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The Collaboration

Documentary

TV-PG

22

Feb 4, 2021

Lead singer, Jake Kouwe decides that he wants to add some spunk to the band’s music, hoping to increase their fan base. When Mike & Jake team up with a Rap group to collaborate, they find their experience a little more interesting than anticipated.

Season 1, 16 episodes

season 1 (16 episodes)

Polka Jingle Style,

The band decides to start writing commercial jingles to get their music heard by more people but Jake gets a bad case of writer's block.

The Collaboration,

Lead singer, Jake Kouwe decides that he wants to add some spunk to the band’s music, hoping to increase their fan base. When Mike & Jake team up with a Rap group to collaborate, they find their experience a little more interesting than anticipated.

Oktoberfest in New Mexico,

The band wants to be the first American polka band to play Oktoberfest for a German Air Force Squadron stationed in New Mexico; booking the gig becomes a challenge that leads to the possibility of not playing at all.

The band decides to change up their routine by singing the National Anthem at a roller derby competition; Pops invites Paul to go fishing.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,

Jake sets his sights on playing at The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland; Pops tells Emily that he's thinking about retiring from the band.

The European Tour,

Jake gets advice from a rock legend on how to make it big; Emily tries to prove to Pops that he doesn't know everything.

Jake makes the statement that the band can play where no polka band has played before and Pops bets him he won't be able to pull it off; Mike helps Paul increase his stage presence.

Submerged in Beer,

In an attempt to get more attention for the band, Jake does a publicity stunt on a busy Cleveland street corner by submerging himself in a vat of beer and playing the band's songs on his accordion; Paul and Mike play bar trivia.

Change of Management,

Jake and Emily decide to get a band manager and want a local management team to represent them; Mike decides to start dating.

GaGa Ooh La La,

Jake wants to bring polka to the masses by playing on FM radio. The way to do that is to cover Lady Gaga's Bad Romance, polka-style. But when the traditional polka community gets word of Jake's new take on polka music, they are less than happy.

Polka and Fight,

Jake's dream is to play polka at an MMA fight and after a fighter agrees, the band is allowed to perform.

After recently collaborating with a rap group to invent a brand new music genre, Jake and the band start to think about an entire album of rap-polka mash-ups; the band creates a music video.

Battle of the Bands,

The Chardon Polka Band and a heavy metal band get double booked so they decide to do a battle of the bands to see who gets the gig.

The band gets an amazing offer to play an upcoming gig at the Red Rocks Amphitheater in Colorado but the road trip doesn't go as planned and they could miss their gig.

Not Your Daddy's Polka Band,

The Chardon Polka band takes a look back over the past year; a year filled with stunts and musical triumphs.

Meet The Polka Kings,

Meet The Chardon Polka band and preview their epic year, chocked full of big stunts, wild road trips and musical triumphs.

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Polka Kings

Documentary

TV-PG

1

22

The Chardon Polka Band tries to achieve mainstream status for the traditional music genre.

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