John Candy. Sumer Rental(AMAZING MOVIE), Armed & Dangerous(both played in that), Who's Harry Crumb, The Great Outdoors(Awesome movie) Uncle Buck just name the greatest. John Candy was G.O.A.T.
they are serious professionals. It is interesting looking at the origins of SCTV in Chicago. It tells the story of their commitment to the performance.
Pure genius. I am a musician and If Eugene Levy cannot play the accordion, he is doing the best fake I have ever seen. 88 albums over a year and a half. lmao.
My father's 1970 Hemi powered Plymouth Road Runner had the sweetest sound ever produced by a machine, thanks to the Schmenge Brothers' 8-track Christmas Album being stuck on endless loop and max volume.
The Schmenge Brothers performed at my parents wedding. Our toilet pipes still haven't recovered from the amount of cabbage roles and coffee that were served from that fateful night.
Two of the most gifted comedic actors of our generation just having fun, entertaining, and making people laugh. One is sorely missed, the other lives on to keep a smile on our faces. God bless both of them...
The great Steve Jordon. He's the current drummer for the Rolling Stones and longtime friend of the Stones. He was Letterman's drummer for the first 4 years of the show '82 - '86.
It’s not bad, we just have Jimmy Fallon doing covers of other peoples work because of lazy writing. Let’s take a chance on something original? No let’s do a cover of a pop song because it was in a Marvel movie.
To commit to taking a spoof as far as it can go and using polka as a vehicle, a musical enigma in itself is brilliant. They really are playing their instruments, they are completely immersed in Lutanian culture. You can only be weirder and they go beyond that. Only Spinal Tap, A Mighty Wing and Best in Show can come close to the genius of the Schmenges. They are gods.
They are NOT playing their instruments! And neither is the band. There are several clues giving that away. Candy not having the clarinet in his mouth while you hear the clarinet. THe tuba players cheeks puffing but not in synch with the tuba notes. The accordian not plugged into anything or miked. Levy is not playing the accordian properly. He kind of shakes it in a way that is not how an accordian makes that kind of sound.
Thanks for the great laughs. I completely forgot about this. There has been so much amazing comedy out of Canada over the years. I miss John Candy, and Eugene Levy is still one of the funniest people out there. Shitt's Creek is hilarious.
Remember seeing this and laughing so hard. The next day when i asked friends if they had seen it most were annoyed and said it was stupid. Thats why things suck now. Too many idiots.
@@MrSkokiaan shit idk why I said trumpet, I must have been thinking about the guy on the left. I did music all my life I'm well aware this is a clarinet.
Not only did they stay in character as they ad libbed, they coordinated their movements perfectly to the music. That or they were really playing those instruments. Either way, well done.
@@davesimms8825 I watched a few videos of John Candy playing clarinet as Yosh Schmenge, and was far as fingering is concerned, what he mostly does is alternating between G# and C or Eb and F, depending on the register. I wonder why so many people insist that John Candy did his own clarinet playing when even his daughter, who adores him to this day, says that her father could play the clarinet a little, but not that good. In the "Laughing On the Outside" biography by Knelman, it says that John Candy used to play clarinet in a high school marching band. This doesn't take much skill.
When Dave suggested setting the record straight about the Lemon Twins, John and Eugene looked as though they wished Dave hadn't said that 🤣🤣🤣! Dave knew what he did!
It's because we are raised without propaganda a d constantly being told we're the best in the world.....guess what USA? YOUR NOT......you've devolved into an embarrassment to the world with DIAPERDONS treasonous lying diarrhea Magabowelmovement
Why do you say that? John Candy and the trumpet player are obviously not playing their instruments. There are a couple of times where you hear the clarinet and Candy does not even have the clarinet in his mouth. Also, Candy is several yards away from the microphone at times when you hear the clarinet. Also, if you have ever played the clarinet, you would know the fingerings John uses make no sense for how you actually play a clarinet!!!!!!!! !!!!!!! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@donniemoder1466 I play the clarinet myself, and in most of John Candy's videos as Yosh Shmenge, he does some alternating between G#/F or Eb/C, depending on the register.
