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This week on The Houli’s Hooley, Paddy kicks things off with a remarkably vivid dream in which Billy goes missing, gets kidnapped in Stickney, IL, and returns with a couple of questionable new tattoos. From there, the boys invent Pope Patrol, a gritty crime series starring Billy, a talking poodle named Henry, and a mission […]

This week on The Houli’s Hooley, Billy’s gone, so Paddy welcomes Clay back for a wild ride through rock nostalgia, emergency-room horror stories and the future of humanity. Clay recounts his first Smashing Pumpkins concert, including Jimmy Chamberlin’s drumming and memories of their late friend Steve Vernon. Paddy shares his own nine-hour ER ordeal with […]

This week on The Houli’s Hooley, Paddy and Bill celebrate 30 years since their undefeated 1996 Mount Carmel football season, catching up at a recent reunion and comparing championship glory with receding hairlines. Paddy’s fouth-string quarterback legacy remains intact, even if his hairline is under review. That leads to the Norwood Scale and PP405, an […]

This week on the Houli’s Hooley, Paddy, Bill and Clay tackle the big questions: What’s the perfect low-maintenance uniform? Can a luxury tank top have a trapdoor? And is “Gnatka” a word, a sports chant, or just the sound of three friends losing the plot? The guys relive fashion choices from the ’80s, debate Case […]

This week the gang serves up a generous helping of sports talk, questionable business ideas, and Paddy shares that after last week’s show he has a made a new Salisbury steak gravy recipe. The guys relive Bill’s visit to the President’s Cup, complete with leather furniture, luxury brand activations, and enough tan, hairless men to […]

Welcome back to the Houli’s Hooley, where the Sox are tied for first, the gravy expired in 2025, and nobody’s doing okay. Paddy kicks things off with a confession. On a “catch as catch can” night he cooked himself two giant Salisbury steaks. On the side he had week-and-a-half-old taco onions, a can of cola […]

The boys are all back together this week, and this one is absolutely smothered in bolognese. Clay returns from two weeks of solo dad duty while his wife travels, juggling kids’ football and soccer—complete with a Milwaukee tournament and shout-outs to their sorta-alma mater, Marquette. That launches the lads into memories of their own college […]

This week on The Houli’s Hooley, it’s just Paddy and Bill with Clay being missed dearly. The boys head to their alma mater Mount Carmel High School for a nationally televised football game and discover that the old neighborhood stadium has become the Super Bowl. Jumbotrons, ESPN cameras, merch tents, tailgating campers, sponsorship activations and […]

This Week on The Houli’s Hooley: Paddy, Bill, and Clay are back from the so called Irish Riviera, Long Beach / New Buffalo, where the Houlihans enjoyed the annual family beach getaway, while poor Charlotte spent much of it battling a summer cold. From there, the lads wander into a wild discussion about nicknames, small […]

The gang is on vacation this week. So we went into the archives to present a throw back to one of our favorite episodes from the past year.  This is the Rocket Shank episode that aired on May 30th. This week on The Houli’s Hooley, Paddy, Bill, and Clay dive into the most dramatic Memorial […]