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The Last Polka is a 1985 comedy television film.It was written by and starred John Candy and Eugene Levy, and directed by John Blanchard.. 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 ...
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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
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loufalce 7 June 2010. "Mockumentary" film about the Shmenge Brothers, Leutonian American Polks musicians who deciede to call it quits after a long career. Beginning in 1944 in Leutonia, a fictional Eastern European country, the film chronicles their rise to the top of the Polka music scene . Eugene Levy and John Candy are in absolutely top form ...
The Last Polka was produced for and first broadcast on the HBO cable network. Both John Candy and Eugene Levy were nominated in 1985 for a Cable Ace Award in the Best Performance in a Comedy Special category. The Last Polka is a 1985 comedy television film. It was written by and starred John Candy and Eugene Levy, and directed by John Blanchard.
Synopsis. 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), highlights their farewell polka ...
