I Quit with Johnathon Schaech

And That's What You REALLY Missed

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Tv & Film

4.7 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Jenna & Kevin are joined by Johnathon Schaech, who played Jimmy in That Thing You Do!, to talk about the audition that changed his life! From dressing the part, singing the iconic “I quit” line, and walking out. He shares what it was like working with Tom Hanks and Liv Tyler, becoming a real band on set, and how a simple acting instinct helped shape the movie. Plus, why the film’s legacy still lives on today, even inspiring HAIM’s album I Quit.
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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.5	Guaranteed human.
0:05.5	And that's what you really missed with Jenna.
0:08.7	And Kevin, an IHeart Radio podcast.
0:13.1	Welcome to and that's what you really miss podcast, Kevin.
0:16.8	Jenna!
0:18.5	Are you ready?
0:21.5	No.
0:22.5	We have Jonathan Sheck, who is Jimmy in That Thing You Do, a historical...
0:30.8	The hottest front man of all time.
0:34.3	What?
0:36.1	I am just... Florida said yes he spoke with us about the film about he's just so so wonderful
0:47.2	the audition process it's just like a really special thing yeah this was that thing you do this was Tom Hanks
0:53.9	directorial debut and his first screenplay, right? And so this was, I don't know, crazy, crazy, crazy time. But it's a, it's a great film and we're just so, so happy that Jonathan's here. Hello. Hello. Thanks for coming on. It's such a pleasure to have you. We just watched the film last night and we're so excited to talk to you. Was that the first time you watched it? No. No, no, no, no, no, no. Oh, my gosh. I haven't seen it in a long time, but as soon as it started, it all came flooding back. I was like, wow, this was such a big part of like my life growing up. And my boyfriend was there. He was like, oh, I've seen this movie more than I've seen any other movie. I was like, what? We've never discussed it. We've been together almost a decade. I've never discussed it. Yeah, it's on my rotation. Yeah. I watch it all the time.
1:45.6	It's a perfect movie.
1:46.5	It's a perfect film.
1:47.6	Yeah.
1:47.7	So the other day they played it on ABC.
1:51.6	What was going on?
1:52.5	The Golden Globes were going on and NFL playoffs were going on or something.
1:57.0	Yeah.
1:58.3	Oh, my gosh.
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