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6 The Happy Wanderers: Linsk Minyk Part 1 122

Stan and Yosh open the show. The audience is from the Buffalo chapter of the Leutonian American Society.

Stan Shmenge - Levy; Yosh Shmenge - Candy; audience, band - extras; announcer - Moranis

7 Commercial: Shmenge Travel 122

Stan and Yosh have a deal on the annual Leutonia Rites of Spring Festival. They will rip their own clothes to get you a good deal.

Stan Shmenge - Levy; Yosh Shmenge - Candy

6a The Happy Wanderers: Linsk Minyk Part 2 122

Stan and Yosh talk to some of the people. Linsk Minyk, a former member of the Happy Wanderers, comes out to do a song (a Leutonian "Stairway to Heaven"). A stage light crashes to the ground.

Stan Shmenge - Levy; Yosh Shmenge - Candy; Linsk Minyk - Moranis; audience, band - extras

8 Commercial: The Happy Wanderers Looking Back on Shmenge Records 122

A 2 record set, featuring "Dance, Old Man Dance", "Just a Shmenge Waltz", "There's Rhythm In My Lederhosen", "Mama Cook Me Cabbage Rolls", "The Wanderer's Polka".

Stan Shmenge - Levy; Yosh Shmenge - Candy; trench coat - extra; crewguy - extra; guy taking leak - extra

6b The Happy Wanderers: Linsk Minyk Part 3 122

The Shmenges do a last number, thank Mrs Vilve Yachke for the cabbage rolls and coffee.

Stan Shmenge - Levy; Yosh Shmenge - Candy; audience, band - extras; announcer - Moranis

5 The Happy Wanderers: Salute to John Williams Part 1 124

Stan and Yosh are doing a tribute to John Williams. Dressed in Superman costumes, they open with the theme from Superman. Stan tells us about John's early days in Leutonia.

Stan Shmenge - Levy; Yosh Shmenge - Candy; Happy Wanderers band - extras; crowd - extras

5a The Happy Wanderers: Salute to John Williams Part 2 124

Yosh is in a shark costume as they play the theme from Jaws, then break for the commercial.

Stan Shmenge - Levy; Yosh Shmenge - Candy; Happy Wanderers band, crowd - extras

8 PSA: Voter Registration with the Shmenges 100

Register, then vote. Taste some freedom for a change.

Stan Shmenge - Levy; Yosh Shmenge - Candy; Polling booth attendant - Short; voters - extras

5b The Happy Wanderers: Salute to John Williams Part 3 124

Dressed "from the outer space," Stan and Yosh embark on the Star Wars theme.

Stan Shmenge - Levy; Yosh Shmenge - Candy; Happy Wanderers band, crowd - extras

9 The Happy Wanderers: Christmas Day With the Shmenges 130

Stan and Yosh show us a traditional Leutonian Christmas. Morning starts with Yosh arriving at Stan's for breakfast, bearing the traditional egg, which symbolizes the Christmas breakfast. They eat the Falutniks. They admire the tree, and put the hat on the tree. The women and children leave so that the men can exchange socks. Then they walk to Yosh's house for the presents. Don't get caught under the Christmas budgie! Christmas dinner features a turkey-sized cabbage roll and coffee.

Stan Shmenge - Levy; Yosh Shmenge - Candy; kids, wives, uncles - extras

10 The Happy Wanderers: The Miss Leutonia Pageant Part 1

Stan and Yosh discuss women. They introduce the finalists. They look back on the week.

Clips: Miss Leutonia Pageant Week

The contestants arrive, do some sight-seeing. The domestic talent contest. They visit the Candles of the World Show.

Contestants - extras

Stan Shmenge - Levy; Yosh Shmenge - Candy; contestants, audience - extras; announcer - staff announcer

10a The Happy Wanderers: The Miss Leutonia Pageant Part 2

The traditional Leutonian gown competition. They announce the runner-up and the winners. It's a four-way tie. The victory walk.

Stan Shmenge - Levy; Yosh Shmenge - Candy; contestants, audience - extras

7 The Happy Wanderers: New Wave Shmenge Part 1

Yosh and Stan salute new wave music. They start with 'Billy Jean'. They plug their new album, 'New Wave Shmenge'. They have a video of their new single.

Video: Power to the Punk People Polka

A conceptual video.

Stan Shmenge - Candy; Yosh Shmenge - Levy; New Wave Chick - extra; New Wave Kids - extras; punk people - extras

Stan and Yosh talk to some people in the audience.

Stan Shmenge - Candy; Yosh Shmenge - Levy; Audience - extras; Happy Wanderers band - extras

7a The Happy Wanderers: New Wave Shmenge Part 2

A Flock of Seagulls tune. They flog the new wave album again. Credit crawl over the new video.

