clips from 'The Breakfast Club 2: Bender Goes to College'

Plot: John Bender (Judd Nelson) pawns the diamond earring that was given to him by Claire in order to afford tuition at a prestigious university with Brian (recast with Carey Scott). At first he doesn’t fit in with his fellow classmates, but that doesn't stop him from turning the whole campus upside down with his personal brand of wacky hijinks and mischief.
This film was called Making the Grade when it was originally released in Yugoslavia, however in the U.S. and Canada it was titled, The Breakfast Club 2: Bender Goes to College.
All clips are courtesy of MGM HD.

[@lilrobb556]

The movie actually is called Making the Grade, made in 84, a year before Breakfast club…and it was this movie that gave John Hughes the idea to cast him as Bender.

[@ravencassidy1979]

Thank you

[@pumpkinprincess1019]

Yes ! Exactly 😊

[@1sportsfan]

next, you'll be telling us that Drago didn't shoot up the Russian bar at the end of Rocky IV

[@aztecwarrior9511]

@@1sportsfan nice

[@1sportsfan]

@@aztecwarrior9511 glad somebody caught the reference, Joseph !

[@JamminOnThe1]

I'd say that Judd Nelson has the most distinct nostrils in cinema history!

[@pikasnipe1]

All the better to blow lines!

[@chiefscheider]

Imagine his reaction the first time he saw them on the big screen

[@JamminOnThe1]

@@chiefscheider A lot of dramatic acting has been done through his nostrils that's for sure!

[@rogervalleau]

Oh, his nostrils are sublime

[@heydeanie]

Also the most expressive

[@JOSHCOFFRR]

This movie is called Making the Grade. And it actually came out in 1984. The Breakfast Club came out in 1985.

[@Scott-nv4gu]

Um, Bender was in High School in 85 but he went to college in 84?

[@moimeme6533]

@@Scott-nv4gu actually TBC took place in 1984, mentioned at the start of the film

[@metalgrinch]

How could anyone fall for this? We all know Bender would NEVER go to college 😂🤣😂🤣

[@The90sKid518]

Why not 🤷‍♂️🙄?

[@cynthiabasil8356]

Is it possible that Claire had her very rich parents pull some strings?

[@EvansSt83]

Junior College, maybe.

[@nancydemoss7904]

Or act that stupid or wear those clothes. Bender was too cool! 😎

[@thedrinkinggamemaker9749]

Maybe he actually turned it around for himself Maybe he would if he applied himself

[@TheWolfmanC]

Hey Bender, Does Barry Manilow know that you raid his Wardrobe

[@matthale8090]

Nice 😆

[@Sparen66]

Character's name is Eddie Keaton , nit John Bender - different movies same actor - different music.

[@janettodd1441]

Ikr!

[@criticalbill2090]

You`ve won the comment section on this video

[@joepermenter7228]

I'll give you the answer to that question Mr. Wolfman next Saturday. Don't mess with the sheep, you'll get the horns.

[@johnf.kennedy]

Movies like this makes me want to time travel to the 80s

[@Sparen66]

From "Making the Grade" (1984) - Bender goes to preppy high school BEFORE getting detention in public high school as a stoner in "The Breakfast Club" (1985)

[@Brewster_Baker]

A preppy college

[@jwright8550]

This scene would definitely be a nice Breakfast Club sequel if it was ever was one

[@josecruz-jr8pl]

Like how he checks the payphone for loose change 🤣

[@MrGreen-qr5pe]

I didn’t know Bender was a shapeshifter. He looks like a completely different person when he dances

[@Viking215]

Wait... even Bender got accepted into college?! *re-evaluates his life choices**

[@Sparen66]

Prep High School 1984 before changing name and going to public High School 1985

[@JamminOnThe1]

Bender getting into college is about as unbelievable as Rob Lowe's character in St. Elmo's Fire graduating from Georgetown.

[@bobx6565]

@@JamminOnThe1 Graduated? He was never admitted. He just showed up and pretended to be a student.

