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April 10, 2026
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"I've had enough bad experiences and growth to last me plenty...Right now, I'd be glad to trade some growth for happiness."
"Man, she's got good looking handwriting."
"Look Toby, the guys in that movie are not 28 year-old file clerks who live with their grandmothers in an ethnic ghetto...They didn't get their computers like you did, by trading in a bunch of box tops and $49.50 at the supermarket...Sure, go to the movies and daydream, but Revenge of the Nerds ain't reality. It's just Hollywood bullshit."
"Yeah, I know I'm not as interesting as The Little Mermaid and all that magical crap."
"Why does everything in my life have to be such a complicated disaster?!"
"Harvey, we better skip this whole courtship thing and just get married."
"I guess I have a lot of borderline health disorders that limit me politically when it comes to eating."
"I'll have you know that I come from a very dysfunctional family. I can spot personality disorders a mile away."
"[referring to David Letterman] Megalomaniac."
"I find most of American cities to be depressing in the same way."
"I recommend the piña coladas. They are excellent and very authentic tasting."
"[to Harvey] You know, you should try believing in something bigger than yourself. It might cheer you up."
"[regarding "Revenge of the Nerds"] Yes, I consider myself a nerd. And this movie has uplifted me."
"Hamburgers are a safer addiction than drugs. Say no to drugs. Say yes to White Castle."
"Young Harvey: I ain't no super hero, lady. I'm just a kid from the neighborhood, all right?"
"Crumb: You turned yourself into a comic hero?"
"Real Harvey: It seemed that real, salt of the earth people like Toby and me were being co-opted by these huge corporations. We were getting held up and ridiculed as losers in the system. What can I say, it was the '80s, man."
"Danielle: [to Harvey] Joyce is right. You are obsessive-compulsive."
"Paul Giamatti — Harvey Pekar"
"Hope Davis — Joyce Brabner"
"Harvey Pekar — Real Harvey"
"Shari Springer Berman — Interviewer"
"James Urbaniak — Robert Crumb"
"Judah Friedlander — Toby Radloff"
"Earl Billings — Mr. Boats"
"Joyce Brabner — Real Joyce"
"Toby Radloff — Real Toby"
"Madylin Sweeten — Danielle"
"James McCaffrey — Fred"
"Danielle Batone — Real Danielle"
"Maggie Moore — Alice Quinn"
"Molly Shannon — Stage Joyce"
"Donal Logue — Stage Harvey"
Young though he was, his radiant energy produced such an impression of absolute reliability that Hedgewar made him the first sarkaryavah, or general secretary, of the RSS.
- Gopal Mukund Huddar
Largely because of the influence of communists in London, Huddar's conversion into an enthusiastic supporter of the fight against fascism was quick and smooth. The ease with which he crossed from one worldview to another betrays the fact that he had not properly understood the world he had grown in.
Huddar would have been 101 now had he been alive. But then centenaries are not celebrated only to register how old so and so would have been and when. They are usually celebrated to explore how much poorer our lives are without them. Maharashtrian public life is poorer without him. It is poorer for not having made the effort to recall an extraordinary life.
I regret I was not there to listen to Balaji Huddar's speech [...] No matter how many times you listen to him, his speeches are so delightful that you feel like listening to them again and again.
By the time he came out of Franco's prison, Huddar had relinquished many of his old ideas. He displayed a worldview completely different from that of the RSS, even though he continued to remain deferential to Hedgewar and maintained a personal relationship with him.