SCTV - The Happy Wanderers

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8 жыл бұрын

Welcome to The Happy Wanderers Show! In this classic SCTV sketch, we've got a special guest in the house - former band member Lynch Minion! This episode is proudly sponsored by Schminke Travel and Record Company. 🎉
But that's not all, folks! The Bethel chapter of the Lutonium American Society invites you to the annual Rites of Spring Festival in Latonia. 🌸 There's a grandstand parade that's fun for both parents and kids alike. Don't miss out!
For just $5,500, you can hop on a round-trip charter to the Rites of Spring Festival in Bellevue Latonia. You'll receive a warm welcome at the airport and even witness a one-gun salute. 💰
While you enjoy the show, be sure to dig into some delicious homemade cabbage rolls and coffee. 😊
Our special guest takes us down memory lane, sharing their experiences in live television and expressing gratitude for returning to The Happy Wanderers. They mention their humble beginnings and send a special shoutout to Yash and Stan. But before we get to a song they're about to play, it's time for a quick commercial break. 🎵
Speaking of music, we're reminiscing with the longest record set, featuring favorites like "Nantz of Men Pants" and "Mama Cook the Cabbage Roll." 🎶
Feeling the groove? You can grab a once-in-a-lifetime record deal on television by ordering The Happy Wanderers album right now. 😃
And as we wrap things up, Mrs. View V Yachtski is here with her lovely cabbage and coffee until next week. Plus, a special shoutout to Lynne's Mini and the AL Sahara Restaurant in Melonville for the finest Middle Eastern cuisine. 🌯
Don't forget, folks, Belle not speaks speaking never mind, and hey, did you know Kevin's been in a movie before? Yeah, he sure has! Join us for a happy and hilarious episode you won't want to miss! 😄
Watch the full sketch here: • SCTV - The Happy Wande...
Stan Shmenge - Levy; Yosh Shmenge - Candy; Linsk Minyk - Moranis; audience, band - extras
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@cwaldo7957 6 жыл бұрын

30 years later I still say "cabbage rolls and coffee mmm mmm good" when I hear polka music, and no one understands.

@weswolever7477 5 жыл бұрын

Same here

@Lumbar87 5 жыл бұрын

Yup - me, too, all these years later!

@BegoneJonah 5 жыл бұрын

We've been watching Lola Heatherington's Especially Special Christmas Special every season for more than three decades: "Baby, baby, my heart's breaking/Boo hoo hoo."

@katherinehunter9526 5 жыл бұрын

Me too. LOL. Most people don't get it. But when they do, we are instant friends. May John be resting in Peace. It was 25 years ago today that John Candy passed away from a massive heart attack while filming on set in Mexico. He will live on forever in all characters he created on SCTV and all the rolls he had film's. He was only 44 when he passed. I'll never forget, I was driving when the news came over the radio, I burst into tears and had to pull over. RIP Johnny LaRue. Dr. Tongue and Yosh Schimge. 03.04.19. KEH

@AdamasMst 5 жыл бұрын

I would :-)

@stevecathym3566 4 жыл бұрын

Florence Jucker, the violinist in the Happy Wanderers band, passed away July 24 this past summer. She was an extremely talented performer, playing violin since she was 6 years old. She could play anything on that fiddle/violin and did. Performing with her younger sister Andrea, as the Hansen Sisters in the 1950's with notables as Guy Lombardo, George Burns, and at Expo 67. They did TV shows such as the Tommy Hunter show, and performed for the Canadian Armed Forces. After her sister left for the USA with her husband, Florence convinced her daughter Deb to play with her as the Hansen Singing Strings. That's Deb playing the acoustic guitar in the band here as well.

@pyeriotsquad Жыл бұрын

Good knowledge!

@thane816 Жыл бұрын

oh, I thought this was a parody based on the Lawrence Welk Show

@robkunkel8833 9 ай бұрын

… this was small town Lawrence Welk … there were scores of the such bands and even tv shows in the upper Midwest in the 20th century.

@kookykenny 3 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for the info. Love her smile at the end of the show. Having a good polka time!!

@LoisCandler 2 ай бұрын

❤awesome!

@yer_old_pal_Jerky 6 жыл бұрын

You know what's amazing about John Candy (and the whole SCTV gang, but John in particular) is that his comedy was GENTLE, not coarse or bullying. He could make you laugh without any element of scorn or mockery. It was a beautiful gift to us all.

