I heard about the wild parties in the Winnebago! Some went as late as 10:30 PM!

Lucky you! ❤

VILLIAMS!!!

Where is it!

@@marywilliams9858 Leutonia? The dark side of the Balkans

@@hellbillybilly4770 Not the dark side of the Balkans?

@@jolielaide9942 my bad thanks

And it accurately taught you about other cultures!

....every time.

He doesn't appreciate a good polka?

Umm kalumpkas un cafefoe!

No more cabbage rolls and coffee for him!

Waya525 Dont you mean a Kodak moment?

Awww we have fun.

John Candy had SO MANY finest hours. Thank you for all of the laughs over the years. RIP.

Now this is the boomer energy I need more of in the world. This is why we must keep circulating the tapes. The light cannot go out, for mankind.

Citnzens everywhere should take note.

@@John_McDonnell I am a Gen X. We are uniting with Gen z to destroy the millennials, look out!

Uncreative garbage... (Monty Python) [I can still do this one almost by heart!] kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rLSfg62i0pmocY0.html

@@gaywizard2000 that's right, those of us who enjoyed this the first time around are Gen X, not the old hippie boomers. The millennials seem to think that everyone over a certain age are boomers.

It's interesting how many things you can polka, isn't it? Or, eh.. polka-fy? Uh, what's the uh, verb action subject on that er ah? Y'know what I'm trynna say.

@@John_McDonnell Oompahesquifous?...lol

I did hear on the radio, many years ago, a speed- bluegrass rendition of "I'll Be There" by Bobby Darin. It was brilliant, but apparently not available for my audio pleasure, instantly and for free on KZfaq. I'm so disappointed.

@@patricknorton5788 Bobby went thru a phase or phases. He went from smooth Vegas Sinatraesque cool to Otis Redding soul man to longhaired mustachioed folk-rock guitar singer. But he was always Bobby Darin. I liked him.

@olddoggeleventy2718 interesting. My special memory of that song is that it was constantly on the radio when my dad drove us up from Northern Virginia to run the NY Marathon in something like 1984. Good song.

Did you register?

you can never unsee this 🤪

Steve Hughes Yosh was a great loss.

It was indeed a tragedy how Yosh was lost. I was at the show in Buffalo when the announcement was made that there was not enough cabbage rolls and coffee for the unexpected turnout. The resulting riot was without question the absolute worst polka riot in history. The enraged fans turned on Yosh and Stan, and while Stan was able to slip away in the chaos, Yosh was caught in the angry mob and beaten mercilessly with his own clarinet. While the clarinet managed to make a full recovery, Yosh sadly did not.

@@ianmichalski7997 Yes a sad note to end on for sure.............

@@ianmichalski7997 It was as if the Schmenges had their own Altamont day

You bastards. I watch these videos to laugh, not cry about the loss of the wonderful, talented, and sainted Yosh Schmenge. Unrelated, but “Yeah, you're right. I talk too much. I also listen too much. I could be a cold-hearted cynic like you, but I don't like to hurt people's feelings. Well, you think what you want about me. I'm not changing. I.. I like me. My wife likes me. My customers like me. 'Cause I'm the real article. What you see is what you get.” Heart too big for this dumb world. Take 'er easy, Johnny. John Franklin Candy, 1950-1994

HORRIDLY Proud

In Leutonia, he's called Yonny.

@@fjccommish He did an album with Linsk Minyk!

@@RideAcrossTheRiver I bought many copies because it wore out from all the play.

Mmmmmm Mmmmmmm Good !

In my heart he will always be Del Griffith and Uncle Buck

Long live Barf.

Mmm Mmmm good.

I can give you my grandma's recipe, John Bolton.

Ask Mrs. Vilve Yache for some

@@hankolio234 Sadly she passed away in 2001 at the ripe old age of 120. Her daughter Cookie Yachke now holds the family recipe.

I heard stories of how Yosh could get after too much coffee....

@@ianmichalski7997 After his seventh coffee in an hour, I saw Yosh stuff a whole cabbage roll in his mouth! Mrs. Vilve Jaczke led him away by the ear! Crazy times!

HA-HA! Me too dude. Polka goes well with weed.

That Jaws tribute? Magic!

