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"[On the phone] Listen, that M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle is property of the United States Army; I want it back on the post by tonight! We have rules! Rules and regulations! [Turns to light a match on a sign that says "NO SMOKING", then lights a cigarette] I have your rental agreement right here. And if you blow anything up, it's coming out of your deposit! [Hangs up and sighs irritably] Teenagers. So irresponsible!"
"[talking to Major Thorn over alleged anomalies in Bilko's platoon] You know, for all the differences I've had with Bilko over the years, I have to admit- I've always kind of liked him. The way he kept up the men's morale; the way he'd pretend to cry, when I went on leave. The way- every year, on my birthday- he'd have the men mow my name on the main lawn, with a big heart around it."
"Steve Martin - MSgt. Ernest "Ernie" Bilko, USA"
"Phil Hartman — Major Colin Thorn, USA"
"Dan Aykroyd - Col. John T. Hall, USA"
"Glenne Headly - Rita Robbins"
"John Marshall Jones - Sgt. Henshaw"
"Pamela Adlon - Sgt. Raquel Barbella"
"Austin Pendleton - Maj. Ebersole"
"Chris Rock - 1st Lt. Oster"
"Cathy Silvers - 1st Lt. Monday"
"Steve Park - Capt. Moon"
"Debra Jo Rupp - Mrs. Hall"
"Richard Herd - Gen. Tennyson"
"Dan Ferro - Spc. Tony Morales"
"John Ortiz - Spc. Luis Clemente"
"Max Casella - Spc. Dino Paparelli"
"Daryl Mitchell - Pfc. Walter "Wally" T. Holbrook"
"Mitchell Whitfield as Pfc. Mickey Zimmerman"
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.