Dave's show took so much inspiration from the old "variety" type shows which, I think even the were laughably cheesy and then took a subversive turn. The Schmenges performing is real-everyone is really playing the music-even if the act is totally fake.
Eugene and John looked so authentic playing their instruments one who is a musician would have to consider could these guys actually know how to play them? I critically watched Eugene's playing hand on this video and it is strikingly accurate to the pitch, rhythms and placement in the range of where the tones exist on the accordion to where he was either taught how to fake it to look real, Or, he really did know how to play the accordion at least for these songs! Anyway, Eugene and John were comedic geniuses! I truly miss John and what he would have continued to make had he stuck around longer.
I've got to comment. I grew up with the Schmenge brothers. They were a little older than me, but not too old!!! You know what I mean! 🥰 They used to come to our homes and play for us, and Papa, he would get so jealous, because Mama would just squeal and it would make Papa blush and he would try to rush the brothers, like a footsball player. But, those brothers were so funny! They would grab Papa and kiss him and hug him, so then how could Papa stay mad? He and Mama would dance between eating the cabbage rolls and coffee, and then they would kiss each other and both clap very loudly for Yosh and Stan and everyone was happy. Yes, I miss those days.
wow, my goodness man that is a great story. Reading it I felt like I was there. I hope such joyful comradery can be shared by everyone. You seem to have a good handle on it. Thanks for sharing, smile and have a good day.
Guys, if you MUST make it past the 10-minute mark ... cuz at 8:10 ish, the Michael Jackson bit is OMG LOL. Even when Dave or the crowd freak out laughing, they remain so understated. OMG at ~ 10:00, John Candy looks like he's gonna explode trying to keep from laughing.
Хобби
The world could use a little John Candy right now. Strike that, A LOT of John Candy right now...
Aint that the truth. Any one remember Who's Harry Crumb
@@ahill7099 WHO?
@@ahill7099 Vijays Air Conditioning Service!
John Candy in the Racing Jockey Disguise!
John Candy. Sumer Rental(AMAZING MOVIE), Armed & Dangerous(both played in that), Who's Harry Crumb, The Great Outdoors(Awesome movie) Uncle Buck just name the greatest. John Candy was G.O.A.T.
Good idea. I'm gonna watch The Great Outdoors again. The ol' 96er scene was funny.
Man we miss this, they were great!!!
How many Schitt's Creek fans know what a legend Eugene is??
Well SCTV made him a legend.
Candy and Levy were absolute gold together
Eugene is easily one of the top three accordion players in popular comedy
John Candy was in that elite class of comics who could make me laugh without doing anything at all. He was great.
Yup, out of all the great comedians that we have lost, I still miss him the most.
The expressions on those two faces just makes me howl with laughter! God I miss them!
Cabbage Rolls and Coffee, what an explosive combination.
Mm, mm, good!
SCTV was one of THE best shows on the original tube
John Candy is truly missed😢He was a wonderful person
I love how they never broke character and stayed as Yosh and Stan Schmenge throughout the entire interview. "Cabbage rolls and coffee, mmm, mmm good!"
they are serious professionals. It is interesting looking at the origins of SCTV in Chicago. It tells the story of their commitment to the performance.
Pure genius. I am a musician and If Eugene Levy cannot play the accordion, he is doing the best fake I have ever seen. 88 albums over a year and a half. lmao.
I wonder if they eventually learned, basic on the life of the bit?
If he doesn't play, he's sure got me fooled!
My father's 1970 Hemi powered Plymouth Road Runner had the sweetest sound ever produced by a machine, thanks to the Schmenge Brothers' 8-track Christmas Album being stuck on endless loop and max volume.
The Schmenge Brothers performed at my parents wedding. Our toilet pipes still haven't recovered from the amount of cabbage roles and coffee that were served from that fateful night.
^*rolls, not roles🙄🤦♂️
Hilarious 😂
Mmm Mmm Good!
88 albums in a year and a half.... great stuff!
The world needs the Schmenges more than ever right now
Cabbage rolls and coffee mmmmmmgood
SCTV was my Sesame Street growing up. Unparalleled comedy.
