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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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- 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 seen, presented as a mixture of live concert ...
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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 ...
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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.
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.
