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"You unlock this door with the key of imagination. Beyond it is another dimension: a dimension of sound, a dimension of sight, a dimension of mind. You're moving into a land of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas. You've just crossed over into... the Twilight Zone."
"[Opening Narration for Segment 1] You're about to meet an angry man. Mr. William Connor, who carries on his shoulder a chip the size of the national debt. This is a sour man, a lonely man, who's tired of waiting for the breaks that come to others, but never to him. Mr. William Connor, whose own blind hatred is about to catapult him into the darkest corner of the Twilight Zone."
"[Opening Narration for Segment 2] It is sometimes said that where there is no hope, there is no life. Case in point: the residents of Sunnyvale Rest Home, where hope is just a memory. But hope just checked into Sunnyvale, disguised as an elderly optimist, who carries his magic in a shiny tin can."
"[Opening Narration for Segment 3] Portrait of a woman in transit. Helen Foley, age 27. Occupation: schoolteacher. Up until now, the pattern of her life has been one of unrelenting sameness, waiting for something different to happen. Helen Foley doesn't know it yet, but her waiting has just ended."
"[Opening Narration for Segment 4] What you're looking at could be the end of a particularly terrifying nightmare. It isn't. It's the beginning. Introducing Mr. John Valentine, air traveler. His destination: the Twilight Zone."
"There is a fifth dimension, beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space, and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call the Twilight Zone."
"Hey... you wanna see something really scary?"
"The day we stop playing is the day we start getting old."
"I found out - a long, long time ago - that I wanted to be my own true age...while keeping a young mind."
"(Seeing Conroy play "Kick the Can" solo, Bloom breaks the Fourth Wall) ...He'll get it."
"[dripping sarcasm, as he admonishes his friend for bullying Anthony] ...Oh, that was good. That was real good."
"[after transporting his sister Ethel into a cartoon world where she is eaten by a cartoon dragon] Th-th-th-that's all, Ethel!"
"Burgess Meredith - Narrator"
"Rod Serling - Narrator"
"Dan Aykroyd - Car Passenger"
"Albert Brooks - Car Driver"
"Vic Morrow - Bill Connor"
"Doug McGrath - Larry"
"Charles Hallahan - Ray"
"Scatman Crothers - Mr. Bloom"
"Bill Quinn - Leo Conroy"
"Martin Garner - Mr. Weinstein"
"Selma Diamond - Mrs. Weinstein"
"Helen Shaw - Mrs. Dempsey"
"Murray Matheson - Mr. Agee"
"Peter Brocco - Mr. Mute"
"Priscilla Pointer - Miss Cox"
"Kathleen Quinlan - Helen Foley"
"Jeremy Licht - Anthony"
"Kevin McCarthy - Uncle Walt"
"Patricia Barry - Mother"
"William Schallert - Father"
"Nancy Cartwright - Ethel"
"Dick Miller - Walter Paisley"
"Cherie Currie - Sara"
"Bill Mumy - Tim"
"John Lithgow - John Valentine"
"Abbe Lane - Sr. Stewardess"
"Donna Dixon - Jr. Stewardess"
"John Dennis Johnston - Co-Pilot"
"Larry Cedar - Gremlin"
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.