Rich has had a proper sleep for the first time in a while - will it make any difference? Probably not. He still confesses to a string of unsolved serious crimes - let's hope the police aren't listening. Don't dob him in man. He has the bright and breezy Francesca Martinez to chat to, who is either one of the best comics in Edinburgh this year or possibly the sickest. She has tales of Grange Hill and offending Laurence Llewelyn Bowen and being wobbly, whilst Rich is looking back on another Fringe fight and hastily trying to write his Radio 4 show about ginger hair by nicking all of his guests best jokes on the subject. Kenneth Kendal survives another day, though Robert Robinson is not so lucky. Keith Allen, it seems, will do anything for a blow job.

It's episode 9 of RHEFP and Richard is tired and not in the mood, but then audibly surprised at how well his half-arsed opening monologue goes down and he's rejuvenated and full of beans from then on in. He has tales of the changes that take place in 24 years in a chip shop, plus too much information about the actresses he has gone out with and the princess that he failed to seduce. His guest, Paul Sinha, is less impressively one degree of separation from celebrity fellatio (alas not Keith Allen) and used to fancy Richard before 'The King of Edinburgh' (Three Weeks) got too fat and old. Rich chastises Jack Whitehall for obvious plagiarism, is reminded of his cruel Celebrity Mastermind defeat and takes us back to 1995 when he was looking at his immaturity in Richard Herring is All Man. CJ from Eggheads rears his ugly egghead as well and there's some unpleasant stuff about how to improve the film Love Actually with sexual assault. With stand-up from Tania Edwards. Also there's a Kenneth Kendal health and sexuality update.

Episode 8 - Deluge - It's been pissing down in Edinburgh for 24 hours, but everyone's in good spirits because there are two fabulous guests - Dave Gorman and Nick Doody. Rich has a zooaphilia-based new challenge for Dave to write a book about, but Dave seems more keen to play darts. The weirdo. There's chat about being spotted on Twitter and/or Heat magazine as well as the 'stuff' that Paul Daniels hates and Rich almost getting in fight with a flying picket. Sorry a Flying Picket. And Raquel from Only Fools. One lucky punter is going to win the entire back catalogue of www.gofasterstripe.com (go there to buy work by some of the country's best comedians - and Andrew Collings). You'll also find out if Dave Gorman has ever seen a ghost. Nick Doody is on hand for a great stand-up set. His decision to not go in the Fringe programme is explained here: http://bit.ly/NickDoody

Richard wonders if he is in the middle of a 3 and a half week long piece of theatre rather than a podcast, but presses on, cos though he feels as if he's in a play, he is anyway. He's trying out for Michael McIntyre's Roadshow with his opening monologue but keeps forgetting not to swear. His guest is the Canadian comedy genius Glenn Wool who has some excellent advice on how to deal with the English rioters, and also weirdly enough has independently come up with two routines that Rich has also been considering - great minds think alike - and so do rubbish ones. The boys share their stories of unusual biopsies and ghosts and love and life on the road. With 5 minutes of stand-up from the brilliant Simon Munnery, because he lives across the road and Rich had neglected to book anyone. Whoever wrote today's script for the play was on blistering form. Hope you enjoy it!

Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner, that I burn London down... Rich is in shock at the events in London and fearful that the 15 year old in the front row might mug him for his AIOTM DVD, but it all works out fine. Rich's guest is Glasgow lawyer turned comedian Susan Calman who has lots to say on the riots and Jimmy hats and comedy. Rich is terribly indiscreet about his fellow cast members from the 1992 Fringe sketch show - the dum show. Thanks to the audience members who bought a crown for the King of Edinburgh - though Rich wants to make it clear he is not encouraging this nickname. With stand-up from Naz Osmanoglu.

Rich is considering getting run over by a bus to give him a show for next year's Fringe, after Tim Vine has rejected him as a gag writer and he's smarting from a weird, scary audience from last night's What Is Love, Anyway?, but luckily today's podcast audience aren't weird - well not in that way. Obviously they're deeply odd and there's not enough of them, but hopefully things will pick up so Richard can be financially rewarded for another slow descent into madness. Today's guests are Dan 'Sparkling Helmet' Antopolski and Nick Helm and there's an extra special appearance from Cliff who was once a contestant on Countdown. The identity of the mysterious cupboard puncher might finally be revealed after nine years of escaping justice and because Rich is tired there's a lot of talk of bodily effluent. The hour zips by - let's hope it's not Kenneth Kendall's last one.

Two shows a day is already taking its toll on Richard who like a bumbling Mr Bean is spilling water and losing prizes all over the shop this episode. Let's hope he's not ill. He's fresh from dual embarrassments in the jacuzzi at the swimming pool and astonished about the new nickname that he has somehow acquired that has been sweeping the Fringe. He has no idea why everyone is calling him the King of the Fringe, and as flattered as he is that that's what people are saying he hopes it won't catch on. It's not fair to the other performers. Including today's guests, the clown haired satirist Andy Zaltzman and the double act The Behemoth. There's chat about the London riots, fan grooming, being the less successful one in a double act and whether heckles have a sell by date. And then Andy saves the day by coming up with a great unprompted anecdote to fill the final five minutes of the show.

Rich has slept in and not had much time to prepare for the show, but luckily it doesn't seem to matter as there are lots of people in and they're drinking and they're up for fun - even if some of the more mature members are furious about the monarchy. Plus an update on the teenage girls and their mum from yesterday. Rich makes friends with a History student called Sleeveland or something, whose knowledge of Guy Fawkes is pitiful. Today's main guest is Tony Law who is enjoying the time away from his young children and having a cool pint of lager. His impressive face hair provides the subject for much of the conversation - though he seems to deflect Rich's request to kiss him, but the predominance of hair cuts and t-shirts on the Edinburgh posters also gets a look in and there are tales of Edinburgh's past as usual. Stand-up is from Chris McCausland.

Richard is in a bad mood as he's just come from the gym where Ian Virgin has inexplicably charged him a pound for his towel and then he saw himself on the news so he is worried he is dead. His guest is Matthew Crosby from Pappy's who has to ponder what it would take to make him fellate Keith Allen. Light is shed on the truth about Greyfriar's Bobby and whether it's worth travelling to Mars for a glass of water and Rich is travelling back to 1988 for his story from the Fringe. There's 5 minutes of stand-up from the brilliant Lou Sanders and one lucky person is set to win 25 pound and a copy of AIOTM: The Complete Cumpkin.

Here it is, almost live from The Stand comedy club in Edinburgh. The very first RHEFP (rhefp), a daily podcast keeping you up to date with all the Fringe gossip and hot and not shows. Plus loads of stupid banter with a top comedy guest (or in this case Michael 'Nerrin' Legge). It's the first try so sorry if the sound is a bit uneven - we tried to record it with the Tascam but some audience interaction sent that smashing to the floor and so this is the version recorded through the desk, and I think Michael might have forgotten to speak into his microphone. Because he is a dick. Or the balance might have been off. But let's blame Michael. We talk about foam pies and pizzas in eyes and Twitter threats, as well as finding out which made-up shows the audience have already seen. There's stand-up from Catie Wilkins and a competition in which you will find out Rasputin's phone number and who Michael may or may not be cat-sitting for. Plus tales of Hunter from Gladiators and being wanked off by a ventriloquist dummy (not the same story). And someone won 50 in cash.