None-the-less, I was eager to see the evening's replacement acts, as well as new comperes to the Comedy Club, Matt & Faron. As the renowned theme tune started, they dashed on stage to present an interesting yet somewhat lengthy introduction to the show's performances. We were blessed with two acoustically accompanied tracks titled 'Nicotine' and 'Ireland', but neither were side-splittingly funny. This gave out first act, Paul B Edwards, a lot on his plate to whip up the collective masses.

Paul covered an array of themes, and similar to last week's acts, used a guitar to accompany his jokes. With a wispy Elvis styled fringe, he delivered several comedic one-liners including the immortal line, "My girlfriend's a fox: every time she goes in the garden she knocks the bin over". Quality stuff.

Sadly however, consistency is the key to a good comedy act, and Paul struggled to raise cheers as he continued to present the audience with dull gags. Bless him for having a go at such short notice, but as the interval commenced, the general banter in the room was one of disappointment. Roll on the next act.

Matt & Faron's return to the stage followed in their introduction's footsteps, as they demonstrated the 'Tramp Rap' song, exactly the same as their last performance at The Delph. It became apparent that the majority of their compering skills were based on jokes I'd heard them tell once or twice before, and as many others in the crowd were regulars too, the sense of disappointment began to rise. Our prayers were with Steve Harris.

Now Steve is a burly chap, a very witty, musical and talented comedian, and the ideal man for the job of guaranteeing laughter. In Steve's previous sets in years gone by, I've had tears running down my cheeks - and although I shared the sense of disappointment with the masses, our headlining act definitely delivered what we'd all turned up to receive - a quality set of side-splitting gags.

Normally, when writing a review for the comedy night, I jot down the general themes that a comedian talks about. But my notes from the evening don't say an awful lot about Steve Harris. Steve has a skill for covering little bits of everything without sticking to a theme for several minutes and as such, made it very difficult to remember or have time to document any of his jokes. Now there's talent!

Particular aspects that do spring to memory however are Steve's brilliant heckle reversals, human beat-boxing to the theme of LA Law, changing the words to Baz Lurhman's 'Sunscreen Song' (with different lyrics to his previous performances) and a selection of crazed themes such as weight, sex and children. What can I say but Steve Harris saved the night! A true comedy genius.

Next week we're (hopefully) blessed with Russell Howard, Henrik Elmer and compere Danny James. Comedy-goers, it's been emotional. I'll see you down The Delph.