217 - Take A Wild Guess/Tone Note (w/ Kristen Schaal and Matt Oberg)

About this episode

Elliott Kalan hosts a fun episode featuring Kristen Schaal and Matt Oberg, exploring word popularity and playing anagram games.

On this episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan welcomes back his hilarious pals Kristen Schaal (Bob’s Burgers, What We Do In The Shadows, The Last Man On Earth) and Matt Oberg (Abbott Elementary, The Real O’Neals, Harley Quinn) to get into the ballpark and Take A Wild Guess about the popularity of English words! Then, it’s a return of our old friend Tone Note, Elliott will give you a clue and the answer is a two word phrase where the words are anagrams of each other, just like the game’s name, Tone Note! The MegaClue will ask you for a monstrously complex anagram! Puzzles in this episode are by Jason Reich. Script by Elliott Kalan. Music and sound effects by Devon Torrey Bryant. Buy Elliott’s book Joke Farming: How To Write Comedy And Other Nonsense HERE. Buy Devon’s album Blame It On My Zodiac HERE or stream it anywhere you listen to records.

People in this episode

Host: Elliott Kalan

Guests: Kristen Schaal, Matt Oberg

Topics covered

• word popularity
• anagrams
• comedy games
• puzzles
• language

Keywords

• anagram
• word games
• comedy podcast
• language puzzles
• Kristen Schaal
• Matt Oberg

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Joke Farming: How To Write Comedy And Other Nonsense, Blame It On My Zodiac

Books & works: Abbott Elementary, Bob’s Burgers, What We Do In The Shadows, The Last Man On Earth, The Real O’Neals, Harley Quinn

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