Saturday, April 25, 2026

Comedy Is Difficult

Shelley with Dick Van Dyke
and Sid Caesar in a promo pic
for the TV movie Found Money, 1983

Shelley appeared alongside comedy legends Dick Van Dyke and Sid Caesar in the 1983 TV movie Found Money. Shelley found both Dick Van Dyke and Sid Caesar "very generous to work with" but had to keep up with the their pace. "You had to work so fast, because everything was left loose," she told TV Guide. "I felt like I kind of jumped on a moving train," she added. "Shelley," Van Dyke said, "is a trained actress. All her background is in drama, whereas I come from the other side. So everything I do is comedy. I find drama very hard to do. Shelley finds comedy difficult to do." To which Shelley half-seriously and half-jokingly replied, "I don't think you find it (drama) difficult. I think you find it different. Besides, I saw lots of drama in the motor coach this morning." The chemistry between the two was evident. Shelley later guest-starred in the Dick Van Dyke series Diagnosis Murder, in the 1997 episode "Looks Can Kill."

a writeup about the TV movie
Found Money, 1983