Riley's Trick Shop

11/26/2024

It was ten years ago today that Riley's closed forever.

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01/11/2024

Found this from CBS news. Be sure to listen to the podcast.

Riley's Trick shop in Palos Hills has been making people laugh for decades.

01/16/2023

I found this in the basement. Eleanor Riley in her Easter finest in front of the Rhodes Avenue store.

02/17/2019

09/17/2015

This article about my book was published in our local paper today.

06/02/2015

Here's the link to the podcast of the Skinny and Houli Show where yours truly shamelessly promotes the updated version of "Oh Really, Riley?." Thanks for the fun time, guys. Listen to the whole show if you can. If not, my part begins at 04:30 and seems to go on forever.

http://skinnyhouli.com/2015/06/podcast-may-30-2015/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+skinnyhouli+%28The+Skinny+and+Houli+Show%29&utm_content=FeedBurner

Skinny and Houli welcome old pal Jim Riley of the late, great Riley's Trick Shop as Jim talks to us about his retirement from the whoopie cushion game and into literature. Jim's new book, "Oh Reall...

05/27/2015

It's come to my attention that some of you did not receive the original announcement that the complete Riley's book has been published. Here's the link:
https://www.createspace.com/5297249

Oh Really, Riley? Is the complete history of Riley's Trick Shop, a Chicago South Side institution from 1937 until 2014. It tells the story of the business and the family behind it from the birth of its founder in 1908 until the day it closed its doors for the final time.

05/12/2015

I have just submitted final approval. "Oh Really, Riley?" is finished. I will let you know as soon as it's available.

05/07/2015

We're getting close! I just saw a proof of "Oh Really, Riley?" and it looks great. I made a couple of updates and should be giving final approval in a couple of days.

04/24/2015

Here's another old-school headline. We brought it to Milwaukee.

04/24/2015

Here's one of our old-school headlines printed on our Vandercook proof press. It was for our relatives in Sweden. My parents might have taken it to them on one of their trips.