![]() ![]() How popular do you think of the movie as having been? Because we look back and see that it made $25-26 million, which in ‘90s dollars was maybe some decent coin. Ohhh, who put it on?” And then I realized, no, it’s just part of the Ralphs playlist. years later, and I went to Ralphs -as you do - and heard it, I kind of looked around, like, “Ohhhh. SCOTT: I remember being in a little clothing store in New York and it came on, and I was like, “That’s a weird coincidence.” And I looked over and the people behind the cash register were like, “Sorry! We just wanted to put it on ‘cause you’re here.” So when I moved to L.A. ZAHN: We were just talking about that yesterday! I was in the grocery store once when it came on, and I filmed it and I sent it to Tom Scott. I go shopping at Ralphs late at night sometimes - or I did, when we still used to go grocery shopping, when that was still a thing - and I’d almost invariably hear “That Thing You Do” come over the PA. And we sat there and listened to ‘em, and some varied from like the Who to a Led Zeppelin-y kind of vibe. It was very early once we all got together in Los Angeles, at a conference table, and it was all of us and Liv (Tyler), and I think Gary brought in a small stack of their favorites (from the songs submitted). Were any of you on the project early enough to be aware of waiting to find that?ĮMBRY: When we started talking about this, it reminded me of a day that we were all sitting in the production office. There was kind of like an unofficial competition among songwriters to come up with the right song. It had to walk a really kind of fine line, that song. That had to be it, man! That had to be good enough, but not good enough (to make the band truly stars). It’s the heart, the marrow of the whole movie. I mean, he’s responsible for the entire thing. I mean, that guy threaded the needle on that song, right? I feel like I could walk into Playtone and just pour a cup of coffee and sit down and no one would bat an eye.Īdam Schlesinger, in an interview, said much the same thing - that occasionally he would drop into the Playtone office just to say hello.ĮMBRY: Who mentioned the quote that Tom Hanks had said about Adam, that without him, there’d be no Oneders… I mean, I’ve had camaraderie with casts and stuff, but not to the point where there was a consistency of us talking, or Gary and Tom being involved in something or offering you a gig. ZAHN: Yeah, I haven’t had any experience even close to this. We still really stay in touch, which is lovely. We do baseball games and all kinds of events and stuff. I know that Tom and producer Gary Goetzman, who run Playtone, don’t really want the Oneders’ feet to touch the ground, ever. SCOTT: You know, one of the coolest things about the Playtone family is that they have this ability to kind of keep tabs on us. ![]() Have you kept up with each other over the years? There’s a long history of bands that kind of have their last legs being big in Japan, so the Oneders are part of a proud tradition with that. SCOTT: I just remember some scary, tearful goodbye to you guys at the Anchorage airport. We did a tour! We did a bunch of cities in Japan. It’s the first time all of us together since then. ZAHN: There have been, but we haven’t all been there. Is this the first time that you guys have participated in a reunion event, or have there been screenings and get-togethers or the years? and each one of us kind of had the same thought, and that’s why we’re doing this on Friday. SCHAECH: Yeah, it had a lot to do with it, Tom and Rita (Wilson) both getting sick, and then Adam - it just felt like we needed to do something. VARIETY: Is it safe to say Adam Schlesinger’s death was, sadly, the trigger for this happy occasion? You can watch the video of that, below, on Vimeo, or read select highlights of our conversation here. But we united the foursome this week, too, for a pre-reunion on Zoom. ![]()
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