Ernie and Bert: Bernice Plays Checkers

Ernie and Bert Sketches: Apartment
First Appearance	Episode 1227
Broadcast	January 23, 1979
Additional Appearances

Bert teaches his pigeon, Bernice, how to play checkers. Ernie thinks it's amazing that a pigeon can play checkers, but Bert thinks it is no big deal, because Bernice has only beaten Bert in two out of ten games.

Production

• Written by Emily Perl Kingsley
• Directed by Jon Stone

Releases

Video

• The Best of Ernie and Bert
• The World of Jim Henson (excerpt)
• Old School: Volume 2