They walked to his Winnebago trailer in the cavern area, named "The Ritz," where he lived comfortably with the other whirlybird pilot John, who had created a Caribbean-styled back patio area.He views he formation called the Ant Hill through a narrow slit.He is clearly out of place and ill-at-ease as he marches through the muddy, narrow renches to inform 701st Infantry Regimental Commander Colonel Dax (Kirk Douglas) of the planned attack.His balding, 60-ish father-in-law Wade Gustafson (Harve Presnell) is in the living room watching college hockey on TV [the first of many characters in the film who find escapist entertainment on the tube], while waiting for dinner (a common occurrence).Shrek""s explanation about how he was married to Fiona and how he ended up there was interrupted by the sight of witches on patrol, the third one that day.