Steve Martin and Martin Short's Alexa guessing game is hilarious chaos

"Hey Alexa, what was Steve Martin's nickname in high school?"
By Sam Haysom  on 
Three men sit on a talk show laughing, while the word "chestnuts" is visible at the bottom of the image.
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If you ever need to trick an Alexa into saying the word "chestnuts", be warned — it turns out it's far harder than it looks.

In the clip above, fresh from roasting each other for an entire interview, Steve Martin and Martin Short play "Hey Robot" with Jimmy Fallon — a game that involves trying to get an Alexa to say a specific word, without using that word yourself.

Things start off easily enough with "mistletoe", then quickly descend into glorious chaos.

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Sam Haysom

Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.


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