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To: sully777
THE LAST POLKA - I love that movie...had a copy...but some dolt (likely me) recorded over approx the 1st 30 minutes....

I could never find another copy in print....

130 posted on 05/27/2006 7:22:17 AM PDT by cbkaty (I may not always post...but I am always here......)
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To: cbkaty

Back in the 1980s one of the movie channels (Showtime probably) played a Schmege Brothers production. I was never interested because of the title. One night my dad was watching the last 1/2 hour of the movie and I cracked up laughing. Never came on again but that last 1/2 hour had me in tears--especially John Candy.

I always like Candy's various characters on SCTV, particularly LaRue as in Cooking with LaRue. One sketch had LaRue giving recipes for poor people using dog food and ketsup. His character was a chain smoking so the ashes were falling into the mixture while he made the meatloaf. I think LaRue also had a child's show called Reading With LaRue or Bedtime Stories With LaRue.

IMO, the closest movies that captured Candy's talent were Schmege Bros., Splash, and Planes, Trains, & Automobiles


135 posted on 05/27/2006 11:48:58 AM PDT by sully777 (wWBBD: What would Brian Boitano do?)
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