist, or doing simple math problems using song titles? One thing you can be sure of: a good time is guaranteed.
- "ClueLess is dedicated to bringing you all the fun of a game night with your friends without all the hassle of organizing a game night with your friends,” said host Elliott Kalan. “We promise to be funny, fast-paced, and completely divorced from reality."
- SiriusXM Podcasts+ subscribers will be able to listen to new episodes without ads.
- The podcast is produced by SmartLess Media. For SmartLess Media, Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, Richard Korson, Elliott Kalan, Bernie Kaminski serve as Executive Producers, with Devon Torrey Bryant and Anne Harris as Producers.
ABOUT HOST ELLIOTT KALAN
ELLIOTT KALAN (American, 1981 - ?), is a writer, comedian, and podcaster. A graduate of New York University’s Dramatic Writing Program, Elliott went from college to The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, where he spent thirteen years working his way from intern to head writer. Along the way he won four Emmy Awards, contributed to the best-selling Earth: the Book, and performed stand up as part of a USO Tour of Afghanistan. In the years since then, Elliott has served as Head Writer and Executive Producer on two seasons of Mystery Science Theater 3000, a writer for Netflix’s The Who Was Show, Co-Executive Producer of Fox’s HouseBroken, and Co-Executive Producer of Comedy Central’s The Fake News with Ted Nelms, for which he won a Writers Guild Award. As a podcaster, Elliott currently co-hosts the long-running The Flop House, as well as The 99% Invisible Breakdown: The Power Broker, and Smartless Presents ClueLess. In the past he’s also co-hosted The Who Was?! Podcast, Presidents Are People, Too, and I, Podius. Elliott is currently working on Joke Farming, a book about joke writing for the University of Chicago Press. He’s also written three children’s picture books (Horse Meets Dog, Sharko And Hippo, and the upcoming Sadie Mouse Wrecks The House) and numerous comic book series, including Marvel’s Spider-Man & The X-Men and DC’s Harley Quinn, and created the comics Maniac Of New York and the upcoming Barbarian Behind Bars.
Elliott lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two sons.
ABOUT SMARTLESS MEDIA
SmartLess Media is a joint venture between Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, and Will Arnett. Off the success of their mega-hit podcast, SmartLess, the trio founded SmartLess Media to branch out and create more comedy content – for the podcast space and beyond. Every SmartLess Media show sits in the sweet spot between brain candy and hard comedy, much like the namesake podcast. Beyond podcasting, SmartLess Media delivers content to audiences through upcoming docuseries, limited series, short-form content, live entertainment, and more. Richard Korson serves as President of SmartLess Media, working closely with founders Bateman, Hayes, and Arnett.
ABOUT SIRIUS XM HOLDINGS INC.
SiriusXM is the leading audio entertainment company in North America with a portfolio of audio businesses including its flagship subscription entertainment service SiriusXM; the ad-supported and premium music streaming services of Pandora; an expansive podcast network; and a suite of business and advertising solutions. Reaching a combined monthly audience of approximately 150 million listeners, SiriusXM offers a broad range of content for listeners everywhere they tune in with a diverse mix of live, on-demand, and curated programming across music, talk, news, and sports. For more about SiriusXM, please go to: www.siriusxm.com.