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Re: Palmer's + Eddie's Supposed Return in Tourista?


At the very end of the credits for this movie is the message " Palmer & Eddie will return in Tourista". I always thought that both of the actors (Judd Nelson & ???) made a great pair and I was anticipating this reunion. However, to my knowledge this never happened. I'm guessing Judd Nelson's career took off while the actor who played Palmer in this movie, his career went south at the same time. But if anybody can shed some light on this I would greatly appreciate it. All in all Making the Grade was a very funny 80's film, IMHO!

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You are correct, they did not make Tourista like they had planned. Making the Grade didn't do as good producers had thought, so no sequel was ever made.

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It wasn't just the performance of this one film actually.

The entire company of Golan and Globus (Cannon Films) went under producing both Superman 4 and Masters Of The Universe... two huge projects for a company that usually produced B action, comedy and horror... and those films failing at the BO a couple years after Making The Grade, sank the whole studio.

While Making the Grade wasn't a huge hit, I have a feeling its popularity on video and cable, and the fact Judd Nelson became a star the year after Making The Grade would have maybe made them give Tourista a try.

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Man, I may be in the minority but this is one of my favorite comedies of all time. There are too many classic one liners in here to name. I was hoping so much that this was going to happen. I believe they could have carried along in so many ways with the way it ended. Eddie,Palmer,Diceman,the Coach are all classics! I really wish they wouldn't have teased us with this one.

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This is one of my favorites from the 80's as well. I was disappointed that they never made the sequel because it would have been to see what happened to the characters after Hoover Academy. This one is in my 80's dvd collection.

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they should not have teased us

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