[@JamminOnThe1]

@@bobx6565 Now that makes sense! Yes, he snuck into the frat house and lived on couch. He spent the next 35 years playing sax in the NYC subway system.

[@chrisf8855]

He bribed the admissions director with free drugs for life. Even then, he flunked out of college after the first year and returned to drug dealing full-time.

[@MerryMoonDesigns70]

This movie is called "Making the Grade" not Breakfast Club 2! I still own it on VHS. Yes, I'm old.

[@XI_Daisy_XI]

✨😄Well, 🎶"We are not alone"🎶 I still have TBC soundtrack on cassette!

[@gasunflower23]

It's actually Making the Grade. It would be a hilarious sequel to Breakfast Club though

[@himaureen]

Bender had the natural abilities to be a great lawyer. Great storytelling, improviser, quick witted, observant.

[@tbiz8459]

Bender was political in St Elmo's Fire. Also, he had graduated, so he did okay other than he split up with the basket case girl in St Elmo's Fire😂

[@nicolenewsome4863]

to bad Bender would never go to college or study for anything so he can be a lawyer.

[@youremommagay7044]

Better call bender!

[@bobx6565]

I'm waiting for The Breakfast Club: The next Generation starring Mario Lopez as the evil teacher, Macaulay Culkin as the janitor and Millie Bobby Brown as Claire.

[@heydeanie]

I kinda love this idea

[@jeremywalker2586]

I'm down

[@heydeanie]

Only thing is, I can't think of an actor today cool enough to play Bender... So we'd almost have to reverse the gender on each character or else those kids will get compared to the originals & since it's one of the best movies of all time, they'll never compare to the originals...

[@bobx6565]

@@heydeanie Logan Paul. He's an a--hole. In the original, Judd Nelson was 25 years old and molly Ringwald was 16 years old. Perfect match!!

[@heydeanie]

@@bobx6565 And Judd was a bit of a jerk when he was young so it works that way too lol

[@cencal5723]

Never knew this movie existed

[@michaelthorn4872]

It doesn’t. It’s called Making The Grade.

[@clintgordon6898]

That's because it doesn't. And that's not Bender. These clips are from "Making the Grade", which came out the year before "Breakfast Club".

[@Jackiechanfan79]

This movie is called making the grade and it has nothing to do with the breakfast club

[@jonpatterson5668]

It doesn't look like you missed much

[@owenmccord5078]

@@clintgordon6898 So the breakfast club was a prequel? Good to know!

[@shanevanlandingham5000]

This is a movie called "Making the Grade" definitely nothing like TBC.

[@chiefscheider]

Very good, Shane. Definitely a comment for all the millennials who know squat about 80s movies.

[@unclebadger597]

@@chiefscheider I'm 47 years old and it got me 😆 Now go get yourself a bigger boat ❤️

[@Paige-pk8dr]

I looked it up Making the Grade came out in 1984 and Breakfast Club came in 1985. So it's impossible for it to be a sequel

[@chiefscheider]

^ Another genius. You and Shane should hook up, Paige. You're both lacking a sense of humor.

[@lauralbodin9172]

Yes...they were joking!!! If he actually was in College..but I now remember seeing this & he definitely isn't Bender

[@845835]

"Making the Grade" is a perfect example of the kind of YA film the 80's was churning out.

[@jnnx]

That watered down “Young Adult” crap didn’t exist in the 80’s. (Thank God!)

[@CycolacFan]

That band has a very talented female vocalist…

[@ianschneider2046]

i cried rolling on the floor laughing from johns first walkin the fraternity and at his most of speech lines like ( u guys know anythiing from the 20 century🤣😂 ) pahahaha

[@Sparen66]

Eddie Keaton

[@ignaciocortez7028]

Thats because it doesnt. Its called making the grade

[@WuchinaTwinAdventures]

Great movie "Making The Grade" (1984) filmed in my town of Memphis, Tennessee!!

[@lahijadeBaco]

He would have beaten Raygun 😂😂😂

[@renaelattin5875]

If anyone actually believes this is part 2 of the Breakfast Club seriously doesn't know Judd Nelson's movies.

