About this episode
In the finale of our season on the awesome movie year of 1996, we’re talking about this season’s audience choice pick, Tom Hanks’ That Thing You Do! Written and directed by Tom Hanks and starring Tom Everett Scott, Liv Tyler, Johnathon Schaech, Steve Zahn, Ethan Embry and Tom Hanks, That Thing You Do! beat out Billy Bob Thornton’s Sling Blade and Steve Buscemi’s Trees Lounge in our audience choice poll of 1996 directorial debuts by actors. The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert ( https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/that-thing-you-do-1996 ), Duane Byrge in TheHollywood Reporter ( https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/thing-you-do-1996-review-934918 ), and Janet Maslin in the New York Times ( https://www.nytimes.com/1996/10/04/movies/a-band-s-beatle-ish-rise-in-hanks-s-directing-debut.html ). Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in next time for our 1996 season epilogue.