Episode 1144




 * David demonstrates ventriloquism to his friends with Victor the dummy.


 * Film: Steamshovel


 * Ernie and Bert: Ernie won't stop saying how thirsty he is, no matter how many glasses of water Bert brings him. Even after he's finished, he still won't stop: "Boy, was I thirsty."


 * Arthur Ashe explains how practice made him a better tennis player.


 * Oscar practices ventriloquism with "Crummy the Dummy".


 * Sesame Street News Flash: The Pied Piper of Hamelin has trouble luring mice -- but Kermit doesn't!


 * Film: How string beans are harvested.


 * Oscar practices ventriloquism with his dummy.


 * Grover and Madeline Kahn sing "Sing After Me."


 * Cartoon: A little boy tries to drink from a tall water fountain.


 * Count von Count and his fiancee count the times he asks her to marry him.


 * Oscar and his dummy say the words "at", "bat", and "mat".


 * Cartoon: An elephant and a bear try to cross a bridge to deliver their packages, but they're in each other's way.


 * Cookie Monster: Cookie Monster is about to eat a cookie when a sad-looking girl approaches and stares at him. He tries to eat the cookie, but can't do it. He breaks the cookie in half and shares the cookie with the girl. He eats his half of the cookie. When the girl eats her half, she eats it just like Cookie Monster.


 * Sesame Street Animal Films: Gar


 * Ernie and Bert: Bert tells Ernie to put away his toys, and Ernie devises a system of arranging toys. Unfortunately, all the categories he names only apply to his toy fire engine.


 * Oscar argues with his dummy.