That Thing You Do! (1996)
Tom Everett Scott: Guy Patterson
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Quotes
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[Asked whether his shades are prescription or just to look cool]
Guy : Well, I am the drummer.
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Guy : Hey, Lamarr. Is there any place around here with really good jazz?
Lamarr : [skeptical] Oh, you want good jazz? GOOD jazz? Lemme ask you a question. Who played cornet for Jacques St. Claire on "Vital Stats"?
Guy : Scotty MacDonald.
Lamarr : Get in the cab. GET in the CAB.
[to driver]
Lamarr : Take this young man to the Blue Spot.
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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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Guy Patterson : But we still have a hit record.
Mr. White : Yes, you do.
[thoughtfully]
Mr. White : The one-hit Wonders.
[looks at Guy]
Mr. White : A very common tale.
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Guy Patterson : I'm Guy Patterson, I'm from Erie, Pennsylvania, I'm in a band called The Wonders and we just cut a record, we're out here on the coast and I play the drums and I have all your records well not all of them but a lot of them but ah at least I did until some of them got swiped when I was stationed in Germany and you were playing in Germany at the time that I was stationed there, but you know what I couldn't see you because you were playing in Hamburg and I was stationed in Munich but I listen to your records and I think you're great.
[takes a breath]
Guy Patterson : You are my biggest fan.
Dell Paxton : Thanks.
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Guy : If Jimmy's a genius, I'm U Thant.
The Bass Player : Who's U Thant?
Guy : He's the Secre... forget it.
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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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Guy : [to Jimmy, after the Hollywood television showcase performance, referring to Faye, after he denied ever proposing to her] Why couldn't you dump her in Pittsburgh?
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Guy Patterson : When was the last time you were decently kissed? I mean, truly, truly, good and kissed?
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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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Guy : I hadn't played in front of people in so long, so I was nervous, but it sounds better fast. Jimmy wanted it slow, but he was wrong, it's an up-tempo number. And we won!
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Phil Horace : [after the mantinee at Orpheum] Guy, I keep telling you, you are the drummer. The backbone, the timekeeper. You can't let a tepid reaction from one matinee house affect your dedication to the band.
Guy : I was playing like one of those little wind-up monkey toys. They booed us off the stage, Phil! Jimmy couldn't even hear how off-key he was.
Phil Horace : You're gonna get it all back tonight, I promise you.
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Guy : [first lines; phone rings at Patterson's] Patterson's.
Mr. Patterson : What's going on down there?
Guy : Dad?
Mr. Patterson : Harriet Priestly just called your mama. Her husband drove by the store and said the lights are still on. What are the lights still doing on?
Guy : Cookin' the books as usual, Dad.
Mr. Patterson : The sign, Guy, the sign is still on. Are we open for business all night now?
Guy : No. Sorry, I'll uh, turn that right off.
Mr. Patterson : Is that music playing on one of them store hi-fis?
Guy : I'll turn that right off, too.
Mr. Patterson : [mimicking] 'Turn that off, too.'
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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.
