That Thing You Do! (1996)
Steve Zahn: Lenny
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Quotes
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[When Jimmy is reluctant to sign a management contract]
Lenny : Are you crazy? A man in a really nice camper wants to put our song on the radio! Gimme a pen; I'm signin', you're signin', we're all signin'!
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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."
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Villapiano : Know what that is?
Lenny : [pauses, then answers hesitantly] Pres - idential flash cards?
Villapiano : A bonus. Do you know why?
Lenny : I have no idea.
Villapiano : To entice you back! The word is out on you O-neders!
Lenny : Hey, that's O-nedders!
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Lenny : [when asked what The Wonders' musical influences are] Cap'n Geech and the Shrimp Shack Shooters.
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[during a TV interview with band at the Illinois State Fair]
Lenny Haise : Oh, I'm not here with these fellas. I've got a pig in competition over at the livestock pavilion, and *I* am gonna win that blue ribbon!
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Mr. White : It is very important that you don't stink today.
Lenny Haise : Hey, I make no guarantees.
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Lenny Haise : So how long have you worked at Play-tone?
Receptionist : How long have you been wearing such tight pants?
Lenny Haise : Hey, if that's a pick-up line we're a match made in heaven.
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Guy : Hey, Uncle Bob, when are we gonna get these records?
Uncle Bob : [thinks] Ah... Luke 21:19.
The Bass Player : And your patience possess ye your souls.
Lenny : Luke? Who's Luke? When are we gettin' the records?
Uncle Bob : Wednesday.
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Lenny : Hey, wasn't that our fan?
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Lenny : Thank you, Illinois! The Land of Lincoln!
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Lenny : [at Villapiano's after they've sung "All My Only Dreams"] Table 19, your pizza's ready.
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Lenny Haise : Here's the thing, we're not "The Wonders" right now, we're "Cap'n Geech and the Shrimp Shack Shooters".
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Lenny : [girls climb on top of car] Well... *I* like Wisconsin.
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Heckler : Hey, when are you gonna play "That Thing You Do!"?
Lenny : Ah, has our fame preceded us?
Heckler : We came here to meet girls and dance, and we can't meet girls until we dance!
Lenny : [to Jimmy, the Bass Player, and Guy] All right, this seems like an opportune moment to pick it up a little.
[to the heckler]
Lenny : OK, here's one for the kid in the back.
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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.
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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.
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Lenny : Where was I? Oh yeah, playing songs on my guitar.
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Phil Horace : I'm talking about Rock 'N' Roll shows in Steubenville, Youngstown, Pittsburgh, places like that.
The Bass Player : Pittsburgh?
Lenny : Steubenville?
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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.
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Lenny : Looks like Lenny's goin' fishing.
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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!
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Lenny : [as Jimmy runs to the bathroom to throw up] Hey, man! Whatever you do, don't think of pork chops!