@arikcarlo 6 жыл бұрын

Eugene Levy too was special in their display of silliness and innocence. Great caricature by both of them.

@grandlotus1 5 жыл бұрын

Totally. It's love.

@JackTheladd 5 жыл бұрын

Candy was a true giver.

@chickshusband 5 жыл бұрын

There's parody that comes out of hatred of the subject (coughcoughTrumpcoughcough) and there's parody that comes out of affection for the subject (Garrison Keillor if you want an extreme example.) SCTV had - even at there their most cutting - never acted like they hated anyone.

@lesizmor9079 5 жыл бұрын

Mark-- Generally yes, but they are definitely mocking that Old World polka band culture. As they should!

@daddy2jake 5 жыл бұрын

Few people know how influential they were in the music scene. They were good friends with the Five Neat Guys and Billy Saul Hurok.

@scottydu81 2 ай бұрын

I still hum “she doooooes it, she doooooes it, the whole town says she does it!”

@Mike___Honcho 8 ай бұрын

" when the name is schmenge, you know you've got something ! " so true.

@maryvalentine9090 7 ай бұрын

😂😂😂👏🏼👏🏼

@Rutoenfit 5 жыл бұрын

Brilliant. What I liked about SCTV parodies is that they were ALWAYS good-natured.

@SaraP.-mi8gg 21 күн бұрын

Really... always a pleasant hoot

@DPaine-rg6iz 5 жыл бұрын

Eugene Levy's facial expressions are just pure gold !

@marshler1111 Жыл бұрын

His facial expressions in the skit "six gun justice" was hilarious.

@clitsing6034 Жыл бұрын

the mole helps too

@alecfoster5542 Жыл бұрын

His eyebrows alone should get an Emmy.

@amandajstar 4 ай бұрын

He's my favourite on SCTV!

@TheRealVideoMurder 3 жыл бұрын

Living in a small Saskatchewan town this is so real it hurts

@dickJohnsonpeter 3 жыл бұрын

Growing up in Wisconsin polka used to be a big thing. Now, due to all the forced multicultural diversity we lost our German and eastern European heritage. It's sad.

@LadyMarushka Жыл бұрын

@@dickJohnsonpeter Remember it can be revived. It’s just an accordion polka away!

@brianmouland209 Жыл бұрын

Used to be a polka show called The Cottonpickers on TV in the 1970s in Saskatchewan

@clawsoon 2 ай бұрын

@@dickJohnsonpeter Multiculturalism was invented by Ukrainians. Ukrainian-Canadians from the prairie provinces, specifically. At one point they were even trying to get Ukrainian recognized as an official "regional language" in Canada. They didn't get their language proposals through, but they got most of their other stuff through, transforming the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism - originally meant to be only two cultures, English and French - into official policies of bilingualism and multiculturalism.

@sydneymads5220 25 күн бұрын

@@dickJohnsonpeterhow did they force you to not partake in polka?

@djdj71d 5 жыл бұрын

I would have bought the "looking back" album but I spent all my paper route money in the 5 neat guys greatest hits😐

@darklordojeda 4 жыл бұрын

You couldn't have spent your paper route money any better. Would you ever consider parting with the 5 Neats record?

@matthewsmith5374 4 жыл бұрын

Patsy has the largest breasts in town...🤣🤣🤣

@richardleonard4281 4 жыл бұрын

The Five Neat Guys were really neat.

@shanghaisenator 4 жыл бұрын

money well spent!

@mercurywoodrose 3 жыл бұрын

neat

@mikemike8623 4 жыл бұрын

SCTV has to be the most successful television show in Canadian history think of all the people on the show who went on to have careers and are household names throughout the world

@postatility9703 2 жыл бұрын

The greatest sketch comedy show ever.Period.

@garytredwell5649 Жыл бұрын

Britain had Python, Canada had SCTV. I'd call it dead even.

@anghusmorgenholz1060 Жыл бұрын

Rick Moranis is a truly beautiful human. To be a father and leave Hollywood for his children is the act of a man. It shouldn't be such a big deal. But that is the world we live in.