Stan Shmenge - Candy; Yosh Shmenge - Levy; Audience - extras; Happy Wanderers band - extras

The Happy Wanderers: Cabbage Rolls and Coffee Polka

The Shmenge Brothers give a rousing rendition of the Cabbage Rolls and Coffee polka.

Yosh Shmenge - Candy; Stan Shmenge - Eugene Levy

The Happy Wanderers: The Last Polka

The show begins with an overview of their early life in Leutonia and interviews with various relatives and friends who speculate on why they are retiring (they don't have a clue).

The Last Polka Concert

December 14, 1984. The Happy Wanderers theme song and 'Cabbage Rolls and Coffee'. They're really cookin'.

Stan Shmenge - Levy; Yosh Shmenge - Candy; The Happy Wanderers - extras

The Shmenges themselves don't really have a good reason for retiring. They talk about their early years in Leutonian vaudeville playing jars. The war and an accident turn the Shmenges to polka. Just off the boat, they get their first big break with Colonel Cohen on his radio show. After the Colonel's mysterious death, the Shmenges start managing themselves.

Clips: Strikes, Spares and Shmenges (1952)

The Shmenges host their early TV show from a bowling alley. 'The Lucky Frame' was a big selling point.

Stan Shmenge - Levy; Yosh Shmenge - Candy; bowlers - extras

Linsk Minyk describes how he got together with the Shmenge brothers.

The Last Polka Concert Part 2

Linsk Minyk comes out to do a medley of famous tunes including 'On the Road Again', 'Touch Me'.

Stan Shmenge - Levy; Yosh Shmenge - Candy; Linsk Minyk - Moranis; The Happy Wanderers - extras

News coverage from 1980 when the Shmenges were grand marshals at Oktoberfest. A phone-in show, the parade.

The Last Polka Concert Part 3

Another song, featuring a monster tuba solo.

Stan Shmenge - Levy; Yosh Shmenge - Candy; The Happy Wanderers - extras

Clip: Polka Variety Hour (1964)

A song from The Lemon Twins.

Stan Shmenge - Levy; Yosh Shmenge - Candy; The Lemon Twins - Catherine O'Hara, Mary Margaret O'Hara, Robin Duke

Interview with The Lemon Twins about their start with the Shmenges, and a clip from the Polka Variety Hour from 1964. The scandal over the Shmenge's possible involvement with the twins.

The Last Polka Concert Part 4

The Lemon Twins come out and do a medley of their hits.

Stan Shmenge - Levy; Yosh Shmenge - Candy; The Lemon Twins - Catherine O'Hara, Mary Margaret O'Hara, Robin Duke; The Happy Wanderers - extras

Their attempt to expand their audience by attracting kids. Footage of the setup and rehearsals ('Beat It') for the disastrous 'The Shmenges Salute Michael Jackson' concert in Plattsburg in 1984, a possible factor in their break-up.

The Last Polka Concert Part 5

Their last song, 'The Last Polka'.

Stan Shmenge - Levy; Yosh Shmenge - Candy; The Happy Wanderers - extras

Stan Shmenge - Levy; Yosh Shmenge - Candy; Papa Shmenge - Candy; Ma Shmenge - Levy; Linsk Minyk - Moranis; The Lemon Twins - Catherine O'Hara, Mary Margaret O'Hara, Robin Duke; Val Babbyit (author) - John McAndrew; Milt Chissik (Leutonian Vice-Consul) - Len Doncheff; Mrs Vicki Mahoney-Cohen - Patricia Hamilton; Moe Koffler (business manager)- Nick Nichols; Michael Colbert (promoter) - Michael Budman; Phil the Record King - Marvin Goldhar; Starmaker Enterprises - Don Dickinson; Gord Martineau; Ted Woloshyn; band - extras; crew, fans - extras; narrator - Thomas

Shmenges on Letterman

To promote The Last Polka, the Shmenges guested on Late Night with David Letterman where they performed 'Cabbage Rolls and Coffee Polka'; the interview touched on topics ranging from their early career, their retirement, the Plattsburg concert, and the Lemon Twins.

Stan Shmenge - Levy; Yosh Shmenge - Candy; David Letterman, Paul Shaffer

The Best of Comic Relief: Cabbage Rolls and Coffee Polka

The Shmenges also performed 'Cabbage Rolls and Coffee Polka' for Comic Relief, a performance that was later released on 'The Best of Comic Relief' LP in 1986.

Stan Shmenge - Levy; Yosh Shmenge - Candy