Radio 45 are huge fans of the Tom hank’s film “That Thing You Do!” and quote the film relentlessly. Here are some of their favorite quotes.
| Phil Horace | A hit record is like a stew. All the ingredients have to come together just right. Otherwise, it’s just soup. |
| Mr. White | You guys look great in black, have I told you that? |
| You guys look great in gold, have I told you that? | |
| You guys look great in red, have I told you that? | |
| Lenny | Yeah, there was this one time, we stayed up way past midnight… |
| Guy | Yeah, we were pretty wild, up in Erie, Penn. |
| Villapiano | Know what this is? |
| Lenny | Presidential flashcards? |
| Villapiano | Nope. A bonus. And do you know why? |
| Lenny | I have no idea. |
| Villapiano | To entice you back!… The word is out on you o-NEE-ders! |
| Lenny | Hey, that’s o-NEH-ders! |
| Heckler | Hey, when are you gonna play “That Thing You Do!”? |
| We came here to meet girls and dance, and we can’t meet girls until we dance! | |
| Jimmy | Sorry, I guess I’m just alone in my principles. |
| Lenny | Oh come on. Oh, there he goes off to his room to write that hit song “Alone in my principles.” |
| Mr. White | I don’t want any of this lover’s lament crap. I want something peppy, something happy, something up-tempo. I want something snappy. |
| Lenny | I play a lot of cards. Obviously. Wanna see my deck? |
| See? You gotta be quick! You gotta be quick with me! I’m from Erie, P.A.! | |
| Lenny | Oh, I’m not here with these fellas. I’ve got a pig in competition over at the livestock pavilion, and I am going to win that blue ribbon! |
| Lenny | You see, we’re not “The Wonders” right now. We’re “Cap’n Geech and the Shrimp Shack Shooters”. |
| Marguerite | Look at you. You’re no good to me now. |
| Faye | Was she a good kisser? |
| Guy | Yeah |
| Faye | Yeah? |
| Guy | It would be ungentlemanly of me to elaborate. |
| Faye | I forgot what you guys look like. |
| Guy | When was the last time you were decently kissed? I mean, really, honestly good and kissed? |
| 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’! |
| Guy | Well, I am the drummer. |
| Mr. White | This “Oneders” thing, with the o-n-e, it doesn’t work. It’s confusing. From now on, you’re just The Wonders. |
| Lenny | As in, I wonder what happened to the O-Needers? |
| Lenny | Hey, wasn’t that our fan? |
| Faye | I have wasted thousands and thousands of kisses on you – kisses that I thought were special because of your lips and your smile and all your color and life. I used to think that was the real you, when you smiled. But now I know you don’t mean any of it. You just save it for all your songs. Shame on me for kissing you with my eyes closed so tight. |
| Guy | I… am… Spartacus! |
| Guy | 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. You are my biggest fan. |
| Dell Paxton | Thanks |
| Mr. White | It is very important that you don’t stink today. |
| Lenny | Hey, I make no guarantees. |
| Jimmy | Shoulda dumped you in Pittsburgh! |
| Guy | Why didn’t you dump her in Pittsburgh? |
| Jimmy | Which one of you butts said we were engaged? |
| Mr. White | The same person who said you had class, Jimmy. |
| Lenny | Skitch. How did we get here? |
| Guy | I led you here, sir, for I am Spartacus. |