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"[to one of his workers] Take chances. I'm insured."
"Well, you certainly made it very clear how your legal system works Mr. Young. Now, I'd like to explain a little bit about the Peter Blunt system. You see, I don't go in for lawsuits and motions or any of the legal stuff. No, no, you see what happens is, uh, I find out where you live and then I come to your house, see? And I beat down your door with a fucking baseball bat! And, then I make a bonfire with the Chipendale, maybe roast that Golden Retriever, woof, woof, woof, woof, woof, woof, woof, then eat it! And then I'm coming upstairs, junior, and I'm gonna grab you by your Brooks Bros. P.J.s, and then I'm gonna take your brand new B.M.W., and cram it up your tight ass! Do we have an understanding?"
"[on the phone, after Chandler Young has gotten Hartounian Construction's power turned off] That's hard to say, huh? Well, when can we get the power turned back on? That's hard to say, huh? Well, tell me something. Is it as hard to say as "Oh, my god! Somebody help me! There's a man in my office with a flamethrower"?"
"Golf, golf... what kinda name is "golf" anyway? Sounds like a sound you make when you've got something caught in your throat."
"You know I'm always shooting myself with one of those poison-dipped, crossbow darts. I don't know why they don't put a warning on those things."
"We're talking mucho dinero, and probably some American money too."
"I won't be a caddy all my life, I'm going to carwash school in the fall."
"The shack is back!"
"Home of the rich and tasteless."
"Jackie Mason - Jack Hartounian"
"Robert Stack - Chandler Young"
"Randy Quaid - Peter Blunt"
"Dan Aykroyd - Captain Tom Everett"
"Chevy Chase - Ty Webb"
"Jessica Lundy - Kate Hartounian"
"Dyan Cannon - Elizabeth Pearce"
"Jonathan Silverman - Harry"
"Dina Merrill - Cynthia Young"
"Marsha Warfield - Royette Tyler"
"Brian McNamara - Todd Young"
"Chynna Phillips - Mary Frances 'Miffy' Young"
"Paul Bartel - Mr. Jamison"
"Anthony Mockus Sr. - Mr. Pierpont"
"Bibi Osterwald - Mrs. Pierpont"
"Frank Welker (voice) - the Gopher"
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.