[@chiefscheider]

Anyone who doesn't get the joke seriously doesn't have a sense of humor.

[@QueenAlexis556]

@@chiefscheider Don't you have a job to go to? Or are you a KZbin employee?

[@nicolenewsome4863]

Hahaha never would never be accepted into college.

[@mlandry491]

bruh that is making the grade! excellent movie

[@SnuggleBear1970]

I NEED THIS MOVIE!

[@bryanthardin5514]

WoW never knew about this must have been lost for a time really whoever finding it deserves a medal of a forgotten piece of 80s Gems thank you L❤VE 80s always

[@jonmilon2482]

It's not breakfast club 2.

[@johnnyskinwalker4095]

OK I know what you did but I really want to watch this movie.

[@lolafranciska27.66]

This moves at the first minutes are like ,,I know I look goofy, and I'm proud of it.":))

[@phillipmontano7664]

This is the first I've heard of this movie I would like see it

[@starletohara1631]

Yeah,right-like Johnny Bender would be caught DEAD in that ridiculous red outfit and preppy haircut!!And if you remember your Breakfast Club moments,as entertaining as that iconic balcony dance scene was,Benders dance moves would never exactly have earned him a spot on the cast of "Fame"!This is clearly not "Breakfast Club 2",unless Bender underwent a lobotomy and had all his cool removed!

[@mariafernandadiaz1382]

It's an edit haha. I thought everyone knew it

[@starletohara1631]

@@mariafernandadiaz1382 Yeah,I know.My comment was directed more toward those who actually believed it was real.😎

[@piper888]

He thought he was changing Claire, but Claire changed him‼️😆😆🤔

[@Sparen66]

Eddie Keaton and music borrowed for this clip, not the actual movie

[@jodavey]

@@mariafernandadiaz1382 chdr

[@RE-bg9ds]

Had no idea this movie existed not only myself but both of my children know this movie word for word lol wow I just showed my age lol

[@johnwalker6779]

This is from Making The Grade.

[@bluestarlighting29]

Video and blueray Dvd . Awesome film movie

[@firedupplayers]

Oh I thought it was St. Elmo's Fire 😆

[@jamesgish9202]

These type of movies are so classic

[@matthewbarry7026]

I thought I was well versed in bad 80's movies, but I had no idea till today that this movie was made. How did I miss this, I watched all of them!

[@matthewbarry7026]

@SMWeeb yes I read more comments after this and found out I was dooped

[@Sparen66]

Dooped by TBC2, but Making The Grade was still a bad 80s movie

[@brianregan75]

Funny how Judd nelson in real life was a prep school kid. Good actor he was lol

[@clintonnagy1662]

Judd spent a week in an unknown high school getting into character for his roll as John Bender. He was 25 at the time and the kids there didn't know who he was. He had to practice honing his skill as the abrasive personality as Bender. Lol

[@domicdom2483]

So Bender was a nerd in Making the Grade and a cool dude in Breakfast Club.

[@KIKROX86]

Now I have to see this

[@youtubelabeledmeapredator826]

I 💛 tears for fears!!! Another thing on my bucket list see them in concert and meet the band!!!

[@MichaelKeelphotography]

Simple Minds is the band. Don't you....... forget it..... Heheh.

[@nicolenewsome4863]

The band is called Simple Minds!

[@gigga143]

can you imagine John Bender in these outfits and breakdancing lol

[@Bluemgwes]

I swear, Judd Nelson's character here and Patrick Bateman could be brothers 😂

[@theplanetruth]

And Huey Lewis fans.

[@jerrydandrige1987]

You load up, ya party

[@whoguardstheguardians7848]

"Well we get dressed up"

[@Mr.Majestic77]

A Breakfast Club's Bender + Ferris Bueller crossover-sequel should have been made in 1986/87.

[@DannyHustle]

It was titled Making The Grade in the US and came out before Breakfast Club. I saw it in the theater in 84. It also had Andrew Dice Clay who played, The Dice Man. It’s a funny freaking movie.

