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You are about to travel to the Summertime kid dimension to join the audience of The Sheila Show! The Sheila Show is a summer variety and nonsense sketch comedy show for kids, with skits, musical comedy, and vaudeville-style performances by the eponymous Sheila Carmichael III, along with members of her comedy troupe and various guest stars! Join us each week this summer for new nonsensical episodes!

written and voiced by Mark Peña and Pamela Rogers

The Sheila Show, Wait a Minute, Pro-Cave and The Ummm Song written and produced by Mark Peña and Pamela Rogers

SFX by Zapsplat

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You are about to travel to the Summertime kid dimension to join the audience of The Sheila Show! The Sheila Show is a summer variety and nonsense sketch comedy show for kids, with skits, musical comedy, and vaudeville-style performances by the eponymous Sheila Carmichael III, along with members of her comedy troupe and various guest stars! Join us each week this summer for new nonsensical episodes!

written and voiced by Mark Peña and Pamela Rogers

The Sheila Show, Wait a Minute music written and produced by Mark Peña and Pamela Rogers

Physical Education music by freemidi.org

SFX by Zapsplat

© Buttons & Figs

You are about to travel to the Summertime kid dimension to join the audience of The Sheila Show! The Sheila Show is a summer variety and nonsense sketch comedy show for kids, with skits, musical comedy, and vaudeville-style performances by the eponymous Sheila Carmichael III, along with members of her comedy troupe and various guest stars! Join us each week this summer for new nonsensical episodes!

written and voiced by Mark Peña and Pamela Rogers

The Sheila Show, Wait a Minute, Green & Yellow Thermos music written and produced by Mark Peña and Pamela Rogers

Nonsense Playground - written, performed and recorded by Pamela Rogers & Mark Peña

SFX by Zapsplat

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You are about to travel to the Summertime kid dimension to join the audience of The Sheila Show! The Sheila Show is a summer variety and nonsense sketch comedy show for kids, with skits, musical comedy, and vaudeville-style performances by the eponymous Sheila Carmichael III, along with members of her comedy troupe and various guest stars! Join us each week this summer for new nonsensical episodes!

written and voiced by Mark Peña and Pamela Rogers

The Sheila Show, Wait a Minute, Rip Ziskin music written and produced by Mark Peña and Pamela Rogers

Surf Sensation music by FreeMidi.org, voice Mark Peña

SFX by Zapsplat

© Buttons & Figs

You are about to travel to the Summertime kid dimension to join the audience of The Sheila Show! The Sheila Show is a summer variety and nonsense sketch comedy show for kids, with skits, musical comedy, and vaudeville-style performances by the eponymous Sheila Carmichael III, along with members of her comedy troupe and various guest stars! Join us each week this summer for new nonsensical episodes!

written and voiced by Mark Peña and Pamela Rogers

kid question from Buttons & Figs kid Cruz, age 8

The Sheila Show, Wait a Minute, Rip Ziskin, Salty Legume Spread music written and produced by Mark Peña and Pamela Rogers

Dig in the Yard All Summer - music by Pamela Rogers, voice Mark Peña (cover of Toy Dolls, Dig that Groove Baby)

SFX by Zapsplat

© Buttons & Figs

You are about to travel to the Summertime kid dimension to join the audience of The Sheila Show! The Sheila Show is a summer variety and nonsense sketch comedy show for kids, with skits, musical comedy, and vaudeville-style performances by the eponymous Sheila Carmichael III, along with members of her comedy troupe and various guest stars! Join us each week this summer for new nonsensical episodes!

written and voiced by Mark Peña and Pamela Rogers

kid question from Buttons & Figs kid Paola, age 5

The Sheila Show, Wait a Minute, Rip Ziskin music written and produced by Mark Peña and Pamela Rogers

Surf Sensations music by FreeMidi.org, voice by Mark Peña

SFX by Zapsplat

© Buttons & Figs

You are listening to The Wordplay Zone Nonsense Show (WZNS)! Do not try and make sense of any of what you are about to hear. It is all nonsense, well, except for the part where we teach kids about being a leader. That is real.

Stay tuned, our Summertime nonsense is about to begin!

Nonsense skits written and performed by Mark Peña and Pamela Rogers.

Poncho written, produced and sung by Pamela Rogers

Hoot-Hoo-Hooroo poem and music written by Pamela Rogers

Buttons & Figs Kid voices come from nonsense lovers far and wide.

SFX by Zapsplat

B&F Artwork by Ann Pickard

Graphics by Liz Burrill

For more nonsense visit www.buttonsandfigs.com

Copyright @buttonsandfigs

You are listening to The Wordplay Zone Nonsense Show (WZNS)! Do not try and make sense of any of what you are about to hear. It is all nonsense, well, except for the part where we teach kids about ants and ant farms. That is real.

Tune in to our ring-a-ding-ding, cuz this is the place where we'll be sharing our thing.

Nonsense skits and music written and performed by Mark Peña and Pamela Rogers. Buttons & Figs Kid voices come from nonsense lovers far and wide.

SFX by Zapsplat

Midi from Freemidi.org

For more nonsense visit www.buttonsandfigs.com

Copyright @buttonsandfigs

In celebration of National Poetry Month we have a special guest - this year's Phoenix's Youth Poet Laureate Myra Kamel! In this episode we talk with Myra about how she how she fell in love with poetry and what inspires her to write poetry...but best of all, you get to hear a nature poem she wrote, titled, A Siesta. She also shares how she was inspired her to write her poem and ideas for how you can start writing a nature poem too.

If you'd like to hear more about the Phoenix Youth Poetry Program, visit CYAZ.org. If you'd like to start a youth poetry program, visit UrbanWordNYC.org. And if you'd like to read and learn about poets visit poetryfoundation.org

Here are links to all of Myra's poetry recommends in the episode:

The Borderline (Myra's literary mag)- https://www.theborderlinemag.org/

Write the World - www.writetheworld.com

Kid Spirit - www.kidspiritonline.com

Scholastic Arts & Writing - www.artandwriting.org

Polyphony Lit - (for high school students) www.polyphonylit.org

Dandelion Press - www.dandelionpress.com

Young Writers Initiative - www.tywi.org

ReFrame - www.reframephx.org

Virginia Piper Center for Creative Writing - www.piper.asu.edu

Desert Dweller Podcast - find it on Apple, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts

You can also follow Phoenix Youth Poets on Instagram at @phxyouthpoetlaureateprogram

Interview captured on Zoom,

SFX from Zapsplat and Garageband

Epic Encore: War of the Fools! Once again, this April Fool's Day, nonsense appears to be on a collision course with reason!

We present - Buttons & Figs and the Oyster Actors on the Air in, The War of the Fools. It was on this day, April 1st, in which weird happenings began to happen. Reporters began to report reportable events, reportable strange happenings, reportable odd sightings - a meat shower, a weird alphabet song, odd creatures sailing in a sieve making demands...what if it were all true?! Featuring voices from the pod-o-sphere, including The Past & The Curious, Composer Dad, and What If World. Tune in to Buttons & Figs to find out what the reporters are reporting this April Fool’s day. btw...does anyone have any stilton cheese?!

Take care out there and watch out!

This is a production of buttonsandfigs.com. Written and recorded in 2019 with Buttons & Figs kids, Kids Listen podcast members and the voices of Buttons & Figs.