Wednesday, December 15, 2004
Shmenges!!
Continuing on the Holiday viewing fare.... Who's kidnapped The Happy Wanderers and what ransom are they demanding? The Wanderers, aka, the Shmenge brothers, are not available (using my limited search algorithms) for VHS or DVD viewing. Specifically, their Ukranian Christmas special, last seen on SCTV episodes back in the '80's, seems to have disappeared. I've checked the recent releases on DVD and found them to be packaged sans Shmenge. No hanging of the traditional socks on the tree. No toothy smiles by either Yosh nor Stan Shmenge to be seen this holiday season. No scenes of Ukranian family toasts.
I think it's those Canadians. Tired of seeing the southward migration of their prime comedy talent, they've put a kabosh on any further leeching.
Will I be forced to drive North, rent a cheap motel room in Chateauguay, buy a cheap VCR and a case of cinquante, and rent tapes available up there but not here? You would think with all of the old concert footage that PBS stations are dredging up for their fundraising month, one holiday fare of SCTV would be available. The phones would be ringing off the hook, with pledge money flowing in. Yes, perhaps not dollars but some strangely colored foreign currency. But lucre is lucre, whatever its conversion value.
The tree is up. I need to hear the sock decorating song, so I can properly finish it off.
Continuing on the Holiday viewing fare.... Who's kidnapped The Happy Wanderers and what ransom are they demanding? The Wanderers, aka, the Shmenge brothers, are not available (using my limited search algorithms) for VHS or DVD viewing. Specifically, their Ukranian Christmas special, last seen on SCTV episodes back in the '80's, seems to have disappeared. I've checked the recent releases on DVD and found them to be packaged sans Shmenge. No hanging of the traditional socks on the tree. No toothy smiles by either Yosh nor Stan Shmenge to be seen this holiday season. No scenes of Ukranian family toasts.
I think it's those Canadians. Tired of seeing the southward migration of their prime comedy talent, they've put a kabosh on any further leeching.
Will I be forced to drive North, rent a cheap motel room in Chateauguay, buy a cheap VCR and a case of cinquante, and rent tapes available up there but not here? You would think with all of the old concert footage that PBS stations are dredging up for their fundraising month, one holiday fare of SCTV would be available. The phones would be ringing off the hook, with pledge money flowing in. Yes, perhaps not dollars but some strangely colored foreign currency. But lucre is lucre, whatever its conversion value.
The tree is up. I need to hear the sock decorating song, so I can properly finish it off.
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