And ironically, a few cast members from SCTV made appearances on Sesame Street as their characters, including John Candy as Yosh Schmenge.
Richard Harris doing MacArthur park. Nuf said a
A lot of it still entertaining now!
The Joys of Count Floyd, Johnny LaRue cooking show, 'Halfwits', "Bowling for (Limited) Dollars"
@@Alvan81 ...these are the days of the week
Two of the most gifted comedic actors of our generation just having fun, entertaining, and making people laugh. One is sorely missed, the other lives on to keep a smile on our faces. God bless both of them...
they both grew up on stage without scripts and it shows. They are quite a team
some of the best Ontario's comedic minds
That sums it up perfectly!
Proud that they are Canadian
My Polish Grandparents took me and my brother & sister to see the Schmenges in 1979.
They were awesome!!
John Candy - What a wonderful talent !!!
3 Canadians on stage with Dave at the same time, wow!👍👍🇨🇦
i would so love to have that strikes, spares and schmenges bowling shirt 🎳
How could that NOT put a smile on your face 😂
The drummer is having the best time of his life
The great Steve Jordon. He's the current drummer for the Rolling Stones and longtime friend of the Stones. He was Letterman's drummer for the first 4 years of the show '82 - '86.
I miss the good old days when late night entertainment was actually entertaining ='(
It’s not bad, we just have Jimmy Fallon doing covers of other peoples work because of lazy writing. Let’s take a chance on something original? No let’s do a cover of a pop song because it was in a Marvel movie.
Yes, the good old days, when Reagan and company could fuck working people while selling arms to our enemies and late night hosts never mentioned it.
It is still entertaining.
Tell me about it! Every damn thing now is political. Enough.
Yet you still watch the poisonous dreck of today.
Why?
It's polka Time I love listening to polka music
John Candy is still my favorite comedian of all time
I knew a girl who met him-she said he was very nice!
Awful loss that he's gone. His humor lives on though!
The brothers with this band. Incredible. And the drummer sitting back there, just digging the whole thing.
Yes! I def noticed the drummer too! Ha ha ha ha ha! Bless them all. 😃
Sid Dithers on accordion! "San Franciske...did you flew or did you drove?"
“So how did ya came ??? Ya droven did ya flew ??”
These guys should’ve had their own movie like “The Blues Brothers”.
They do. It's called 'The Last Polka' ruclips.net/video/D4BNYcrZzU4/видео.html
Just brilliant. I do miss the silliness of it all.
To commit to taking a spoof as far as it can go and using polka as a vehicle, a musical enigma in itself is brilliant. They really are playing their instruments, they are completely immersed in Lutanian culture. You can only be weirder and they go beyond that. Only Spinal Tap, A Mighty Wing and Best in Show can come close to the genius of the Schmenges. They are gods.
Nailed it. They were really good on SCTV as well.
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
A Mighty Wind.
They are NOT playing their instruments! And neither is the band. There are several clues giving that away. Candy not having the clarinet in his mouth while you hear the clarinet. THe tuba players cheeks puffing but not in synch with the tuba notes. The accordian not plugged into anything or miked. Levy is not playing the accordian properly. He kind of shakes it in a way that is not how an accordian makes that kind of sound.
@@donniemoder1466 Candy was actually fat tho right?
I needed a smile today. Thanks Yosh and Stan.
The three bands that, sadly, will never reunite: Rush, Talking Heads, and..The Happy Wanderers.
Shades of SCTV. It was a must-watch back when.
I really miss sctv and John candy. So many more characters that we could have used
Thanks for the great laughs. I completely forgot about this. There has been so much amazing comedy out of Canada over the years. I miss John Candy, and Eugene Levy is still one of the funniest people out there. Shitt's Creek is hilarious.
Comedy masters
Now that's good music...you betcha!
Eugene Levy still doing great stuff.
Eugene rocks on the accordion!
i miss john candy, he was a true gentlemen...
Remember seeing this and laughing so hard. The next day when i asked friends if they had seen it most were annoyed and said it was stupid.