The fighting by collectors would result in bloodbaths wherever the records went on sale. They knew the power of their music and widely decided to forego the profit for the sake of the fans.

Add "Stairways to Heaven" and "The Queen-Haters" to Them as well as "The five Neat Guys" , I can do without Gordon Lightfoot sings every song, Oh I'd Love to own the soundtrack to "Gimme Jackie" as well...

Patsy has the largest breasts in town...

@@wabankikI dream of finding in a book sale a surviving copy of Jackie’s autobiography, “Damn You Daddy Sir”.

Sure but have ya ever seen Darth Vader in a Stan Schmenge mask?

I know that right now she's up there with Yosh and he's polishing off the cabbage rolls as fast as she can make them :)

Yosh's wife does all the costumes!

I don't know which she does better - cabbage roles or coffee.

James Haury It's such a shame we never got to meet her.

Back in the day, she also was a vonnderful dancer! 💃

Cleveland is the home of the Polka Hall of Fame.

Good thing they were fueled with cabbage rolls and coffee

Yeah. We know that. His name was John Williams.

@@outtathyme5679 And let's all thank Mrs. Vilve Yachke for that.

And somebody with a keen idea for fashion had to outfit the band...

Who did he play in JFK? I've seen that movie probably 5 times and can't remember, or maybe didn' t recognize him.

@@pinesiskin59 Cashew piece?

His name is really Stepheslaus Spielgzhe.

Let's face it: most of us are actually Leutonian and just passing.

@@fjccommish Don't forget Jorj Lukasz and Duke Alek Gujnness!

1970s Midwest American TV had a lot of this type of show.

They ought to do a tribute to the Schmenge Brothers. Now that would be woth going to.

worth

His American accent alone should have won him the Oscar...

Regardless if the original creator or author objects or not, lawyers go fishing all the time. And when they come across someone who simply doesn't care, then the legal creeps crawl away. Their first communication use heavy language, serious looking mail, etc. But when it becomes clear to lawyers they are not being taken seriously and will have to actually work, they always run away and chase a buck somewhere else.

A friend/colleague has a published arrangement of one of the later Star Wars scores. He said it had to go to the John Williams estate, which is a HUGE business, with at least dozens of employees (lawyers, arrangers, etc), who have to OK each application for publication. I don't think John Williams himself has been involved with that aspect of his music empire for at least a decade.

It's a big shame too. This video is nearly about ruined without the original music. You can now barely make out the likenesses if at all. The Can You Read My Mind parody to start the show was great in the original. Not even recognizable now. The arrangements were at least half the comedy.

Mmm mmm good !

True. Just mention free cabbage rolls and coffee and the old people will come running in droves.

I would love to see the Happy Wanderers Christmas Show with the Traditional Exchanging of The Socks

Actually it can be beat.. this is not the original Shmenge Brothers music but something the uploader edited in.

And the planetoid growing on his face that some would call a mole.

Neighbors, cousins, members of the First Leutonian congregation, a couple of wannabes.....! 😏

They are Schmenge Heads, much like Dead Heads they follow the Tour, making bootleg tapes and consume homegrown "cabbage rolls " and electric coffee.

@@matthewgray469 I thought the Schmenges bought the Rolling Stones Mobile Unit? Mick is Stan's cousin, so they got it for $500

Members of the Leutonian Longshoremens Assoc.

D Evans and acted in it

@@paulthiessen6467 Indeed. And just think of the money 20th Century Fox could have saved if they had hired Yosh and Stan instead of those overpriced Hollywood types. Of course, all the caterers would have had to supply would have been - well, you know 😋

Alcyone K I don’t think anyone would have the space balls to cast either of those two in a motion picture.

More likely that the people who owned the rights to SCTV back when this aired in syndication didn't want to pay the music royalties (which could be quite high -- see, for example, the case of "WKRP In Cincinnati").

If that is the case then they did a fantastic job of matching it to the musicians finger movements.

@@RonJohn63 exactly right.

This is the DVD version - but other fans have posted the original elsewhere - just keep searching here on KZfaq.

Just watched it and thought I was going senile, like, "I remember these covers sounding like the original melodies. Was I wrong?" Turns out it's different music. Glad I found the unaltered clip elsewhere.

Actually "the outer space" as stated in the description