The Houli’s Hooley Show

Houli’s Hooley Sat. June 13, 2026

This week on The Houli’s Hooley, Paddy, Bill, and Clay reunite after Bill’s successful facial surgery following his infamous golf-ball mishap. He’s recovering well, though he’s developed a newfound appreciation for sour Airheads, Dove ice cream bars, and generally eating like a 12-year-old. Paddy proudly recaps Charlotte’s debut benefit concert, thanking the community for helping support her upcoming NYU Songwriters Workshop adventure. The sentimental moment lasts approximately 30 seconds before the show veers directly into madness. The lads discover the existence of the Pillow Fighting Championships, a real sport airing on ESPN, which somehow inspires an even worse idea: the Underwear Huffing Championships, a completely fictional sporting event that quickly takes on a life of its own. There is also plenty of baseball talk, as Paddy reflects on coaching youth sports and the stress that comes with it. That leads to a passionate pitch for neighborhood Wiffle Ball leagues, which the boys believe could become the next pickleball for middle-aged men. It’s baseball, busted faces, combat pillows, fake sports, and another hour of classic Chicago Irish American nonsense. Sponsored By: Fox’s Pizza (Mokena and Orland Park), Flood Bros., Madden Funds and Local 150 Engineers

Houli’s Hooley Sat. June 6, 2026

This week on The Houli’s Hooley, we’re dipping into the vault while Billy continues recovering from his recent facial surgery following his now-infamous encounter with a rocket-shanked golf ball. Rather than leave the airwaves silent, we dusted off one of our favorite episodes: the long-awaited Return of Clay O’Brien. Originally recorded after a mysterious two-year disappearance that may or may not have involved a monastery, witness protection, or simply avoiding Paddy’s phone calls, Clay rejoins Paddy and Billy and immediately picks up right where he left off. The chemistry is instant, the conversation goes sideways almost immediately, and nobody makes a serious effort to stay on topic. The gang covers everything from Paddy’s first year nicotine-free and his aggressively Western Yellowstone-inspired wardrobe to Clay’s liberation from corporate life and the daily struggle of pretending to be a normal professional adult. Along the way they wander through youth baseball politics, workplace nonsense, background checks, hair transplant dreams, and a surprisingly deep dive into Valiant Thor, the alleged alien who supposedly lived at the Pentagon. Add in social media paranoia, St. Patrick’s Day survival strategies, and three middle-aged men trying to make sense of an increasingly ridiculous world, and you’ve got a classic Hooley time capsule. Most importantly, Billy is on the mend and expected back behind the microphone soon. Until then, enjoy this trip back to one of our favorite episodes featuring the triumphant return of the prodigal son, Clay O’Brien. Sponsored By: Fox’s Pizza (Mokena and Orland Park), Flood Bros., Madden Funds and Local 150 Engineers

Houli’s Hooley Sat. May 30, 2026

This week on The Houli’s Hooley, Paddy, Bill, and Clay dive into the most dramatic Memorial Day weekend since war was invented – starring Bill’s face and a rogue Pinnacle “junk ball.” From a peaceful Little League dad morning to a full-on Lee Harvey Golf Ball situation, Bill walks us through the moment a rocket shank turned his orbital bone into modern art, the ER adventure, and how five facial fractures have him rethinking cigarettes, gratitude, and life itself. Clay unveils his new “Celtic Club” garage boxing gym – a full-on Irish Rocky IV setup with bags, weights, a rowing machine, and enough testosterone to power a small village. Paddy, meanwhile, is twisting knobs and dipping straws as he preps for Lottie and The Drama’s big neighborhood debut and NYU fundraiser at Roberts Westside, hustling the Zeffy link and accidentally becoming his daughter’s de facto manager (while still advising her to become an electrician). Along the way, the lads spin off into golf PSAs, talking sports balls, Coffee Boy: The Musical, war-smoking etiquette, and the eternal comfort of lighting a smoke after you’ve just cheated death – even if it’s the wake-up call that finally gets you to quit. Sponsored By: Fox’s Pizza of Mokena and Orland Park, Flood Bros. Disposal, Madden Funds and Local 150 Engineers

Houli’s Hooley Sat. May 23, 2026

This week on The Houli’s Hooley, Paddy, Bill, and Clay return to the WSBC bunker for another late-night spiral into baseball paranoia, celebrity weirdness, and the terrifying possibility that Paddy is slowly becoming Robert De Niro in The Fan. Things kick off with Paddy admitting he may be taking his son’s baseball season a little too seriously after chirping umpires over balk calls and borderline strike zones like a man trying to save the franchise. The lads compare modern travel baseball parents to movie villains while Paddy debates whether he needs to step back emotionally or simply buy darker sunglasses and a folding chair closer to the action. From there, the conversation drifts into the Crosstown Classic, the death of Schlitz beer, Sox fan tattoos, and the strange ecosystem of Chicago sports crowds, before taking an unexpectedly heartfelt turn as Paddy reflects on his daughter Charlotte’s upcoming benefit concert and the difficult art of loosening the parental death grip as your kids get older. Naturally, any emotional growth lasts about four minutes before the show completely derails into Michael Jackson, Bubbles the chimp, Mike Tyson’s tiger, and a fully serious debate over whether it would be worse to fight a chimpanzee or a tiger in hand-to-hand combat. Clay pitches an AI-generated pay-per-view animal fight league, Paddy becomes convinced chimpanzees are tiny hairy assassins, and the group somehow invents an Instagram chimp influencer named “Chucky” driving around Dubai in Jordans. They wrap with mall walker movie ideas, celebrity impressions, Memorial Day shoutouts, and the general agreement that the world has become deeply weird but probably always was. Sponsored By: Fox’s Pizza (Orland Park and Mokena), Flood Bros., Madden Funds and Local 150 Engineers

Houli’s Hooley Sat. May 16, 2026

This week on The Houli’s Hooley, Paddy, Bill, and Clay return with another episode that somehow begins at White Sox Emo Night and ends in baseball-related bodily harm. Paddy takes Charlotte to Guaranteed Rate Field as her School of Rock crew performs a full emo set, while Grandpa Houli spends the evening looking like a man patiently waiting for The Rolling Stones to take the stage. The conversation quickly spirals into black hot dogs, Pete Wentz, and the very real possibility that the White Sox should stop fighting it and fully embrace a future “Dracula Night.”Things get stranger when Paddy becomes distracted by an Oak Park dad who spent an entire School of Rock performance slowly scratching his wife’s back in hypnotic circular motions. Not a quick scratch. Not an itch. A full commitment. Naturally, the lads launch a completely unnecessary investigation into whether this was affection, territorial behavior, or some advanced marital signaling system. Meanwhile, Bill checks in with stories from the world of brand activations and uncomfortable encounters with mustachioed weirdos, while the crew pays tribute to the late Donald Gibb of Revenge of the Nerds and Bloodsport fame. The show wraps with Paddy taking a vicious breaking ball directly off the knee while warming up a pitcher with no gear on, proving once again that Little League may actually be more dangerous for middle-aged coaches than the kids. Sponsored By: Fox’s Pizza of Mokena and Orland Park, Flood Bros., Madden Funds and Local 150 Engineers