[@blkhemi3925]

It's amazing how a quick single piece of sweet @$$ in a broom closet of a high school can completely change the direction of your life.🤣

[@pryingeyes1551]

Everything about Judd in that first clip screams "I am a drug dealer, my customers are children, and my number one product is counterfeit Flintstones Vitamins."

[@karendally1]

Making the grade! Loved it!

[@alexanderkilcullen4247]

If I was one of those students in the dorm room and I see this guy walking down the hallway as he did my immediate reaction would be "wtf is wrong with this guy!?" Lmfao

[@jamesha175]

LOL when he is swaggering down the hall

[@ryanhung6915]

I think Bender might be the perfect Iron Man lmao 😭💀

[@WuchinaTwinAdventures]

Making the grade (1984) filmed in one of my towns. Memphis, Tennessee!

[@rockuncleproduction2229]

Making the Grade.........awesome movie..

[@redadamearth]

I can't believe so many people are falling for the title of this video. This is a film from 1984, called "Making the Grade", with Judd Nelson. It has absolutely NOTHING TO DO with "The Breakfast Club"; Judd Nelson made "Making the Grade" a year before TBC was even made. The person EDITED the video to include the song, "Don't You Forget About Me" and the other one - it's a JOKE. The real scenes have different songs playing.

[@jonathansanders1657]

That’s what I thought this looked familiar I actually own this movie and have seen it

[@gindywilliams1045]

Love the dance scene seeing Judd Nelson portray John Bender again after all these years later is great his character was always my favorite in the original breakfast club gotta watch this maybe he will tell the younger generation the poodle joke lol the breakfast club was an great movie for it’s time a classic 80s movie

[@lorrainefimbres7470]

It showed his versatility! 😂

[@NeoPelon21]

LOL, Making the Grade came out before Breakfast Club... I got excited when I came across this video to lol. Good try!

[@bobx6565]

Judd Nelson can break dance!!! Wow. He has talent. Can't wait to see his next move. His nostrils are distracting. It's like staring at a train wreck.

[@jnnx]

You cant tell the camera switches to a wide shot, so you cant that it isn’t Judd Nelson? It’s obviously a stunt double.

[@nicolenewsome4863]

If you have ever seen him play John Bender his character John Bender is a trainwreck.

[@hkid92orsnow]

So relieved I didn't have to live through that 80's

[@DapperManDan]

Making the Grade came out a full year earlier than The Breakfast Club and Judd Nelson played a character named Eddie Keaton... Carey Scotts characters name was Rand. A simple IMDB check has the listing and the poster with Nelson in that red suit.

[@joeyharris3951]

It's motherfucken Palmer Wooddrow!!!

[@jackel180]

What is this?? I looked on Judd Nelsons IMDB page and this doesn't exist. Is this a commercial or something?

[@johnconnell4503]

Making the grade

[@stevevorgias6734]

My question is how can only 97 people not like this

[@dmrant]

This is from Making the Grade not Breakfast Club 2

[@ponypower8]

Thanks. I actually had to Google and find out. And yes, this was from the movie "Making The Grade" which was actually made/shown before "Breakfast Club". I'm dating myself here, but I was 13(?) when "Breakfast Club" was shown so those movies before-during-after the "Breakfast Club" had a strong influence on me.

[@WuchinaTwinAdventures]

Please post this full HD rip of making the grade!

[@davidbrown8286]

Wish i got to do all that in the 80's, i watched most of that on tv.

[@alyrics6584]

Bro can you tell me is this a mini series or pre- production thing

[@lithara5302]

What movie is this from? Lol. It looks so cheesy but I want to watch clips of it now.

[@unclebadger597]

Haha. You had me for a minute 😄

[@mikesilva5069]

I remember this movie, I watched once...back in the 80's...🤣🤣🤣

[@bethruble-uw7hj]

Those were the days ❤

[@katiehouse1576]

Where can I watch the full movie??!!!

[@amyhon2000]

That was....different. I was a teenager in the 80's and have no memory of this at all.

