Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(US) eccentric, crazy.

1890		Salt Lake Herald (UT) 27 Feb. 5/3: Miss Sharpley - I beg your pardon, Mr Noodley, did I understand you to say something? Mr Noodley (pouting) - Why, my dear Miss Sharpley, I`ve been talking to you for half an hour, don’t you know.
1908		K. McGaffey Sorrows of a Show Girl Ch. xviii: The whole blooming gang have gone so noodley that they won’t even stop to buy me a drink.
1935		W. Smith Bessie Cotter 202: That’s just a lot of noodly talk.