After covering weighty issues like death, love, religion and spam javelins, 'The King of Edinburgh' (6 Music) is in a frivolous mood with this show about daftness, whether the term cool comedian is an oxymoron, bouncing joyously on the sofa and how Herring's whole career is a failed attempt to top a piece of visual slapstick comedy he came up with at 16. Can he revisit the joke thirty years on or will it smash his old bones?
A new play by Richard Herring. American journalist EM Halliday visits the aged Russian Prince and conspirator in the murder of Rasputin, Felix Yusupov, improbably still alive in 1967. The former richest man in Russia, now reduced to making money from his tall tale, is haunted by the Mad Monk, who even 50 years on refuses to die. Will Yusupov finally reveal the truth? ‘I don't know of an instance in modern history where so many reputable as well as disreputable historians have solemnly repeated such a patently improbable story as if it were gospel’ (EM Halliday). You'll believe a monk can't die!
Having already side-stepped the restrictions of commissioners, producers and censors in his ground-breaking and award winning podcasts, Richard Herring is making the ambitious move to make his own filmed stand-up series.
Filmed monthly at the Leicester Square Theatre in London, each episode will tackle one of the big questions of life: Is there a God? What happens to us when we die? What is love, anyway? Why are we here? Is there really good and evil?
The Chorlte and Sony Award winning (bronze is 3 times better than gold, right?) podcast where Richard interviews some of the biggest names in comedy. Availabel as free audio on iTunes and the British Comedy Guide or visit Go Faster Stripe's brand new video podcast download section, where you can buy video versions of the show.
You can buy podcasts individually, or get a series pass to download all the episodes of series 4 and 5.
It's an object of shame and pride; it can inspire laughter and fear; it's a symbol of power, yet it's incredibly fragile and weak; it can be a pound of flesh or an ounce of winkles, it can be used to express both love and hate; it creates life, it can condemn us to death... and it can do wees as well.
Extras on this double disc spectacular include the long awaited Me1 vs Me2 snooker rematch, two audio versions of Talking Cock from its first outing in 2003, several literal interpretations of where men have put their cocks in the name of pleasure and much more.
Here's the second series of the a Fist 'o' Fun for you all. And you can finally answer the questions that have plagued mankind for years. Was this the series that suffered from being hastily written and having its budget cut by a third? Or was it the better series as our heroes are more comfortable on screen, and have refined their ideas?
Whatever way you look at it, this is the series that has a special place in the nation's heart as it features the moon on a stick, Rod Hull and of course Ian News.
It feels like it's all been building up to this - as you know, we've spent the last few years filming the best comedians that are currently working. But did you know that we've been squirrelling the money away, so that we can present this - a four disc set of Fist of Fun series 1.
We've got the TV series of course, but we've also got you a lot more...
