Flood Bros. Disposal present The Skinny & Houli Show and this week the lads are camped out doing the show at Smith Village in Beverly as they host a live audience of Southside fans. Our special guest for this special show is the one and only Liam Durkin, the Southside Irish Balladeer, and he does […]
Podcast: April 23, 2016
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Flood Brothers Disposal presents The Skinny and Houli show and this week the crowd at Lizzie’s is buzzing! The guys jump right in on telling us about all the important events coming up in Chicago in the next few weeks. If you haven’t already, make sure you get your tickets for their Annual trip to […]
Podcast: August 8, 2015
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Skinny and Houli welcome new elected President of the Irish American Heritage Center Gene Cooney to the show. Gene is a long time member of the Heritage Center as well as an undertaker with Cooney Funeral Home, which his grandfather from Galway founded over a hundred years ago. Gene has a vision for the center […]
Podcast: Nov. 30, 2013
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It’s the Skinny & Houli Thanksgiving weekend show and the lads welcome the inimitable Boz O’Brien, proprietor of the legendary saloon Reilly’s Daughter as Boz talks up the re-appearance of Johnny Lattner’s 1953 Heisman Trophy at Reilly’s in Midway airport for the next several weeks. Skinny, Houli, and Boz all trade stories about Lattner thru […]
Podcast: May 25, 2013
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Skinny & Houli welcome actor/sewer rat Barney Farrelly to the show as he promotes The Gaelic Park Irish Fest this weekend and also tells tales of his early days in Chicago and his adventures on the stage over the years at Gaelic Park. Barney fits right in with the lads when he mistakenly calls Skinny […]
Podcast: January 26, 2013
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Irish Musician of the decade and squeezebox virtuoso Jimmy Keane joins us for the show playing a multitude of tunes on his piano/accordion while filling us in on how his parents started him on the road to Irish music. Then Kathy O’Neill and Deirdre McNulty from the Irish American Heritage Center join Skinny & Houli to promote […]
Podcast: Aug. 25, 2012
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You never know who’s going to show up for Friday night “Live at Lizzie’s” with the Skinny & Houli Show. Chicago Tribune columnist, radio and TV personality Jen Weigel, taking a stroll by the river, sat down to shoot the breeze with Skinny & Houli. Then Irish American bestselling author of “Galway Bay”, Mary Pat […]
Podcast: Jan. 28, 2012
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This week Skinny and Houli tell tales of their wild night at the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade corned beef and cabbage fundraiser at Plumbers Hall, earlier this week. Listen to the taped interviews with guests Boz and Brendan O’Brien of Reilly’s Daughter, Peggy and Steve Lombardo of Gibson’s Steakhouse on Rush Street, Queen Contest […]
Podcast: July 30, 2011
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Skinny & Houli taped live at the Catholic Charities golf outing earlier in the week out at Cog Hill in Lemont. Tune in as the lads perform their show amidst 400 golfers eating and drinking after the day of golf. Skinny and Houli spent all day on the 14th hole for a par 3 challenge […]
Podcast: March 26, 2011
March 26, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Wow, another knock-out show! We start with a bit of boxing news about our good friend, Tom Zbikowski. This northwest suburban Arlington Heights native is headed into another boxing gig tonight in Atlantic City. Then the boys sit down with Dan Smith of St. Patrick’s High School for a very interesting interview of the history […]
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