@ericjamieson 4 жыл бұрын

I have a lot of family in Northern Minnesota and spent a lot of time there, and if I didn't recognize the SCTV cast and you told me this was legitimately a local television show from Northern MN in the early 80s, I'd probably believe you.

@johnbarnes6832 3 жыл бұрын

I lived in Duluth during the early 70s, this is way too close to the reality of that time. In the local high school they were still telling Finlander jokes.

@mjproebstle 3 жыл бұрын

Ya, ya!

@FloraWest 2 жыл бұрын

This is almost a clone of "Chmielewski Fun Time" that was on in Duluth in the '70s for sure. This parody is amazing.

@FloraWest 2 жыл бұрын

@@johnbarnes6832 Same! And this is "Chmielewski Fun Time" 100%.

@11C1P 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I grew up in N.D. & northern Minn & this was about like most of the weddings I remember going to in the 70's & 80's as a kid.

@steelers6titles Жыл бұрын

Linsk starts jamming on the Monkees' "Last Train To Clarksville". Must have been a big hit in Leutonia.

@imafunkyman 4 жыл бұрын

John Candy and Eugene Levy = comedic geniuses

@davidsigalow7349 8 ай бұрын

They had great chemistry; the Schmengies and Dr. Tongue & Bruno were impossibly funny.

@davidsigalow7349 8 ай бұрын

In the early 1990s, we showed these sketches to her ailing father, who grew up in RI, another bastion of polka bands. He thought it was the funniest thing he'd ever seen. RIP to Big Al and to John Candy.

@carlyoung8657 4 жыл бұрын

levy's eyebrows are an act all by themselves

@coldslutsonfire 8 жыл бұрын

My parents could never tell the difference between this and Laurence Welk.

@mpmajer 8 жыл бұрын

+coldslutsonfire The difference is this has no geritol commercial. LOL

@fjccommish 4 жыл бұрын

Welk was a pretender. This was the real thing.

@petsplantshome 4 жыл бұрын

exceptional comment bro.

@mikentx57 4 жыл бұрын

There was a difference????

@TheAnubis57 4 жыл бұрын

The moment I saw this I thought Lawrence Welk Show too

@Leorstef 8 жыл бұрын

"And remember. When the name is Schmenge, you know you got something!"

@ericbrufatto5371 6 жыл бұрын

Leorstef, Yes, great line, I wont forget, "...you know you got something!" LOL!

@clark9992 2 жыл бұрын

And the icing on the cake, is that he puts the emphasis on "something" instead of "got".

@mikebarbacovi9851 6 жыл бұрын

The growth mole on Candy’s forehead was classic costuming. Levy is pure genius as well. God I miss this show.

@msthang5366 4 жыл бұрын

Mike Barbacovi I knew the guy in pink looked familiar

@jasonjcr_cars819 Жыл бұрын

I miss it too! It was pure genius!

@willdenny6953 Жыл бұрын

Yes ,yes I miss it too. Funny as hell.

@aggcavan943 Жыл бұрын

I love how after the light crashes, the tuba player splits. These guys were absolutely brilliant.

@johnnydtractive 7 жыл бұрын

If you lived in southern Ontario when SCTV had its run, you will surely also remember witnessing Walter Ostanek's 'Polka Time' on tv around the same time. Whether The Happy Wanderers are tribute or parody, it adds to the many layers of irony, cabbage rolls & laughs.

@marks.3303 6 жыл бұрын

Also CHCH 11's Ein Prosit from Hamilton. The two women in the band behind the Shmenges, on violin and guitar, played in the Ein Prosit house band.

@BegoneJonah 5 жыл бұрын

I grew up in Los Angeles in the 1960s and there was a travelogue show called The Happy Wanderers on channel 9 or 11 or 13. One of those local channels. And there was Polka Parade on channel 5, KTLA.

@RonJohn63 5 жыл бұрын

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shmenge_Brothers It was Gaby Haas in Edmonton.

@dwes49 5 жыл бұрын

RonJohn63 I know it’s on wiki but still wonder if Kitchener-waterloo Oktoberfest had an influence...,they even tapped the keg at the opening ceremonies in ‘84

@brucehanson6427 5 жыл бұрын

With Clarence Ploof on guitar

@drjohnson98 4 жыл бұрын

For me the funniest thing about this bit is that, except for the amped-up dorkiness of Candy and Levy, this is exactly what I grew up with, including the accordions and cabbage rolls. I loved SCTV.

