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(Beatles-style band in That Thing You Do)
 
 
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In the movie ''That Thing You Do'', this band name is originally spelled "The Oneders", constantly mispronounced as "The oh-NEED-ers".  So the spelling was changed and the Beatle-esque Wonders were born. In one scene, the guys get a part in a beach movie, playing the part of another fake band, Cap'n Geech and the Shrimp Shack Shooters. [http://www.fakebands.com/wiki/index.php?title=Cap%27n_Geech_and_the_Shrimp_Shack_Shooters]
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Garage band made good in the 1996  movie ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117887/combined That Thing You Do!]''. This band name was originally spelled '''The Oneders''' as a bit of wordplay, but it was constantly mispronounced as "The oh-NEED-ers".  So the spelling was changed and the Beatle-esque-ish Wonders were born.
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They break up, becoming literally one hit wonders.
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In one scene, the guys get a part in a beach movie, playing the part of another fake band, [[Cap'n Geech and the Shrimp Shack Shooters]].
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[[Category:That Thing You Do!|Wonders]]
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[[Category:1996|Wonders]]

Latest revision as of 07:39, 26 July 2017

Garage band made good in the 1996 movie That Thing You Do!. This band name was originally spelled The Oneders as a bit of wordplay, but it was constantly mispronounced as "The oh-NEED-ers". So the spelling was changed and the Beatle-esque-ish Wonders were born.

They break up, becoming literally one hit wonders.

In one scene, the guys get a part in a beach movie, playing the part of another fake band, Cap'n Geech and the Shrimp Shack Shooters.