Steve Zahn, We Salute You!

So it's come to this. We've admired and loved Steve Zahn for over a decade--maybe since That Thing You Do!, in which he played a delightfully goofy member of one-hit phenom rock band The Oneders Wonders. Today, after years of being the screwy sidekick, Zahn is finally opening his first major studio comedy as number-one lead guy, opposite Jennifer Aniston in. The reviews so far are golden.

In honor of this long-anticipated day--the day that will hopefully launch Zahn respect and fanhood the world over--here's a look backward through YouTube at the star's best moments:

Dancing under the weight of a serious handlebar moustache in Happy, Texas

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Breaking our hearts into a million pieces as the band's token ladies' man in That Thing You Do!

A redux of Neil Diamond's "Cherry, Cherry" with fellow funnymen Jack Black and Jason Biggs in Saving Silverman

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