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1. 31. Charity Quiz @ The Comedy Store

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 21 December 2004 YOU could almost have been in the Tower Ballroom in Blackpool, listening to the strains of Johnny 'Velvet Fingers' Carr playing his organ (insert your own innuendo here) in the Store last night.

2. 32. Comedy Store Players @ The Manchester Comedy Festival

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 22 October 2004 THE Players made their annual trip up north last night clutching close, cardis, scarves and handfuls of Eccles cakes to appease the locals.

3. 33. Justin Moorhouse, Local Knowledge @ Comedy Store

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 02 November 2004 IT'S always interesting to see the same show at different points on the tour, and the last time we popped in to see Justin Moorhouse's Local Knowledge was last July when he did three shows in a row at the Lowry.

4. 34. Stand Up Thursday @ The Comedy Store

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 03 September 2004 THE Edinburgh festival can be a tiringly beery experience for a stand up, rendering the beginning of September sapped of energy and screaming for Echinacea.

5. 35. Tiger Lillies @ Comedy Store

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 23 November 2004 THE world of The Tiger Lillies is a blasphemous, Brechtian nightmare of a place, mostly peopled by drunkards, prostitutes and deviants.

6. 36. The Divine Comedy – Absent Friends (Parlophone)

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 17 June 2004 THE title track from the album billed as Neil Hannon's one-man comeback sounds every bit as luxurious as his previous decade's worth of material.

7. 37. Daniel Kitson @ The Comedy Store

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 07 July 2004 BEING the kind of comedian that people tend to feel protective of (maybe it's the bottle bottom glasses and scraggy beard), Kitson discovered someone had left a present on his seat. 'I've got six butterfly cakes in here' he said excitedly, peering under the plastic lid of the ice cream tub.

8. 38. The Unbroadcastable Radio Show @ The Comedy Store

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 20 December 2004 WHAT with Blunkett's resignation, the BNP works party debacle and Christmas coming, there was plenty for the Unbroadcastable team to get their incisors into and shake around this month.

9. 39. Stand Up Thursday @ The Comedy Store

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 03 December 2004 THURSDAY night at the Store means three acts all swinging without the safety net of a compere. No worries there though as Roger Monkhouse, regular compere and swift with an acerbic line for any occasion was up first.

10. 40. Seymour Mace Imaginary Friends Reunited @ The Comedy Store

    Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 22 December 2004 "PLEASE welcome your host for this evening'me!" came the unmistakeable Geordie tones of Seymour Mace over the PA system, having settled for introducing himself onto the stage, out he popped.

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