While most of the band enjoys their taste of fame, Jimmy is itching to return to the studio and is increasingly indifferent to Faye, which troubles Guy and Mr. "That Thing You Do!" garners national radio airplay and the band's popularity soars. Jimmy spends time with a disillusioned tour singer named Diane Dane, while the bassist (never identified by name) falls for a member of a girl group, the Chantrellines. He re-spells the band's name as "The Wonders", offers them advice on style and presentation (including insisting that Guy always wear sunglasses), asks them to join the Play-Tone tour of Midwestern state fairs, and suggests Jimmy's girlfriend Faye join the tour as their "costume mistress".ĭuring the tour, the Wonders meet other acts, learn about the business, and become better performers. White, an A&R representative for Play-Tone Records, who offers a contract and becomes their manager. Afterwards, Phil brings a dispirited Guy to meet with Mr. They have technical difficulties, however, and are booed off the stage. Phil gets the song on Pennsylvania radio, and he books them at a rock & roll showcase concert in Pittsburgh. Lenny convinces the band to sign with him. Local talent promoter Phil Horace notices the band, promising to get them on the radio within 10 days. When a fan asks for a record, they decide to record the song and sell 45s of it. They win a paying gig at Villapiano's, a local pizza parlor. At the talent show, Guy launches into a faster tempo than Jimmy intended for his original song, " That Thing You Do!" Jimmy is angered, but Guy's tempo wins them the talent show. In 1964, Guy Patterson, an aspiring jazz drummer, is working in his family's appliance store in Erie, Pennsylvania, when he is asked by Jimmy Mattingly and Lenny Haise to perform at a talent show with their band the Oneders and cover for Chad, their regular drummer who broke an arm.
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