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"[narrating] It was a typical wedding: enemies of the bride on the right, enemies of the groom on the left."
"A Honeymoon is No Place to Have Kids!"
"He had a population of 10...She had a community of 8...When you have 18 kids - nothing's impossible...except having nineteen!"
"The Bride Had 8 Boys and Girls. The Groom Had 10 Boys and Girls. Their wedding night set new attendance records."
"Lucille Ball as Helen North (the mother of 8 Kids) from Yours later Joe's mother from Ours"
"Jennifer Leak as Colleen North, Helen's daughter"
"Kimberly Beck as Janette North, Helen's daughter"
"Kevin Burchett as Nicky North, Helen's son"
"Mitch Vogel as Tommy North, Helen's son"
"Margot Jane as Jean North, Helen's daughter"
"Eric Shea as Phillip North, Helen's son"
"Greg Atkins as Gerald North, Helen's son"
"Lynnell Atkins as Teresa North, Helen's daughter"
"Henry Fonda as Frank Beardsley (the father of 10 Kids) from Mine later Joe's father from Ours"
"Tim Matthieson as Mike Beardsley, Frank's son"
"Gil Rogers as Rusty Beardsley, Frank's son"
"Gary Goetzman as Greg Beardsley, Frank's adoptive son"
"Nancy Roth as Rosemary Beardsley, Frank's daughter"
"Suzanne Cupito as Louise Beardsley, Frank's daughter"
"Maralee Foster as Mary Beardsley, Frank's daughter"
"Holly O'Brien as Susan Beardsley, Frank's daughter"
"Michele Tobin as Veronica Beardsley, Frank's daughter"
"Tracy Nelson as Germaine Beardsley, Frank's daughter"
"Stephanie Oliver as Joan Beardsley, Frank's daughter"
"Van Johnson as Warrant Officer Darrell Harrison"
"Louise Troy as Madeleine Love"
"Sidney Miller as Dr. Ashford"
"Tom Bosley as Family Doctor"
"Walter Brooke as Howard Beardsley, Frank's brother"
"Nancy Howard as Nancy Beardsley, Howard's wife (Frank's sister-in-law)"
"Mary Gregory as Sister Mary Alice"
"Marti Litis as Hospital Nurse"
"Harry Holcombe as Judge"
"Ben Murphy as Larry, Colleen's boyfriend"
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.