POOR old bloody Michael Jackson. Concert promoters still trying to make a fast buck off his name, his "last ever" pics gracing the front cover of the shameless OK Magazine, and the rolling news guff - oh my days, the rolling news guff.

It's just as well he'll only die once, as the Daily Show saw fit to demonstrate last night...

DJ MARK Radcliffe's Family Mahone comes to an outdoor stage near you

IT'S not all glamour in this game, you know.

THE Comedy Trust's Stand Out young comedian of the year competition takes place this weekend (and those are your finalists above).

Practically official Scouse treasures John Bishop and Les Dennis are among the supporters of the event, which takes place in the concert room of St George's Hall on Saturday (July 4).

WORTH the wait? Oh yes...

I HAVEN'T been so well, but even that doesn't really explain how much I liked Krod Mandoon... or how much I was perving at Sean Maguire's abs.

Apparently, I wasn't making my blog headlines enticing enough.

IT may not have gone unnoticed round these parts that this year the Comedy Blog seemed to have completely bypassed the Liverpool Comedy Festival.

Holidays, night shifts, and a soupcon of general nihilism - dearie me, everything seemed to get in the way.

But it would be silly to let it pass by without mention. So over to our lovely (and first ever) guest blogger, stand up Sam Avery, to fill us in on what we missed. He writes:

Is fourth time the charm for Reginald D Hunter?

A toofer-one, if you will