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The Last Polka follows the life, careers, and final concert of Yosh (Candy) and Stan (Levy) Shmenge, two brothers from the fictional country of Leutonia who become the biggest polka duo the world has ever seen, presented as a mixture of live concert performances and filmed scenes.
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Mar 14, 1985 · The Last Polka: Directed by John Blanchard. With John Candy, Eugene Levy, Rick Moranis, Catherine O'Hara. A mockumentary that depicts the final concert of Yosh and Stan Shmenge aka the Happy Wanderers.
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- Comedy, Music
- John Blanchard
- 1985-03-14
Nov 8, 2013 · Subscribed. 1.4K. 137K views 10 years ago. "The Last Polka is a 1985 comedy television film, and one of the first mockumentaries. It was written by and starred John Candy and Eugene Levy, and...
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14 Reviews. Hide Spoilers. Sort by: Filter by Rating: 10/10. Shmenge! loufalce 7 June 2010. "Mockumentary" film about the Shmenge Brothers, Leutonian American Polks musicians who deciede to call it quits after a long career.
A comedy special, in a documentary format, that highlights the careers of Josh and John Shmenge, a famous Leutonia polka team. The special, which traces the difficult rise to fame of Josh and Stan, the children of a poor family of cabbage pickers in Leutonia (located on the dark side of the Balkans.
- John Blanchard
- John Candy
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The Last Polka. 1984. 0 hr 54 mins. Comedy. NR. Watchlist. Conceived of as a spoof on Martin Scorsese's The Last Waltz, this made-for-cable TV movie has SCTV veterans Eugene Levy and John...