@edmonddantes3640 4 жыл бұрын

You're exactly right, it's the same here in Texas when l was growing up. It's obvious that through the gentle humor, Candy and Levy have a deep affection for the music and culture.

@steelers6titles 4 жыл бұрын

@@edmonddantes3640 As far as Western Pa. and Eastern Ohio are concerned, this is dead-on.

@djcdjc Жыл бұрын

It is not a bit. I am not impotent.

@JimmySand9 8 ай бұрын

@@steelers6titles Not to mention Northeast PA, the PBS station still has a show like this.

@ludditeneaderthal 7 ай бұрын

It's pop culture satire. A tongue in cheek look at microcosms of North American period culture. Part documentary, part subtle over the top absurdity...

@paulrichard10 4 жыл бұрын

No comedy series can ever approach the level SCTV reached. I doubt anything will come along like this amazing troupe of comedians for a long, long time, if ever.

@scottiehanbacks6595 4 ай бұрын

There wouldn't be no Saturday night live without sctv real talk yea

@wildman2012 6 жыл бұрын

Moranis playing "Last train to Clarksville?" OMG!

@TruWatcher 4 жыл бұрын

He also played "Stairway to Heaven" but that may not be as widely available because of music clearance issues.

@billyrock8305 Жыл бұрын

Other than the Beatles and ABBA, probably the best musical group in history.

@kimmy1984 8 жыл бұрын

Shmenge/LaRue production. Johnny has his hands in everything.

@fjccommish 6 жыл бұрын

Just enough to get his beak wet.

@ronmoore5431 6 жыл бұрын

Was Johnny La Rue the Shemgie management? ?? This is why they where so famous. Mellonville has never been the same..We love you Shemgie 's....you are POlka kings.

@ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113 4 жыл бұрын

Count Floyd's 3-D House of Johnny's Hands, In Everything.

@56squadron 4 жыл бұрын

Especially his gerbils....

@eg4449 4 жыл бұрын

A very clever reference! Awesome

@larrymccue8097 4 жыл бұрын

This group were outstanding. Nothing is as original and funny as SCTV. I think of different episodes and smile periodically.

@panchoverde5078 2 жыл бұрын

Tim and Eric are waving hello

@mullen25 9 ай бұрын

levy and candy at their peak powers. its funny but in a good natured way. it's great comedic acting.

@butterflygirl2285 2 жыл бұрын

I have been laughing so hard that I have actually cried watching the Schmenge Brothers clips. I remember those from way back. These guys were incredibly talented.

@FloraWest 2 жыл бұрын

"I get a lot of requests in the different restaurants I play for..." Just caught that line for the first time. This sketch is so good.

@laragio 4 жыл бұрын

If you watch their finger movements, they actually look like they are playing their instruments. That is true dedication to your craft.

@pangoprime8674 5 жыл бұрын

I play this every Christmas. Best Christmas album ever. Kids think I am crazy.

@sulladrum 7 жыл бұрын

Comedy genius. Candy was so amazing.

@yer_old_pal_Jerky 6 жыл бұрын

And Eugene for Pete's sake! They're both genius in this. It isn't even hardly a parody! It's a loving tribute to a very real, oft-neglected culture... and yet, it works!

@egreenbery 8 жыл бұрын

We'd like to thank Mrs. Vilvy Yatzke for the cabbage rolls and coffee.

@schtuga 4 жыл бұрын

I don't know how she does it every week.

@robertduncombe7684 2 жыл бұрын

Mmmmm mmmmm good!

@geralddzara637 5 жыл бұрын

I grew up in Pittsburgh in the '50's-60's, and there was Levitske Brother polka party on TV, brought to you by Granma"s pierogis and Levitske real estate. On the Radio was The George L Massey Polka Review, WMBS am.

@danielkokal8819 3 жыл бұрын

I also grew up in Pittsburgh in the 60s-70s.... my dad's family Slovenian immigrants. dad played in a polka band (even made an album)... I saw the legend Frankie Yankovic live. not too far from this parody. God I hate polka music.

@michaelolz 5 жыл бұрын

The whole approach to this sketch is genius. They just did an impression of an old fashioned polka band dance show. That’s it! And it’s funny! It doesn’t try too hard and it works.

