You’ve been doing comedy for a few years now, what’s been the high point and what’s been the low point?

The low point can be read about here - http://www.richardherring.com/warmingup/warmingup.php?id=1003

I think the high point was doing my first truly one man show, “Christ on a Bike” in 2001. It was a big deal for me to go back to solo performing and this turned out to be my favourite show. There was a bit in it which was probably the funniest thing I have ever done and it was amazing to have a room full of people crying with laughter and knowing you still had funnier stuff to come. Hopefully the true high point is still yet to come.

Talking Cock was an informative, yet knob gag filled, tale of humanities relationship with the penis. Do you plan to write any more books based on body parts? I think the penis is where I will leave it for the moment. Although I have always threatened to write a book called “Talking Massive Tits”. I won’t though. Writing the cock book was an incredible and exhausting Odyssey and I don’t think I could go through it all again.

Do you plan to work with Stewart Lee again any time soon?

We have no plans to work on anything together at the moment, but that doesn’t mean we won’t. I think it’s unlikely in the short term as we are both busy with our own projects. I did ask him if he fancied doing an Edinburgh show in 2007 which will be the 20th anniversary of our first show there, but he didn’t want to. He might change his mind.

What’s your best script or idea that never made it to stage, screen or radio?

Everything I have written for stage has been put on, but only because I put it on myself. There are loads of things that don’t make it on to the telly though. Me and Stew wrote a sit-com about people being held hostage which I think could have been great.

Should bananas be used in savoury dishes such as curry or are they purely a sweet food?

Although I prefer my bananas in sweet form and don’t eat them in savoury dishes, I think it is wrong to start making hard and fast rules about these things. Because that way madness lies. So although I don’t want bananas in my curry I can’t condone a society that passes a law that forbids other people doing so.

Whose you favourite Top Drunk and why?

It’s definitely Rasputin. I try to use him as a model by which I live my own life. I also wrote a musical about him, Ra-Ra-Rasputin.

When was the last time you got so drunk you puked up?

It’s been a long time. I can now drink a lot and never get sick. When I was about 22 I downed two pints of thick scrumpy in under a minute and then puked my guts out and collapsed on a stairway where I slept the night.

Got any good cocktail recipes?

I really don’t. I tend to mix alcohol in my stomach and thus cut out the middle man.

What’s your favourite alcoholic beverage and why?

I like a good red wine.

Had any interesting experiences with the occult?

I really haven’t. Nor any boring ones. Though a boring experience with the occult would be quite remarkable in itself.

What’s the best city to go out partying in and why?

London, because I can get home to my own bed afterwards. And there’s more to do here than anywhere else.

Share your best joke with our devoted Cult followers.

I don’t really tend to do jokes. My favourite joke is the one that ends “Lemon entry my dear Watson” but just saying the punchline is as funny as telling the whole joke.

Do you fancy joining the Cult of the Drunken Prophet?

I am not keen on joining any cult. It starts out looking fun but ends with you drinking poison or attempting to hitchhike on to flying saucers or in a stand off with the police. So although I wish you all the best of luck I will remain an interested observer.