# Google goes trololo **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 5, 2017, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-goes-trololo/795544 "2017-09-05T13:02:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2017, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-goes-trololo/795544/1 "2017-09-05T13:02:27Z")
Google celebrates (a day late) [Eduard Khil’s](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Khil) birthday. Google’s logo is an animated tribute to The Trololo Man. [Original video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oavMtUWDBTM) on Youtube. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2017, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-goes-trololo/795544/2 "2017-09-05T14:31:13Z")
Here’s a link to Google’s animated tribute on YouTube. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/DaCz_SFrTaU/maxresdefault.jpg "Eduard Khil’s 83rd Birthday Google Doodle") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaCz_SFrTaU) ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2017, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-goes-trololo/795544/3 "2017-09-05T14:41:27Z")
I like that song. Thank you for sharing. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2017, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-goes-trololo/795544/4 "2017-09-05T15:18:48Z")
Fantastic! How many more of these Oldie/Goodie things do we need to resurrect? It’s clips like this that remind one of how OLD the internet really is. Lifetimes, in fact. Does anybody but me see the (unlikely) possibility of a duet with Ed Ames? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2017, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-goes-trololo/795544/5 "2017-09-05T18:56:30Z")
Khil performed the song live on TV just before his death in 2012. And \*Family Guy\* did a pretty good tribute to Khil. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/3MH54ewvcWo/maxresdefault.jpg "Family Guy: Mr. Trololo") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MH54ewvcWo) ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2017, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-goes-trololo/795544/6 "2017-09-05T19:54:35Z")
never mind ---
**Author:** ![Chicken\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Chicken\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicken_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2017, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-goes-trololo/795544/7 "2017-09-05T21:29:02Z")
Trololol is still my ring tone. ---
**Author:** ![CurtC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@CurtC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurtC)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2017, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-goes-trololo/795544/8 "2017-09-05T21:41:45Z")
An article I saw earlier (sorry, can’t find it now) claims that the video became an Internet sensation because of the similarity to “troll” and “lol.” That had never occurred to me, and I’m doubtful of it. I thought it was just one of those videos that make you go “what the hell?” ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2017, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-goes-trololo/795544/9 "2017-09-05T22:09:46Z")
> [@CurtC](#): > > An article I saw earlier (sorry, can’t find it now) claims that the video became an Internet sensation because of the similarity to “troll” and “lol.” That had never occurred to me, and I’m doubtful of it. > > I thought it was just one of those videos that make you go “what the hell?” I believe it. Because that allows it to be used for memes.