@Donnie64inPa 4 жыл бұрын

I loved this show! My buddy and I would go to the bars talking like Stan and yosh smenge and confuse a lot of people.

@wb9034 2 жыл бұрын

SCTV was so ahead of it's time. I LOVED that show

@garybeauchamp3623 Жыл бұрын

It was superb, always funny, but never mean spirited. My late brother and I used to talk about all the SCTV skits and laugh and laugh. When I see them I think of him. To me, it was way better than SNL.

@renoraider9817 Жыл бұрын

I think those guys were way funnier than the SNL cast. I used to watch SCTV all the time.

@Mattology1 Жыл бұрын

Seems perfect in that time. It wouldn't work now and people wouldn't appreciate it

@thedungeondelver 4 жыл бұрын

The "audience members" in this are such good sports. :)

@fabriziodorazio511 4 жыл бұрын

The Good old days of growing up with SCTV

@genez429 3 жыл бұрын

SCTV had a purity about it that was like a happy twinkle in the eye... Love this show. I grew up in the US . Never got to see this often on our TV.

@mckessa17 Жыл бұрын

You would if you lived in Buffalo

@genez429 Жыл бұрын

@@mckessa17 That is Canada! 🥸

@MovieJon 5 жыл бұрын

I love the audience/extras. They seem so sweet!

@FloraWest 2 жыл бұрын

I vaguely remember them saying the...Ukrainian? extras all had a genuinely good time.

@karen81986 6 жыл бұрын

That show was so much more funnier than Saturday night live

@futuristica1710 3 жыл бұрын

I was looking for that comment. Never fails to appear.

@zenmeister1959 2 жыл бұрын

"And the coffee was nothing to sneeze at either"!!

@reenougle 5 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite skits. I love the Shmenges!! Long live Leutonia!

@mqbitsko25 5 жыл бұрын

The Baltic answer to Hee-Haw.

@ownpetard8379 4 жыл бұрын

Leutonia is on the dark side of the Balkans, so the Balkan answer to Hee-Haw

@canaisyoung3601 3 жыл бұрын

Or Lawrence Welk.

@redshiftexperiment 4 жыл бұрын

Rick Moranis rendition of "last train to clarksville" great!!

@brianmouland209 Жыл бұрын

Sang Stairway to Heaven on another show

@JapanDan144 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, I'm Yosh Shmenge. And I'm Stan SHMENGE!

@ahlivetuhsidamaro150 8 жыл бұрын

LOL The cabbage rolls and coffee! My dad would be in heaven!!!

@olddoggeleventy2718 6 жыл бұрын

A total dedication and character investment went into this...superb! John Candy was always wonderful and deserves all the praise he has received over the years, but the rest of the SCTV cast were awesome in their own right and went on to some renown. I'm Leutonian and I find no offensive stigma to my homeland. Deep down we are all Leutonians...lol

@JMarinelli 2 жыл бұрын

I'm 1/16th Leutonian and I'm not offended by this either!

@AlexColberg 6 жыл бұрын

I could go for some cabbage rolls and coffee right about now.

@arikcarlo 6 жыл бұрын

Me too..but I'd want to be accompanied by the Schmenge Brothers. They give a unique taste to it. :)))

@cabbagerollsandcoffee 5 жыл бұрын

I guess the janitor would be busy then

@jamesanthony8438 5 жыл бұрын

Mmm... Mmm... Good!

@Dejahthoris22 4 жыл бұрын

Dan S. Me too! Don’t forget the polka!!

@Torgo1969 4 жыл бұрын

@@Dejahthoris22 I'm happy to say that SE Michigan USA has lots of Polish stores that sell cabbage rolls. My grandpa used to make them and call them pigeons.

@darkangelmichael6148 4 жыл бұрын

Actually, Eugene and John were very gifted musicians in their own right.

@UnclePengy Жыл бұрын

I loved how they could never pronounce their last name the same.

@michaelklein5242 9 ай бұрын

I have something of a real affection for these two. There was a real charm to the characters and you didn't quite laugh at them, but with them.

