Today, we wish a happy birthday to director Amy Heckerling!

In this scene from the Heckerling-directed 1982 film Fast Times At Ridgemont High, Brad finally gets a moment of triumph.  Played by Judge Reinhold, Brad spends most of this movie being humiliated.  He kind of deserves it because he can definitely be a bit full of himself, especially when he was working at All-American Burger.  But, at the same time, he’s there for his sister when she needs someone and, for a character in a 1982 teen comedy, he’s refreshingly nonjudgmental.

In this scene, poor Brad has been reduced to working at an all-night convenience store.  Wherever Brad works, he appears to be destined to have to wait on Jeff Spicoli (Sean Penn.)  When James Russo attempts to hold him up, Brad finally snaps and becomes the hero that he’s always wanted to be.