Episode 0293


 * Molly points to the word "MAIL" and talks about the letter A.


 * Luis sings the Classifying Song as he regroups a beachball, a basketball and a baseball with either a football or an orange.


 * Song: "I've Got a Mind" (in English and Spanish).


 * Mr. Hooper explains that ice cream, milk and chocolate syrup go in the mixing can, and a milkshake comes out; Luis demonstrates that the pasteles (meat pie) comes out of the bag and goes in his mouth; a boy climbs in one end of a metal toy tunnel and comes out the other end.


 * Muppets sing their Mad Song.


 * Luis imagines that he's a mailman walking along in beautiful weather, meeting friends, and saying hello to nice dogs and cats on his route. Molly suggests that he imagine hiking along int he cold rain, with no friends around, and a great big dog barking at him.


 * Kermit and Bob discuss frogs.


 * Luis looks in Hooper's Store -- rejecting a stick pretzel and a nugget pretzel -- until he finds an 8-shaped pretzel.


 * Ernie the 8 salesman.


 * Mr. Snuffleupagus asks Big Bird if he can move in with him, but Big Bird explains that his nest isn't big enough and that everyone needs enough room to live comfortably.


 * Luis mentions that whoever invented the pencil and pen was a great inventor, and whoever invented the typewriter was a great inventor too. Mr. Hooper says that whoever invented the spoon was a great inventor. A tired Molly thinks that whoever invented roller skates was a great inventor.


 * Molly fans out 8 letters, each with an 8-cent stamp on it; Mr. Hooper shows an old ship's clock that rings 8 times; Luis plays with a train with 8 cars on an 8-shaped track.