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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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- John Blanchard
- 1985-03-14
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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 ...
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This was a made-for-cable (Showtime) comedy special starring John Candy and Eugene Levy's "SCTV Network" characters, polka stars Yosh and Stan Shmenge. The film traces their rise to prominence from their childhood in native Leutonia to their final comeback concert.
This HBO comedy special is a send-up of Martin Scorsese's The Last Waltz. Scorsese's film, it will be recalled, recorded the final concert of the rock group The Band. Polka deals with the rise and fall of that fabulous Lutonian twosome, the Schmenge Brothers. John Candy is Yosh Schmenge, and Eugene Levy is Stan Schmenge.
