Buttons and Figs: Activity Books

05/11/21 • 30 min

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Do you like to say the words, Activity Books? Do you like all the puzzles and games found in Activity Books? Then you'll love comedy musician Mike Phirman's new album titled, "Activity Books". In this episode you'll get to hear one of the songs from his new EP, "Word Search/Vacuum", featuring the voice of Weird Al Yankovich, and you'll get to hear our funny and fabulous interview with Mike about how he became famous and about his unfortunate experience with a vacuum. Buttons & Figs kids will also share ways to wordplay, inspired by this fabulous album. https://buttonsandfigs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/buttons_figs_activity_ep_7_111516.pdf

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