@abefroman7393 8 ай бұрын

Mrs Yatchki really outdid herself tonight with her delicious homemade cabbage rolls and coffee….😂

@steelers6titles 4 жыл бұрын

I grew up in Western Pennsylvania. I live in Northeastern Ohio, not too far from Cleveland. This is dead-on, as far as REAL polka shows are concerned.

@RS-yd2bp 2 жыл бұрын

Lol...all my Slovenian family in Cleveland used to go to dances like that every weekend. The same polka, same costumes, always cabbage rolls ... lol

@FloraWest 2 жыл бұрын

Northern Minnesota here-this is like a clone. It's just perfect.

@keefmeister77 Жыл бұрын

Probably all the members of the audience danced, drank coffee, ate cabbage rolls and left after having a wonderful time without ever suspecting a thing.

@TheSkipper1921 5 жыл бұрын

Up here in the Northeast of all places, we had a show like this till about 2000 or so. It was a radio program every Sunday Morning. My wife used to get the kids up for Church in the A.M. by turning all the radios in the house up to eleven, and then hitting the power button. I'll tell you what? Nothing gets teens and Pre-Teens out of bed faster than Frankie Yankovic played at reveille volume when you're dealing with kids that usually listen to Kurt Cobain Marilyn Manson and Sniff Doggy-Doo or whatever his name is.......

@CyberBeep_kenshi Жыл бұрын

When you have cabbage rolls and coffee, you know you got something!

@cubangal1 6 жыл бұрын

from Edmonton with love......SCTV!!!!watching Home Alone and had to see more of John Candy....miss you John....one of the very best comedians ever!!!!

@craigbusick9676 4 жыл бұрын

Nice.You can never go wrong with cabbage rolls and coffee.My late mother was from Grande Prairie ✌❤

@msthang5366 4 жыл бұрын

“Uncle Buck” is one of my all time favorite movie.

@jsmeenge 4 жыл бұрын

Back in the 80’s people used to always ask me at work if I’d seen the Shmenge brothers, took me a while to find it before the KZfaq days. Now I can catch up on all the hilarity of my “almost” namesake!

@evieraotacon 3 жыл бұрын

John Candy and Eugene Levy's performances will always be gold. Miss those days.

@albertmusco 4 жыл бұрын

Locked down during the 2020 pandemic , I needed something to cheer up my day !

@karen81986 3 жыл бұрын

Albert Musco me too. At least they make me laugh. Lol

@DeathToTheDictators 3 жыл бұрын

HAHA that album 'Looking Back' commercial had me in tears....SO good!

@mbstp Жыл бұрын

Just wholesome. Love it. I miss Minnesota.

@kbennett2587 Жыл бұрын

I know it's for a joke, but this hit me in the feels. I almost was expecting roll out the barrel or the Pennsylvania polka.

@lencarter1460 Жыл бұрын

“ and I get a lot of requests in the different restaurants I play” LOL!!!!!!!!! I grew up a good Hungarian boy, and I can’t watch this without thinking how incredibly accurate this parody is. Whether it’s Polish polka, Hungarian Czardash, etc., etc…. anybody who grew up in an Eastern European household totally gets this!

@mckessa17 Жыл бұрын

If your Dutch your not going to get it.

@10toMidnight 4 жыл бұрын

So innocent and fun. I sure miss those days...

@brianmouland209 Жыл бұрын

No Wokeness

@blueravin2352 Жыл бұрын

The Shmengi Brothers Yosh And Stan.. Love these Characters Cabbage rolls and coffee LOL simple delights, the accents, moles and the Accordion and Polka music..Just loved these Parodies Comedy Gold once again!!! John Candy and Eugene Levy Developed these characters and man are they timeless!!🤣🤣🤣😂😆😅

@bluegrassfan8426 3 ай бұрын

Long live SCTV !!!! The best show EVER.

@pjchmiel 2 жыл бұрын

LOL at the grainy b/w 100-year old footage from various random countries of the "Rites of Spring festival." I have come back to this sketch many times over the years, thank you.

@elisaastorino2881 Жыл бұрын

I know! In the shot of the Leutonian Chamber of Commerce, the official shaking hands is probably the archduke who was assassinated, sparking WWI.

@merak0044 Жыл бұрын

I grew in a small town in northern Ontario and SCTV played on Saturday night. So we would watch this and after that it was Saturday Night Live. Great times, great comedy.

@hansjuker8296 4 жыл бұрын

Seeing them young makes me feel young.

