A mockumentary that depicts the final concert of Yosh and Stan Shmenge aka the Happy Wanderers.
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Title: The Last Polka (TV Movie 1985)
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| John Candy | ... | Yosh Shmenge / Pa Shmenge | |
| Eugene Levy | ... | Stan Shmenge / Ma Shmenge | |
| Rick Moranis | ... | Linsk Minyk | |
| Catherine O'Hara | ... | Sylvie Lemon | |
| Robin Duke | ... | Max Lemon | |
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Mary Margaret O'Hara | ... | Gerta Lemon |
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John McAndrew | ... | Val Babbyit |
| Patricia Hamilton | ... | Mrs. Vicki Mahoney-Cohen | |
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Marvin Goldhar | ... | Phil King |
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Nick Nichols | ... | Moe Koffler |
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Don Dickinson | ... | Michael Colbert |
| Len Doncheff | ... | Milt Chissik | |
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Gord Martineau | ... | Gord Markle |
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Ted Woloshyn | ... | Ted Wellington |
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A mockumentary that depicts the final concert of Yosh and Stan Shmenge aka the Happy Wanderers.
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A very funny effort. In 1986 I taped it from a rental store video and I am glad I did. I have now transferred it to DVD on my own but it would be great if it were released on DVD, digitally restored with a few special features. This "Mockumentary" features John Candy and Eugene Levy as the Shmenge Brothers, leaders of a popular polka band, and we are reflecting on their careers as they prepare to retire. Levy has gone on to appear in more of the same, but nothing he has done has gotten any better than the original.
If you like spoofs such as "Waiting for Guffman", "The Best in Show", "Spinal Tap" and "A Mighty Wind" you've got to see the granddaddy of them all, "The Last Polka"!