That Thing You Do!

Ah.

You did a great job.

Hup, hup!

I'll see you tomorrow.

- Patterson's. - What's goin' on down there?

- Dad? - Harriet Priestly just called your mama.

Her husband drove by the store and said the lights were still on.

What are the lights still doing on?

I'm cookin' the books as usual, Dad.

The sign, Guy. The sign is still on.

Are we open for business all night now?

No. Sorry. I, uh... I'll turn that right off.

Is that music playing on one of the store hi-fi's?

I'll turn that right off, too.

- Turn that off, too. -

Oh.

- God. -

Hey, beautiful. Where you headed?

You forgot all about me, didn't you?

- No. I was headed there right now. - Liar!

I caught you! Admit it.

- We were all waiting for you. - Well, let's go back. I'll follow you.

No. It's late and I'm tired and I need to sleep...

So I think we should go to your place and talk about this.

Mmm. We go to my place, I'm gonna make out with you.

Okay. We can do that, too.

Uh-huh.

- -

Mmm. Say it. Say it again.

I... Am...

Spartacus.

Oh, yes! Yes, you are.

Mmm.

Yes, you are.

You are Spartacus.

- You know what I was thinking today? - Mm-mmm.

We've been together for almost a year.

You got out of the army, then at Brisbane's Christmas party, we meet.

Then we had a little flirting period,

until you saw the light and asked me out.

So almost a year total.

Except for those two months I broke up with you.

Yeah. Almost a year... Total.

- Let's call it a year. - Okay.

- Happy anniversiary, Teen. -

And how can we make tonight... Special?

Hmm.

Down, boy. I'm going home.

I have my first appointment with my new dentist in the morning.

Oh? What happened to your old dentist?

Oh, he retired or died or something.

So what does your dad think of those new ideas?

What ideas?

Well, moving the store to Riverside Plaza and doing TV commercials.

Oh. Inventory was so goofed up today...

And, you know, he was in no mood to talk, so I just tabled that stuff till later.

"Later." Guy.

Is it good business to let these things stand in the way

for the sign to read, "Guy Patterson Appliances"?

I don't think so.

I'd probably keep it "Patterson's Appliances."

You know, the name you trust.

Well...

I'm going home.

You keep saying that.

Well, I mean it this time, so...

Come on. Come with me.

Why don't you walk me to the door,

so I can give you my patented night-night kiss?

Dang.

Oh.

But I thought you already decided on The Echoes.

Nah. Some band in Buffalo's The Echoes, and I wasn't wild about that.

Oh. Let's just... Call us The Band You're About To Hear.

How 'bout The Corvettes?

Is that The Corvettes or The "Chordvettes"?

- No. Corvettes, like the car. - Well, see, I was thinkin' like the chord.

"Chordvettes." Like chords in our music.

No.

- That's 10 cents. -

Is that Skitch Patterson?

- Hi. - Hey, there. Morning, everybody.

- Morning, Guy. - Well, here we are. Erie's lone beatnik.

- Hey, Guy. - Good morning.

- Faye, I just dinged your bumper. - Oh.

- My sister's car. - Oh. It is a little scratch.

Yeah? It's okay.

She's away at nursing school, so she won't even notice.

- I'm buying you breakfast. - Thank you.

- I'm gonna buy all you kids breakfast. - Oh.

- Cool. - God! Could've had steak and eggs.

Hey, you can run into my girlfriend's car anytime.

Hey, all right. Yeah.

What about The Tempos? You know, tempos?

Not The Tempos. I was in a band already called The Tempos.

We were terrible.

Hey, Guy, weren't you the drummer in The Tempos?

Heard that.

I keep comin' back to The Herdsmen.

- How 'bout The Big Tippers? - I like it.

Oh, that's mine. I got that.

Okay, Skitch. You wanna experience shame tonight?

We're playing the Mercyhurst College talent show.

- - It's gonna be hilarious.

Jimmy and The Herdsmen.

Chad gonna solo on Wipe Out?

Oh, you know, every song is Wipe Out to Chad.

- Thanks for breakfast. - See ya, Faye.

I gotta pass, but if you kids need any new wires or plugs, give me a call.

All right. Well, you're gonna miss it. College girls, coeds... By the fistful.

- Oh, hey, my dad wants a roto-antenna. - Tell him to come by the store.

He already talked to a salesman at Tele-Mart.

That's a big mistake.

Lenny, those cats don't know squat about service.

Come on, honey.

- Hey, hey, hey. Lookin' good. Hmm? -

Morning.

Don't we open at 10:00 on Saturdays?

Yes, we do. And it's a good thing.

Go talk to your sister. Ask her what am I paying you for.

Hey, Dad, we should move the store to Riverside Plaza. Don't you think?

- - Uh, parking, steady flow of foot traffic,

excitement of a new location?

- Hi, Mom. - Hi, dear.

- Darlene. - We could throw a grand opening

that would give those clowns at Tele-Mart something to worry about.

Don't mention Tele-Mart, you idiot. They're killing us.

- Shut up. - No, you shut up.

- Shut up right now. - Come over here and make me, fathead.

You know, like the flock that follows, but it's like "Herds" with a E-A.

So it's like "Heardsmen," so it's one of the six senses.

- Right. - So it's spelled like that.

What do you think?

- Okay, "heard." - "Heards."

I don't get it.

No, it's spelled like this, so it's "heards," so it's one of the senses.

- Music. "Heards." - No, no. Here, here.

- I... I don't get it. - Okay.

- Yeah, do it. - Watch, watch.

- Oh, "heard," like "hear." -

- Yes. It's like "Heardsmen." -

- I still don't like it. - "Heardsmen."

Oh, no. Oh. Ow.

Guys? Chad fell down.

- What happened? - Oh, hey. No, I'm all right.

- Don't worry about it. Yeah. - Come on. People are lookin'.

- What'd you hurt? - My arm.

- Get up. - Oh, my arm.

- Oh, God. Bad? - Oh, good.

- Are you okay? - What are you doin'?

- You're not okay. - You're gonna get all dirty.

- Do you want some help? - No, I'm all right.

- You sure? - Yeah.

- Okay, Venus? - Okay, Steve.

Right. Let's go.

Oh, hey. Look at this.

See this? My grandma and I watch this.

Three weeks, we've been watching it,

and last week, she realizes there's strings.

They're puppets. Yeah.

They're marionettes. That's what they are.

What can I help you with today, gentlemen?

We have a big proposition for you, Guy.

You, uh... You still playing percussion?

I told you he was, didn't I?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Every day.

We need you, Skitch.

How 'bout sittin' in for Chad, just for tonight?

Why?

Asshole just broke his arm.

Let's check out these clock radios over here, huh?

Oh, yeah.

Would anyone notice if Chad busted his arm?

These are the clock radios, fellas.

So, what's this tune?

Well, it's an original that I wrote.

- Hey. - We wrote.

- It's nothing you can't handle. - It's just for tonight.

And if we win, we split a hundred dollars.

Uh... Wow.

Playing in a group again. Man, that sounds like fun.

All right. Here's the deal.

If you want these magic hands, you gotta buy two new record needles.

And this radio.

- - You serious?

It's $14.95 on sale.

How about a washing machine, too?

Yeah, okay.

That swelling will go down in a couple of days

with cold compresses, 20 minutes at a time.

All right? I'll see you in a couple days.