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"[repeated line] Those bloody Murphys!"
"[after closing his cupboard, the stuff on top falls on him] Ah, shit!"
"[repeated line] Ye Gods!"
"[after ruining Wal and Cheeky's date] You think you can break my spirit, do you Wal Footrot? Well, you're not dealing with rubbish here, mate. The blood of the Grey Ghost flows in these veins! I got one thing to say to you Wal Footrot. [startled by the screams of rats] I'm sorry!"
"John Clarke as Wal Footrot."
"Peter Rowley as Dog."
"Rawiri Paratene as Rangi."
"Fiona Samuel as Cheeky Hobson and Pongo."
"Peter Hayden as Irish Murphy and Cooch Windgrass."
"Dorothy McKegg as Aunt Dolly."
"Billy T. James as Pawai."
"Brian Sergent as Spit Murphy."
"Marshall Napier as Hunk Murphy."
"Michael Haigh as The Rugby Commentator."
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.