[@TRJ2241987]

Damn the kid in the red sweater looks exactly like the dude from College Humor back in the '00s

[@duddbunny5432]

The movie is called Making The Grade. It's not an actual continuing story of Bender. Just saw the trailer 4 this movie on here a few mins ago.

[@barkleycoker9121]

2:20 the dance scene just has me coming back for more

[@williamtodd7037]

The name of the movie is Making the grade. That music wasn't used in the movie. This movie was altered.

[@kenshiro7960]

Is this song part of this video or was it out in by the user ?

[@BROKENTEETH-rc6bf]

I would never, ever, share my Peruvian marching powder with Judd Nelson

[@judeangel4632]

Making The Grade is the movie title. Actually there's an awesome group called 'Imagination - Body Talk'.. It's where I first heard it in the 80s. Recently watched and was able to Shazaam the track. 🎉

[@autumnbaccellia5650]

Wow! I never knew there was The Breakfast Club 2. How did I miss this when I grew up in the 80s. Judd Nelson was so handsome and I'm sure he still is. Whatever happened to him? Now I have to go and find this movie to reminisce on the good o'days.

[@tonebonetones]

I don't think this is Breakfast Club 2, it's an entirely different movie with Judd Nelson, possibly even before The Breakfast Club.

[@mykhull]

This is from a movie he did before 'The Breakfast Club'.. 'Making The Grade'

[@ianschneider2046]

i cried rolling on the floor laughing from johns first walkin the fraternity and at his most of speech lines like ( u guys got anythiing from the 20s century🤣😂

[@thereseember2800]

Judd Nelson is 61 years old.

[@whateveritwasitis]

@@thereseember2800 that really hit home. life is but a fucking blink. by the time you figure this out , times up ...

[@jonamonstera]

it's interesting. Judd Nelson, Robert Downey Jr and Alexander Siddig all looked very similar when they were young.

[@gigijohnson3211]

Wow blast from the.last thanks

[@Messiisthebest724]

It would be cool if they make a Super Bowl commercial with the cast of the breakfast club for a 40 year anniversary special

[@VerosVideoPops]

0:53 to 1:00 Zack Morris really said "Time Out" 😆

[@Wizardboots]

Also starring Andrew Dice Clay as notorious loan shark, "The Diceman" who also shows up as a bouncer in another brat pack spin off, Pretty In Pink.

[@ultrakool]

bc he can move

[@ryanlee3131]

why do i keep watching this? lmao

[@C.Frankenstein13]

Bender stole one of principal Vernons suits xD 2:31 Its Dan " hold her tighter shes a fighter " Schneider!

[@phillipmontano7664]

What year did this sequel come out??

[@TheKeenTribe]

BEST .... DECADE .... EVER

[@FSAHT-FabianSocialistAcademicH]

Making The Grade from 1984, one of my favorite movies. Nice click bait deception, since this was made before the Breakfast Club 🤣🤣🤣

[@hughlydtin8618]

That’s why miss video stores. You find this in Comedy section on shelf somewhere.

[@joeyharris3951]

Sorry, ITS PALMER WOODDROW!!!

[@dave1855]

so is he a dance major?

[@johnmiller5679]

There was no Breakfast Club 2 or even talk if it. This is a movie called Making the Grade which was made before the BC maybe 1983-1984. Many believe this because Making the Grade was not seen by many but I saw it.

[@aztecwarrior9511]

3:24 hey its Mr. Horton the bicycle salesman

[@MAGNUMMU5TACHE]

When people go to a plastic surgeon to get a nostril enlargement they ask for the "Bender".

[@jacquelinehernandez432]

This film was released in 1984 and break fast club was released in 1985.

[@m_christine1070]

...in a parallel reality...somewhere ...this is TBC2

[@phillipdeanthomas9071]

the big question is were can you get o download it

[@Vee_Davis-wb9wd]

I CANT LIE I HAD A CRUSH ON JUDD NELSON!!!

[@KidFresh71]

Dude is 10% swagger and 90% nostrils.