STAND-UP comic Bobby Murdock continues his comedy column for Weekend.

This month, the Padgate resident wonders whether we'll see the likes of Morecambe and Wise ever again and looks ahead to the Edinburgh Festival 2015.

I'M really glad that Eric Morecambe's statue is back in its rightful place...after a man tried to saw one of his legs off!

I was absolutely gutted when I found out about what had happened as I've always been a big fan of the late comedian.

Those readers who are a little bit younger may not have heard of Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise but they were a comedy duo that performed on television for many years.

They were a totally original act with lots of brilliantly funny sketches, prop comedy, musical numbers and dance, one-line jokes and they brought happiness to millions across the country.

When the episodes were on the television they also performed live across the country in many theatres.

Their routines and TV specials are still repeated to this day. For any younger readers who have not seen them, I can't recommend catching one of the classic episodes highly enough.

You can sometimes catch their episodes on TV channel Gold – and they still deliver pure belly laughs more than 30 years on.

They would also rope in many of the world's celebrities and performing artists of the time. People would queue up to come on the show and have the mickey taken out of them.

I would love to see TV programmes made like this again, obviously with a modern twist.

Especially because of all the reality TV and all the cheap television programs that get produced nowadays. Which makes me ask the question: will we ever see the likes of Eric and Ernie again?

As for me, I'm currently preparing for the Edinburgh Comedy Festival in August.

Writing a show, preparing the material, road testing it and getting it honed takes a lot of time. Last year I spent four months testing the material, performing three gigs a week over this period.

It's a long journey of patience and tears and writing and rewriting at the kitchen table but it pays off.

I always try and keep my shows energetic with lots of punchlines and good stories which is my favourite part of the act – taking people on the journey, painting pictures with words.

Edinburgh is totally different from the normal comedy circuit. The audiences are a little bit more savvy and have lots experience of watching shows critically.

When you're performing at comedy clubs what the audience want is gag after gag after gag.

But when you're performing an Edinburgh show you can really go into detail and build up a rapport with the audience and you get to know them and they get to know you over 45 to 50 minutes.

The last two shows have been called Who Dares Grins and Who Dares Grins Again...imaginative, I know.

As some of you may have read from previous months I also play a 'Spanish' character on Wire FM called 'Juan-liner' and perform one-line gags to unsuspecting people on the phone.

I would like to try and adapt the character for live comedy and this is a project which will hopefully happen for 2015.

You never know, Juan will possibly make some cameo appearances during the Edinburgh Festival.

Another of my New Year's resolutions is to look into doing some extra work and possibly explore acting.

I'm used to standing on the stage with a microphone and would like to interact with others in some form of performance like this.