Word: houlihan
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...circus, part revival meeting, part convention. Most of the paying guests, according to Wilson, were hotel and shopping-center people and "the Who's Who of the theme-restaurant business." Theme restaurants have nothing to do with Ye Olde Tea Shoppes. These days quaint is a growth industry. Houlihan's Old Place, for example, has grown in the past seven years from one place in Kansas City to a national chain of 18 restaurants, featuring stained glass, antique kitsch and rock music. Recently bought by W.R. Grace, Houlihan's will open ten new restaurants this year...
Martin said the superior front line work of Peterson and Houlihan was crucial. "Tom Houlihan was the key to the frontline play. He won the game for us with his hitting," Martin said in praise of the freshman...
...Chris Peterson spikes, a Tom Houlihan service ace, and another N.U. net violation gave the Crimson a 13-12 lead which they never relinquished...
Moments later, Actor Rip Torn, who has played a bodyguard called Raoul Key O'Houlihan, goes after Mailer (or Kingsley) with a hammer. "You're supposed to die, Mr. Kingsley," Torn yells. "You must die, not Mailer." The director stares at him in frightened disbelief. At that moment, Mailer later said, it was impossible for him to tell whether Torn was serious or only acting. Torn claimed he was acting, but audiences still cannot tell as they watch the episode. In this scene Mailer achieves his objective: the melding of screen illusion and reality...
...must have been a magic mirror. After 15 years, Sally Kellerman is one of the screen's loveliest and most delightful comediennes, a fortuitous cross between Kay Kendall and Carole Lombard. Last week her work as Major "Hot Lips" Houlihan in the heretical M*A*S*H won her a nomination for an Academy Award...