"Weird Al" Yankovic and Daniel “Harry Potter” Radcliffe were destined to be together onstage, and now they are! (sort of) This loving tribute to two icons of entertainment will leave you giggling as your toes are tapping. American comedian/musician Steve Goodie brings it all together with songs and accordions and guitars and visual effects that cost many dozens of pounds, all for your amusement!

August 31, 2025    EdFringeReview

As we all know, if there’s an accordion onstage, it will be played. But this tribute uses more than just instruments as Steve Goodie masters everything from the guitar and ukelele to bubble guns and Microsoft Powerpoint. Goodie hails from Nashville, Tennessee where he writes and records both comedic parody songs and original compositions. In this tribute, Goodie honors his biggest inspirations: Weird Al Yankovic, Daniel Radcliffe, and Tom Lehrer. Through songs, a Q&A session, and an impressive Powerpoint presentation, Goodie chronicles how all these lives connect and come together to create this show.

While most tribute shows feature celebrity look-alikes aiming to perform as their chosen celebrity, Goodie prefers to take the opportunity to perform with Weird Al and Daniel Radcliffe instead. That’s right, Goodie has two celebrities onstage with him, as cartoon Powerpoint animations. They may not walk the stage, but they sure do talk, singing along to the songs, chatting with each other, and interrupting their host.

The synchronization of Goodie’s Powerpoint with his script is absolutely masterful. The slides change so seamlessly, I can’t tell when he changes them at all. The timing of the songs, the banter, the montages, and the animations are simply flawless. This is clearly a very well-rehearsed passion project and the work shows with every interaction.

Are you a fan of Weird Al Yankovic? Daniel Radcliffe? Tom Lehrer? A know-it-all about them and their works? No need! With Goodie’s Weird Tribute, you’ll either have a fun trivia session or learn something completely new. Goodie’s tribute is delightfully nerdy, wordy, niche and, well, weird! His energy is so infectious that you can’t help but get excited when he gets excited. And though I’m not a Weird Al fan, I found the entire performance incredibly engaging as I was laughing and participating with the rest of the audience. So, put on your best Hawaiian shirt, learn to play an odd instrument, and get ready for a tribute full of Dad jokes, silly songs, and a whole lot of joy. Click Here For Review

August 20, 2025    One4Review

Like many millennial comedy nerds, much of my formative years were spent listening on repeat to the reworkings of popular songs made by comedy music legend Weird Al Yankovich, from Armish Paradise (a parody of Coolio’s Gangsta’s Paradise) to Eat It (a food-focused redux of Michael Jackson’s Beat It). So, I was really looking forward to a tribute to the accordion-wielding entertainer this Fringe from a fellow Weird Al fan in the form of US comedian/musician Steve Goodie.

Rather than being a regular tribute show consisting mostly of impressions and popular hits, Goodie’s production is more the live-action equivalent of a fanzine printed on the school copier and distributed around the interested friends on the playground. His love and admiration for Weird Al, and his complete delight at 2022’s Weird: The Al Yankovic Story starring another of his heroes, former boy wizard Daniel Radcliff, is the impetus behind the show. There are original songs, reflections on the influence that these comedy entertainers have had on Goodie’s life and a good deal of silly fun along the way.

Goodie is accompanied on stage by Yankovich and Radcliff, or at least their cartoon equivalents, along with his producer – a bobble head toy called Steve – via a really smooth set of animations and pre-recorded voice overs. Goodie’s ability to react to the characters on screen without looking speaks volumes of the amount of rehearsal, polish and love he’s put into this passion-project of a show.

It’s hard to know how much this show would appeal to people who’ve never heard of Weird Al or aren’t a fan of his content – it’s never so niche with the references newcomers might be lost, but as it’s more about the feelings around the artist than his work itself, I doubt you’d leave with any more knowledge of him than you arrived with. But if you are a fan, it’s a lovely way to geek out for an hour with a lot of well-placed laughs. Click Here For Review