Thats why things suck now. Too many idiots.
I can appreciate this older humor and gags and I’m not even from US.
Yes, you are.
@@skipads5141 I live in US but im from Romania.
The people that don't get the Schmenge brothers are lost in life.
John Candy isn't playing the clarinet but Levy really is shredding the accordion for real live. This is impressive.
Clarinet.
@@MrSkokiaan shit idk why I said trumpet, I must have been thinking about the guy on the left. I did music all my life I'm well aware this is a clarinet.
"I did find myself and I was right where I thought I was".
Not only did they stay in character as they ad libbed, they coordinated their movements perfectly to the music. That or they were really playing those instruments. Either way, well done.
Eugene Levy played the accordion. John Candy was miming the clarinet
This is Amazing!!!
I'm literally crying with joy and laughter at this ridiculous but electric performance!
it is overwhelming seeing actors that are on a very high level of function eh
wATCH their mockumentary "The Last Polka"
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I hope afterwards you ate perogies and galumpki.
Candy looks in good shape here. Classic stuff.
The Schmenge Brothers blowed up, blowed up real good.
John Candy had a polka band in Home Alone -
Just wow!!!!!
They're just adorable. Unequaled humor!
I love those guys, all the laughs over the years and their brand of comedy have shaped my personality !! I miss John a lot, he was a great man !!
Along the comedic lines of the festrunk brothers SNL or the beer guys from the classic SCTV skit. Just genius & hysterical
Wow! They are actually really good musicians. Clarinet and accordion are not easy. Tight!! AND funny!
They are not playing. They are faking it. Paul is not playing. The trumpet is not playing.
@@donniemoder1466 Of course Yosh and Stan are not playing! That is what "retirement" means! You stop playing!
Yosh’s right hand never moves when he “ plays”
@@davesimms8825 I watched a few videos of John Candy playing clarinet as Yosh Schmenge, and was far as fingering is concerned, what he mostly does is alternating between G# and C or Eb and F, depending on the register. I wonder why so many people insist that John Candy did his own clarinet playing when even his daughter, who adores him to this day, says that her father could play the clarinet a little, but not that good. In the "Laughing On the Outside" biography by Knelman, it says that John Candy used to play clarinet in a high school marching band. This doesn't take much skill.
The pride of Leutonia!
They're actually playing ?!? It's 2021 and to find entertainment in the world today I've had to resort to Late Night from 1985. Lol!!
No, they are not playing, No one is playing.
Sure, you could tape Letterman on your VCR, but it was exciting to stay up late & catch the Schmenge Brothers LIVE ✨ Cabbage rolls & Coffee, mm mm mm
When Dave suggested setting the record straight about the Lemon Twins, John and Eugene looked as though they wished Dave hadn't said that 🤣🤣🤣! Dave knew what he did!
So Funny! These two play off each other perfectly and never miss a beat.
What's in the water in Canada that seems to produce so many good comic talents? Jim Carrey, Norm MacDonald, Yosh and Stan and many more....
My theory has always been it's the years of constant freezing and thawing of our brains up here, that does some sort damage.
Martin Short - prolly the best of them all
It's because we are raised without propaganda a d constantly being told we're the best in the world.....guess what USA?
YOUR NOT......you've devolved into an embarrassment to the world with DIAPERDONS treasonous lying diarrhea Magabowelmovement
Molson Canadian
Golden days of comedy.
I miss SCTV. So, so funny.
I defy anyone to come to this being depressed and not come away with a smile.
I like how they wear Bavarian clothes but have Eastern European accents.
Wow, I never expected them to finally tell the truth about their involvement with the Lemon Twins!
These guys are actually playing their instruments.
Why do you say that? John Candy and the trumpet player are obviously not playing their instruments. There are a couple of times where you hear the clarinet and Candy does not even have the clarinet in his mouth. Also, Candy is several yards away from the microphone at times when you hear the clarinet. Also, if you have ever played the clarinet, you would know the fingerings John uses make no sense for how you actually play a clarinet!!!!!!!! !!!!!!! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@donniemoder1466 I play the clarinet myself, and in most of John Candy's videos as Yosh Shmenge, he does some alternating between G#/F or Eb/C, depending on the register.
