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It's Polka Time is an American musical television series broadcast by ABC from July 13, 1956, to September 24, 1957. [1] Also known as simply Polka Time, the program featured authentic polka music, performed in Chicago, Illinois, [2] primarily by authentic Polish-Americans. [citation needed] Chief among the regular performers seen were:
The song has an associated video produced by Liam Lynch and was released on the same day as the single, though AOL previewed the video a day before. The budget for the video was much lower than Yankovic's "White & Nerdy" and was shot in Lynch's garage. Yankovic stated that the low budget video "dovetails well" with the concept of the song. [6]
101 Strings released a version of the song on their 1990 album Polka. [8] The Mom and Dads released a version of the song on their 1995 album Love Is a Beautiful Song. [9] Jimmy Sturr released a version of the song on the 1998 various artist album Legends of Polka. [10] "Weird Al" Yankovic incorporated the song in his Polka Face medley.
—have been released as singles (either in international markets or domestically). "Polka Your Eyes Out" and "Polkas on 45" were also the only polkas to appear on a greatest hits album while "Polka Face" and "Polkamania!" are the only polkas to have official videos released for them that are not clips of the original songs' music videos.
Polka Go-Round was a polka music and dancing show that aired on ABC from 1958 to 1959. Polka Go-Round with Lou Prohut and the Polka Go Rounders began in the spring of 1958 on WBKB in Chicago, Illinois. [citation needed] It was the successor to ABC's first prime-time polka show, It's Polka Time with Stan Wolowic and the Polka Chips. [1]
"Too Fat Polka" is a novelty song by Ross MacLean and Arthur Richardson. The song is known for its recurrent chorus, "I don't want her, you can have her, she's too fat for me." The song is known for its recurrent chorus, "I don't want her, you can have her, she's too fat for me."
The melody has similarities to some western Russian and Polish tanhu tunes. "The church musician Primus Leppänen (1872–1934), who was the cantor of Säkkijärvi, wrote the polka notes on paper, dutifully marking it as a folk tune. He meant an orchestra piece with his polka notes, but it turned out to be a dance tune."
Some scenes of the video feature Morgan riding on a boat, singing on the deck, and on a flotation device out in the middle of the lake. Country music singer Blake Shelton also makes a cameo appearance along with Aaron Tippin. The party that the group of diehard friends is having symbolizes the fun that they have on the lake, "all summer long".