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Daniel Radcliffe performs Lehrer's periodic table song
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Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter actor) did Lehrer's periodic table song not too long ago. Earnest and cute! this video
Daniel Radcliffe sings "The Elements" - The Graham Norton Show - Series 8 Episode 4 - BBC
9.2M views · Nov 12, 2010 · 1:40 · 1 HN recommender · 3 mentions · discussed 2015–2025
Daniel Radcliffe performs his party trick on The Graham Norton Show: singing Tom Lehrer's 'The Elements', the periodic table song, from memory. It is a two-minute talk-show clip.
Why Hacker News points people here: Mentioned in Tom Lehrer threads as a charming example of Lehrer's song reaching a new audience.
“introducing Tom Lehrer to a crowd who didn't know him”HN comment, 2024
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“introducing Tom Lehrer to a crowd who didn't know him”
Radcliffe introduced Lehrer's song to new audience
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Daniel Radcliffe sang it on Graham Norton, introducing Tom Lehrer to a crowd who didn't know him. this video
“He performed The Elements from memory on a UK talk show”
Radcliffe performed The Elements from memory on talk show
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We all know the Daniel Radcliffe story, right? (He performed The Elements from memory on a UK talk show, which was allegedly what got him hired to play Weird Al in his 'biopic' - this video )