That Thing You Do! (1996)

Johnathon Schaech: Jimmy

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• Jimmy : [Speaking about Diane Dane]  She told me never trust a label. And I'm beginning to believe her.

  Lenny : Well, sure. I mean, come on. They put us up in a first class hotel, all expenses paid, while our record climbs the charts; bunch of lyin' snakes.

  Jimmy : Sorry I'm buggin' you! I guess I'm alone in my principles.

  [leaves the room] 

  Lenny : Oh come on. Oh, there he goes off to his room to write that hit song "Alone in my principles."

• [after Faye has just broken up with Jimmy] 

  Jimmy : Shoulda dumped you in Pittsburgh!

  [He gets up] 

  Jimmy : Which one of you butts said we were engaged?

  Mr. White : The same person who said you had class, Jimmy.

• Mr. White : I don't want any of this lover's lament crap. I want something peppy, something happy, something up-tempo. I want something snappy.

  Jimmy : [smiles and sings]  I... I quit... I quit... I quit...

  [speaks seriously] 

  Jimmy : I quit, Mr. White.

• Mr. White : We bow, right? In unison, and we're off the stage before the applause dies out.

  Jimmy : Well, what if they want an encore?

  Mr. White : You unplug and you run, run offstage! Smiling, smiling, of course.

• Mr. White : He was joining the Marines in August anyway. It was gonna happen sooner or later. Guy, say hello to Scott Pell, Wolfman.

  Jimmy : How you doing?

  Guy : Uh, replacement?

  Mr. White : Yes.

  Jimmy : Who's he player with?

  Mr. White : The Techniques, uh...

  Scott 'Wolfman' Pell : Roy Maxwell and the Corsairs.

  Lenny : Ha-ha... really?

  Mr. White : He's your new bass player.

  Guy : Mr. White... no offense, but I... we've been together a long time.

  Mr. White : There aren't a lot of options here, Guy.

  Guy : Can he handle our tunes?

  Scott 'Wolfman' Pell : I think I can handle them, junior.

  [plays some bass killer licks] 

  Jimmy : Ok.

  Lenny : Ok.

  Guy : Fine.

• Faye : But I thought you already decided on The Echoes.

  Jimmy : Nah, some band in Buffalo's the Echoes. And I wasn't wild about that.

  Lenny : Let's just call us The - Band You're About To Hear.

  Chad : How about The Corvettes?

  Jimmy : Is that The Corvettes, or the Chordvettes?

  Chad : No, Corvettes, like the car.

  Jimmy : Well see, I was thinking like the Chord...

  [writes Chordvettes] 

  Jimmy : *Chord*vettes, like chords in our music.

  Lenny : [Guy walks in]  Is that "Skitch" Patterson?

  Chad : Here he is, Erie's lone beatnik.

  The Bass Player : How about the Tempos? Ya know, tempos?

  Lenny : Not the Tempos, Tempos. I was in a band already called The Tempos, and we were... terrible.

  Chad : Hey Guy, weren't you the drummer for the Tempos?

  Guy : Heard that.

• Jimmy : We were wondering if you'd like to fill in for Chad just for tonight.

  Guy : Why?

  Lenny : Asshole... just broke his arm!

  [starts laughing] 

• Jimmy : [he's just written "Oneders"]  No, look - the Oneders, Lenny.

  Lenny : Yeah, it looks like the O'Needers.

  Jimmy : No, the - the Oneders.

  Lenny : Got it, looks like the O'Needers.

• Jimmy : [strums on his guitar]  It just appeared, like magic, for the whole world to see.

  Faye : I didn't say anything, I was just as surprised as you.

  Jimmy : 'Careful, girls, he's engaged.' Am I supposed to buy you some diamond ring now?

  Faye : You're ruining this beautiful moment.

  Jimmy : Where'd you get the idea that we're engaged? We're not! Last thing I need in the world!

• Jimmy : [after their gig at "Weekend at Party Pier"]  Hey, do we have a Top 10 record?

  Mr. White : You sure do.

  Jimmy : Well, then, we shouldn't be here.

  Mr. White : You'd rather be back on that state fair tour, Jimmy? They're playing in North Dakota this week.

• Mr. White : Next, uh... who is Faye?

  Jimmy : [Lenny gestures to Jimmy]  Faye's sort of like, like my girlfriend.

  Mr. White : Aw, that is so sweet. You want her on tour? She's your costume mistress. OK, boys, do better tonight than you did today.

• Guy : What do you want, something like, uh

  [taps drumsticks] 

  Jimmy : Little slower

  Guy : One, two three, four...

  [taps drumsticks slower] 

  Jimmy : It's too fast

  Lenny : Yeah, oh yeah, whoa, whoa, ya, way too fast

  Jimmy : Slow down

  Lenny : Slow down

  Jimmy : Good

  Lenny : This is not a polka. This is rock and roll.

• Jimmy : [Lenny taps his mic before their performance at the Orpheum]  Hey, hey! The mic's not on!

  Lenny Haise : [going backstage to Boss Vic Koss]  We - the mic's not working. The mic isn't working.

  Victor 'Boss Vic Koss' Kosslovich : All right, who am I not payin' back here? Come on!

  [turns on their mics, but the audience complains from the feedback] 

  Lenny Haise : [the mic feedback fades]  Thank you. Thank you. We're the Oneders.

  Victor 'Boss Vic Koss' Kosslovich : Will you play some friggin' music? C'mon!

  [Guy starts playing, but his crash cymbal crashes to the stage, and the audience laughs; he and Lenny right the cymbal again] 

  Victor 'Boss Vic Koss' Kosslovich : Right nowww!