The Last Polka Full Movie
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- I have to give full credit for this excellent description to Alan Zisman
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"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 directed by John Blanchard.
The Last Polka follows the life, careers, and the 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. It is presented as a mixture of live concert performance and filmed scenes.
Many fellow SCTV performers including Rick Moranis, Catherine O'Hara, and Robin Duke appear in the film. Dave Thomas narrates.
The live concert in the film is a loose parody of The Band's concert movie The Last Waltz. Special guests and longtime Shmenge collaborators include The Lemon Twins (Duke, O'Hara and her real life sister Mary Margaret O'Hara) doing a medley of their "hits" and also Linsk Minyk (Moranis) performing a medley of road songs that culminates in a version of the Doors' "Touch Me".
One stand out scene has The Shmenges performing an outdoor stadium Michael Jackson salute concert, complete with glitter outfits, sequin glove, and a polka version of "Beat It".
The Shmenges were originally created as characters for the television series Second City TV and were also known on SCTV as The Happy Wanderers.
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.
As of March 2008, this video is out of print and has not yet been released on DVD."
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The tuba solo was AWESOME.
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@@paulloeffel7283 WRONG!! Tuba.
That's one hot tuba!
Who doesn't love a good tuba solo?
I'd seen John candy on sesame Street as one of the schmenges , I 😍 that episode.
This is a very funny movie! I watched it with my husband many years ago. He got a kick out of it. I think of him when I see this.....too funny!
Funny? I cried … tear of laughter .. drowning in a sea of sorrow Yep.
Watch the Letterman interview with these two. Classic!
Link: th-cam.com/video/zGbNZAyQWTA/w-d-xo.html
I have every album.
what a gem!
"It was almost a moving experience".
Laughing my ass off😂😂😂😂😂I never saw this before!! Anyone agree??
To the Road Again
just realized they are imitating how Lawrence Welk spoke...so funny
Lawrence imitated the Schmenge Brothers.
Did youse guys watch Da Welk show w. Myron? Fun for us kids to dance to the Polka Meisters!
@@jeffryhammel3035 A one-a, and a two-a, and a tree-a.
@fjccommish HI! Here in Milwaukee we always have what's called Polish-Fest, a 3 day tribute to mostly Polka. The accordion player Myron always was the headline. One year his accordion broke, but borrowed another and broke into a 5 minute version of Berry's "Johhny Be Good". The younger folk will never realize that these guys were not just polka guys, but very accomplished musicians.
@@jeffryhammel3035 Yes, I've been to Polka Fest and seen Myron. He died many years ago.
Sit back, enjoy some cabbage rolls and coffee, and some serious Schmenge tunes. If that doesn't make life worth living, then I am not knowing what is going to be making it worth living.
comedy genius
VESTRON VIDEO!!!!!
If it wasn't for Plattsburgh, they might have kept going. Such a shame.
Plattsburgh was unfortunate.
Owes a lot to the “Two wild and crazy guys!” also. Love the Shmenges!
I have every album ..
Ya like the early ones or those others?
To make a long story short...
Is John Candy actually playing the clarinet? Looks like he does, at least to me.
Not anymore.
@@AiMR Well, in this clip.
John mimed playing the clarinet very well. Eugene Levy actually played the accordion. ( very well)
Tuba solo...or dying elephant.
41:15 , it’s a shame for the children really , because they are missing out on not buying the polka music …. Lol .
Polka ain't dead, and never will be!
I never knew....
Rather confused to find this video has actually NOTHING to do with the song “The Last Polka” by Ben Folds Five lmao 😭
Yes they are playing…..Canadian kids learned to play an instrument starting in elementary school. Grade 4 . 🤣 lots of band camp geeks…that’s what makes this even funnier….because they are playing for real 🤣🇨🇦. I played trumpet. Oh and my neighbours were Ukrainian🇺🇦. I grew up with an extra Baba & Gigi🥰
I'm grateful to you for posting this.
@36:29 here's the Lemon twins, all 3 of them!
"They could sing reasonably well"
SCTV crew brings back memories. Lol
it was really interesting learning about the history of SCTV. They started in Chicago, then migrated to Montreal and then to wicked frigid cold Edmonton, Alberta. They wrote and performed their own material. Rock solid line of characters
Thank you for uploading this.
hmm where peg bundy got her hsir style..???
"Are we playing three bounces?" I used to have most of this movie memorized. Probably still do. John and Eugene never got their due respects with these characters. I believe they were slated to host SNL either as themselves or possibly, and insanely, as the Shmenges (!!!) but were cancelled by the '85 writers' strike. ☹
It's great to see the schmenges. And to hear the great polka music they played. That's rare, these days. I enjoy that kind of music.
Such a treasure, these two! The joke’s on us, too! Best part of the entire shtick!
Ms. Judd, what do you mean by 'The joke’s on us, too! Best part of the entire shtick!'. I feel like I am missing something. Thanks and have a nice day
@@simpleforging3339 These guys never break character. We love it that they are so sincere! I laugh at myself laughing at them and the corny all humor they attempt. Such great understatement! That’s all I meant.
@@judyjudd2352 That they made an entire, really well done mockumentary is amazing.
Lynsk mynk....really underated.
yes, you'd think he'd at least be in The Polka Hall of Fame by now.....
So glad to see this again!
I kinda think that the comments here will be a blast.
Do we know if it’s really Eugene Levy and John Candy playing their instruments?
That is a very interesting question. From what I understand they are playing their instruments. I read somewhere that they both played those instruments in high school. To bring it all together with the Schmenge brothers, Scandinavian cultures and polka music are more common in western Canada where SCTV finished their production days in Edmonton, Alberta. Perogies are common restaurant fare out there.
@@simpleforging3339 Eastern European heritage is common in western Canada: Ukrainian, Polish, Russian.
They can play. Here they are on the David Letterman show playing with the World's Most Dangerous band: th-cam.com/video/zGbNZAyQWTA/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for that interview upload. What a gem dude!
@@simpleforging3339 Scandinavian??
😱. OMGSH 🤯 beyond genius
Great Movie I love it!
When the Schmenges retired, the polka world lost its soul.
I'm wondering if this was on an old video disk player. The kind you insert & it takes the disk & push up the lever to play it.
This movie was originally released in 1985 so I think prominent movie tape players were VHS at the time but I can't say for sure. I was 14 years old.
I am excited...In fact Frisky...these dudes ..Rule
I thought they were just playing characters, didn’t know they could really play music.
This is where Sash ma Cohen got his idea for Borat it seems likely
His character mocked and humiliated people. There is a small village in Romania that would no doubt kill him if he ever returned. I don't care for him. Candy and Levy played the characters with warmth and kindness.
@@brendarodgers5686 agree
@@brendarodgers5686 Thats right. Borat was mean amand actually not even that funny I got bored but this was a Gem!
Sash ma cohen 🤦