I really miss John Candy ♥️
Outstanding tuba playing
The only Polka music I listen to is Lawrence Welk and Yosh and Stan Schmenge.
Good memories from the Lawrence Welk show eh :) Those were the days.
@@simpleforging3339 Bubbles.
Why not "Weird Al"?
@@stevetaylor9752 He is not a Polka guy, that's why.
@@markopolo244 Have you heard "Polka your eyes out"?
Canadian humour at its best.
Greetings from Plattsburgh
Dave's show took so much inspiration from the old "variety" type shows which, I think even the were laughably cheesy and then took a subversive turn. The Schmenges performing is real-everyone is really playing the music-even if the act is totally fake.
Warms the heart.
Should have had their own movie.
The did, they put out The Last Polka as the Schmenge brothers
@@simpleforging3339 Somehow I missed that.
Eugene and John looked so authentic playing their instruments one who is a musician would have to consider could these guys actually know how to play them? I critically watched Eugene's playing hand on this video and it is strikingly accurate to the pitch, rhythms and placement in the range of where the tones exist on the accordion to where he was either taught how to fake it to look real, Or, he really did know how to play the accordion at least for these songs!
Anyway, Eugene and John were comedic geniuses! I truly miss John and what he would have continued to make had he stuck around longer.
O.M.Heavens. ❤️ Amazing.
"you must go through that too with the scandals".....it's like they predicted the future.
Top notch entertainers.
We saw them play at the Octoberfest in Bigsbie, Texas. The whole band was there!
what year was that?
@@simpleforging3339 1986...
Awesome
I love John Candy
I really miss John Candy.
I hear the seeds for the Festrunk brothers...my gosh what creative geniuses these two
John played clarinet in Home Alone too!
I've got to comment. I grew up with the Schmenge brothers. They were a little older than me, but not too old!!! You know what I mean! 🥰 They used to come to our homes and play for us, and Papa, he would get so jealous, because Mama would just squeal and it would make Papa blush and he would try to rush the brothers, like a footsball player. But, those brothers were so funny! They would grab Papa and kiss him and hug him, so then how could Papa stay mad? He and Mama would dance between eating the cabbage rolls and coffee, and then they would kiss each other and both clap very loudly for Yosh and Stan and everyone was happy. Yes, I miss those days.
wow, my goodness man that is a great story. Reading it I felt like I was there. I hope such joyful comradery can be shared by everyone. You seem to have a good handle on it. Thanks for sharing, smile and have a good day.
I had no idea that they were both musicians! Ha Ha... they were great in this comedic spoof.
Eugene Levy is channeling his inner Andy Kaufman.
"Why pay an agent the 75% when we could be our own agents and charge ourselves the 50% is all?"
Strikes Spare and Schemenges!
Wonder if Dave still has that jacket?
LOL this is hilarious
I watch that once per day and I watch The Last Polka once a week just to keep my spirit up :)
Look at how young Eugene Levy is lol
Never new that was Eugene Levy
knew
brilliant, all ad libbed!
Love John Candy !!!
I want to know where that strike spares and schmenges shirt is
I miss SCTV, it was great while it lasted.
Guys, if you MUST make it past the 10-minute mark ... cuz at 8:10 ish, the Michael Jackson bit is OMG LOL.
Even when Dave or the crowd freak out laughing, they remain so understated.
OMG at ~ 10:00, John Candy looks like he's gonna explode trying to keep from laughing.
Pre Borat and funnier too. 3CPTV with the whole gang playing Russian newscasters and doing copycat skits as pre Gorbyites was hilarious 🤣
Just great comedy
I thought that the Schmenge Brothers got their start on Ed Sullivan just after the guy who played the water glasses with a spoon.
I've heard Ed canceled a Beatles performance to make room for the Shmengies.
I hope Dave still has the bowling shirt.
Brilliant Canucks
88 albums in one and a half years? That's one new album every 6.22 days, on average!