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