When Zach's dad, Rob (Tom Everett Scott), air drums to the song they listen to in the car, Zach asks him, "Did you play drums?" Rob answers, "Uh, close. Trumpet." Scott actually did play the drummer, Guy Patterson, in "That Thing You Do!" Rob later joins with the family in jumping up and down with glee when they first hear Zach's song "Clouds" on the radio, much like Guy Patterson does when "That Thing You Do!" is first played on the radio.