Media Coverage
Kickass Conversations: Resourcing Your Energy with Shelley Smartly. With podcast hosts Louise Neil and Kim Romain. (44m)
WEIRDOS.TV Episode 2308: The Smartly Affair. Jeremy Halpern with special guest stars Eric and Shelley Smartly, featuring covers of "Naked Time" (by Dirty & the Baron) and Monty Python's classic "Eric the Half a Bee". Weirdos.TV is in its 11th season. It airs on MNN Channel 3 in Manhattan, NYC every Saturday night at 11:30 pm. Replays are available on YouTube, Facebook and TikTok.
Live Lucky Podcast Episode 59: Shelley Smartly on Creativity. Blake Suzelis, Holistic Counselor, explores the role of creativity in helping people live lucky. Shelley explains that in her case, her creativity was born out of illness and tragedy, happily ending in being the Creator/Writer/Actor of the award-winning comedy series, THE SMARTLYS.
YUH 104 Podcast with Shelley Smartly. In this lively episode, Lisa, Phil and Aaron debate the pros and cons of our TV series versus the audio podcast. Shelley name drops her fav comedians, Taylor Tomlinson and Drew Lynch. And Eric photobombs from Glasgow in this in-depth one-hour talkathon!
In Be The Good with Kate Chericeillo podcast, we focus on saying "Yes, and" to all of life's challenges. Please Like and Follow Kate, she has topnotch topics and guests!
Fandomize with Beth Shiller, interviewing Floyd Strayer and Shelley Smartly. “The Smartlys” is the winner of Best Web/TV Series in the 1st Monthly Film Festival, the feel good series has been lauded for its passion and laughs.
In this episode of the inspiring THIS IS MY MOMENT Podcast, motivational speaker Patrick Mitchell chats with Shelley Smartly, Creator of THE SMARTLYS.
Canvas Rebel Magazine: Meet Shelley Smartly THE SMARTLYS brings back classic comedy — but with a smartly twist — in a timeless and nonpolitical setting. Its fresh, colorful, hilarious, and mood elevating.
Hiliarious and uplifting! SKST Radio Interview with Host Kami Grayson, with Floyd Strayer and Shelley Smartly of the award-winning comedy series, THE SMARTLYS.
August 2022: We Be Geeks 439: Meet The Smartlys. Mike and Derek discuss the making of this comedy series with Shelley Smartly and Floyd Strayer. Free podcast, 1 hour.
July 21, 2022: Rick Tittle, Sirius XM, chats with Floyd Strayer and Shelley Smartly of the new award-winning streaming comedy series, THE SMARTLYS, which is now available FREE on TUBi and PLEX TV. Listen free on Tunin.com Interview starts at 7:44 mark.
7-19-22: Radio Interview of THE SMARTLYS by David Griffiths of SUBCULTURE NEWS AUSTRALIA
Shelley Smartly and Floyd Strayer chat to Subculture about their award-winning comedy series The Smartlys which is on Tubi now.
David Griffiths says, "I want to start off by saying how amazing this series is! I've had a chance to watch a few episodes now, and I've been laughing and laughing..." -- Listen to David Griffiths Full Interview of THE SMARTLYS.
MIDWEST FILM JOURNAL
7-17-22: Midwest Film Journal review of THE SMARTLYS by Evan Dossey excerpts:
"Shelley Smartly’s script uses a lot of puns, and frankly they’re funnier here than when The Rock tried his hand at them in last year’s Jungle Cruise."
"Most of the scenes play out like a thinly written version of an Abbott and Costello number, with one character playing straight and the other goofy. Almost every scene has a punchline, often reliant on a pun, or a character staring worried at the camera. And, wouldn’t you know it, sometimes the jokes are actually pretty funny." -- Read Evan Dossey's Full Review Here.
6-13-22: SD Voyager Magazine: Conversations with Shelley Smartly excerpts:
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way? Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
In the opening line of The Smartlys, Eric and I claim to be the “Luckiest Couple in the World!” And we truly are! Both widowed, we met in 2019, via O.K. Cupid, and I moved in with him two weeks before lockdown in 2020.
Floyd Strayer is our very inspiring Director and Producer. He developed our approach for self-filming with iPhones and green screens. We adapted a comedic format for our scripts, with 160 separate comedy scenes for season one. -- Read Full Interview Here.
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