@roberthurless4615 4 жыл бұрын

I loved SCTV and The Happy Wanderers. They also made a parody of “The Last Waltz” by The Band called: “The Last Polka”.

@esmeesme7666 5 жыл бұрын

May John Candy be making people in heaven laugh and dance!!

@michaelbarclay1327 4 жыл бұрын

And, now, old people dancing is a RUSH concert; RIP Neil.

@ericbeaulieu4843 8 жыл бұрын

You never sneeze at good coffee and cabbage rolls ,God Bless the Shmenges !

@bobdobalina838 Жыл бұрын

Schmengi travel "you got to be a shmengi to make an offer like that!" Laughed out loud at that one

@c.s.mcleod7383 Жыл бұрын

@@ithecastic "When the name is Schmenge.....you know you've got something."Funniest line!

@modtomodern 3 жыл бұрын

I am Ukrainian Canadian from Veregin by way of Thunder Bay. We would make holpyci and petehe , put on the coffee, listen to Mikey and Bunny records while we wait wait for the Shmenge Brothers. Then we go play Bingo. Jealous?

@davidstuart401 7 жыл бұрын

Few people remember when both Stan and Yosh won the gold medal for Lutonia in the Polka Olympics.

@arikcarlo 6 жыл бұрын

Really?? I feel so stupid :)))

@peterostash-em3dy Жыл бұрын

No party should be without cabbage rolls and coffee. Thank you Mrs. Wilviochki.

@mahoneg Жыл бұрын

When I was growing up in Scranton PA - This kind of show was on local TV! Early Sat night I remember. - The first time I saw this years and years ago I fell off my chair. -- Polka Dance shows...

@bigimskiweisenheimer8325 3 жыл бұрын

They were always on the cutting edge, pushing the boundaries. The Schmengies were the best stage presence in all of entertainment.

@John_McDonnell 2 жыл бұрын

To this day, I credit New Wave Schmenge with the success of modern alternative rock.

@AvailableUsernameTed 8 жыл бұрын

Leutonian Christmas Tradition - The trading of the socks - We don't know why we do this.

@outtathyme5679 5 жыл бұрын

Pipe2DevNull for the children

@robertpucci5019 5 жыл бұрын

Cause he's the visitor

@SteveSmith-cy3xp 6 жыл бұрын

My wife and I went to the Rights of Spring Festival years ago. Many happy memories.

@ImCarolB Жыл бұрын

Last summer, I visited my son's family on the Canadian prairies after a COVID-enforced break of three years. I was thrilled to see that the two teenaged boys had become virtuosi on the accordion and fiddle. I was regaled with all the favorite polkas with the boys in Russian costumes. There are many Ukrainians in that area, and the lads are in demand to play at festivals and parties.

@steelers6titles 4 жыл бұрын

The best parody ("All You Need Is Cash", "This Is Spinal Tap"), is only a couple of steps from reality.

@rowdyyeets4532 Жыл бұрын

The unibrows and moles were a nice touch. 🤣🤣🤣 We were kids when this came out. I never forgot about it. Hilarious.

@edmonddantes3640 4 жыл бұрын

There's a Polka show on RFD TV that's exactly like this, right down to the majority senior crowd. A gentle poke to bring a grin.

@Razz5k 3 жыл бұрын

Molly B lol

@brianmouland209 Жыл бұрын

Filmed at Casino Regina

@davebrock4463 4 жыл бұрын

Fuckin hell, I just shed a damn tear. I miss John Candy. 😢

@AHouseDivided1998 3 жыл бұрын

Their Schmenge Christmas Special is still the best one to me.

@lauraweber9157 8 жыл бұрын

Everyone wants to be Leutonian during the spring festival!

@Lewis9709 7 жыл бұрын

It's better than Mardi Gras and Spring Break combined!

@ownpetard8379 4 жыл бұрын

The Rites of Spring Festival Parade is worth the price of the trip alone.

@pinkalgebra 7 жыл бұрын

I don't know what these guys were thinking when they thought this might make a funny skit but thank God they did. I hope those suits didn't cost too much.

@WytZox1 7 жыл бұрын

Perhaps it was a Lawrence Welk parody! ☺

@Mattology1 Жыл бұрын

They were thinking this is funny and it was