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Standing at a mighty 4-foot-3 inches, Lil’ John Rinaldi<\/a> commanded the attention of visitors for the first day of the two-day The BIG Adios Muchachos Show \u2014 a farewell to fans \u2014 just as he did on “The Big Chuck and Lil’ John Show” for all those years.<\/p>\n By 11:45 a.m. on Sept. 13, hundreds of fans of comedy, horror, all things Cleveland and a simple good time had poured into Emidio & Sons Banquet Center in Cuyahoga Falls to see Lil’ John, Bob “Hoolihan” Wells and a host of entertainers and artists who have been in the orbit of WJW’s (Channel 8) titans of comedy.<\/p>\n Front and center, of course, was Lil’ John himself, who greeted and took photos with fans and signed autographs.<\/p>\n “You\u2019re never going to see a collection of these people in one room like you\u2019re going to see today,” Rinaldi told the audience. “You\u2019re going to see Tim Taylor. You\u2019re going to see Hoolihan. You\u2019ve got Bill Ward here. You’ve got Big Stash. Jan Jones is coming out tomorrow. So, it\u2019s a great time for Cleveland television and radio. Ed ‘Flash’ Ferenc from ‘Jeff & Flash’ is going to be here. They\u2019re all going to be here.”<\/p>\n The event will pay tribute to \u201cBig Chuck\u201d Schodowski, Rinaldi’s close friend and collaborator, who died in January<\/a>.<\/p>\n Before “The Hoolihan and Big Chuck Show,” Wells and Schodowski supported Ernie “Ghoulardi” Anderson on “Shock Theater” on WJW.<\/p>\n Wells hosted “The Hoolihan and Big Chuck Show” before he moved to The Sunshine State and Big Chuck took dancer, funnyman \u2014 and jeweler \u2014 Lil’ John under his wing.<\/p>\n Wells, who traveled to the show from Florida, told fans on Sept. 13 that he and his collaborators didn’t know how their comedic skits would perform, but they took a chance.<\/p>\n “And thank God, most everybody liked what we did,” Wells said.<\/p>\n