Editing That Thing You Do! (section)

==Plot==
In 1964, aspiring jazz drummer Guy Patterson is working in his family's appliance store in [[Erie, Pennsylvania]], when his friends Jimmy Mattingly II and Lenny Haise ask him to perform a song Jimmy wrote at a talent show with their band, because their regular drummer, Chad, broke his arm. They rehearse the song, a slow-tempo ballad called "[[That Thing You Do! (song)|That Thing You Do!]]", in Jimmy's garage, and Jimmy's girlfriend Faye Dolan proposes "The Oneders" ("one-ders"), a play on the [[Beatles]], as the band's name. At the talent show, the group performs the song at a faster tempo and wins the competition, earning a paying gig at Villapiano's, a local pizza parlor. After they decide to record the song and sell [[45-rpm|45s]] of it, produced by Guy's Uncle Bob, local talent promoter Phil Horace notices the band, promising them radio airplay within 10 days. Lenny convinces the band to sign with him.

Phil arranges for the song to debut on Pennsylvania radio, and eventually books them for a showcase concert in Pittsburgh, where technical difficulties and the band's lack of stagecraft result in a disastrous performance. Afterward, Phil introduces a dispirited Guy to Mr. Amos White, an [[Artists and repertoire|A&R]] representative for Play-Tone Records, who offers the band a contract and becomes their manager. He renames the band "the Wonders" (as many people had mispronounced "Oneders" as "Oh-nee-ders"), advises them on style and presentation (including matching suits, with Guy sporting sunglasses as his trademark), and places them on the Play-Tone tour of Midwestern state fairs, with Faye handling their wardrobes.

During the tour, the Wonders meet other acts, learn about the business, and improve their performing skills. Jimmy flirts with singer Diane Dane, while the bass guitarist falls for a member of female R&B trio the Chantrellines. "That Thing You Do!" garners national radio airplay, raising the band's popularity and eventually reaching number 7 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]]; Mr. White then sends them to Los Angeles for publicity, including radio and film appearances. On the day of their appearance on The Hollywood Television Showcase, a nationally televised live variety show, Mr. White replaces the absent bass guitarist, who has joined the [[United States Marine Corps|Marine Corps]], with experienced session bassist Scott Pell. Guy is hungover after meeting his idol, jazz pianist Del Paxton, while Jimmy is nervously vomiting and Lenny is preoccupied with his new girlfriend; still, the Wonders manage to successfully cooperate. When television captions display the individual members, Jimmy is visibly angered by the caption announcing his engagement.

After the performance, Jimmy criticizes Faye in the dressing room, insinuating that she disclosed the engagement (although White implies that it was him). Faye, already disillusioned with Jimmy's increasing preoccupation with the band, breaks up with him. Lenny, meanwhile, elopes with his girlfriend in Las Vegas. The next day, at a scheduled recording session at Play-Tone's studio, Mr. White has provided new material for Jimmy and Guy to record, but Jimmy, insistent on recording his original songs, immediately quits when he is reminded that per their contract, Play-Tone dictates their material; Mr. White reassures Guy that short-lived [[one-hit wonder]]s are common in the music industry. When Del visits the recording studio, he is impressed by Guy's impromptu drumming and they improvise a jazz song entitled "I Am Spartacus" after Guy's catchphrase. Returning to the hotel to check out, Guy tells a dejected Faye that he plans to stay in Los Angeles, while she says she will return to Erie. He pursues her and they finally admit their long-hidden feelings for each other before sharing a kiss.

An epilogue reveals that Jimmy formed a new band known as the Heardsmen, which made three albums for Play-Tone, all of which were certified [[gold record|gold]], before becoming a successful record producer in Los Angeles. Lenny, currently single, manages the Golden Eagle Hotel and Casino in [[Laughlin, Nevada]]. The bass guitarist (named "T.B. Player" in the credits) served 2 tours of duty in [[Vietnam War|Vietnam]] with the Marines and earned a [[Purple Heart]] for wounds sustained at the [[Battle of Khe Sanh]], then worked in construction in [[Orlando, Florida]]. Finally, Guy and Faye married on April 30, 1965, and raised four children in [[Venice, California]], before moving to [[Bainbridge Island, Washington]], and founding the Puget Sound Conservatory of Music, where Guy teaches jazz composition.