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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 ...
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
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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A mockumentary that depicts the final concert of Yosh and Stan Shmenge aka the Happy Wanderers.
Review by Craig J. Clark ★★★½. "It was almost a moving experience." After the cast of SCTV called it a day, John Candy and Eugene Levy gave two of their recurring characters -- Leutonia's most famous sons, Yosh and Stan Shmenge, the Happy Wanderers, who specialized in polka medleys of popular songs -- their own comedy special, a This Is ...
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- John Blanchard
Originally aired on HBO, this production gently satirizing Scorsese's The Last Waltz chronicles the modest beginnings, meteoric rise and dramatic conclusion of the chart-topping Shmenge brothers from the (fictional) nation of Leutonia, who will win you over with their exceptional love for polka melodies. As first seen in the
