# Google honors Jim Henson on what would have been his 75th Birthday **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 24, 2011, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-honors-jim-henson-on-what-would-have-been-his-75th-birthday/597479 "2011-09-24T19:33:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-honors-jim-henson-on-what-would-have-been-his-75th-birthday/597479/1 "2011-09-24T19:33:04Z")
[Click here](http://www.google.com/) Then click on the puppet’s mouths and move the mouse around. Then wait and watch the two puppets on your right. Magic! ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-honors-jim-henson-on-what-would-have-been-his-75th-birthday/597479/2 "2011-09-24T19:49:30Z")
I just saw this and came to see if anyone posted about it. I forgot what I was going to Google after playing with the muppets. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-honors-jim-henson-on-what-would-have-been-his-75th-birthday/597479/3 "2011-09-24T19:58:09Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > I just saw this and came to see if anyone posted about it. I forgot what I was going to Google after playing with the muppets. [Someone already did, actually.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=625415) ---
**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 24, 2011, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-honors-jim-henson-on-what-would-have-been-his-75th-birthday/597479/4 "2011-09-24T19:58:22Z")
[Thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=625415&highlight=Google) in MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-honors-jim-henson-on-what-would-have-been-his-75th-birthday/597479/5 "2011-09-24T20:00:29Z")
Shit! I only searched in Cafe Society. Well, Henson was enough of a genius, and the Google page is enough fun, to warrant two threads. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-honors-jim-henson-on-what-would-have-been-his-75th-birthday/597479/6 "2011-09-24T22:06:44Z")
I’ve only found two special things the characters do, and I’m not sure what triggers either: The pink guy sometimes tosses his glasses in the air, and the red monster on the far right sometimes eats the tall green one Are there any more hidden behaviors? And what triggers those two? ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2011, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-honors-jim-henson-on-what-would-have-been-his-75th-birthday/597479/7 "2011-09-25T02:19:31Z")
AFAICT, you just click once on the character or its button, then wait about 10 seconds. For your second one, click on the tall green one. He returns after about 30 seconds.You have to reload to see an animation again. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-honors-jim-henson-on-what-would-have-been-his-75th-birthday/597479/8 "2011-09-27T23:07:39Z")
Is there a permalink to an active version? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2011, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-honors-jim-henson-on-what-would-have-been-his-75th-birthday/597479/9 "2011-10-08T01:17:42Z")
[There is now.](http://www.google.com/logos/2011/henson.html) ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2011, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-honors-jim-henson-on-what-would-have-been-his-75th-birthday/597479/10 "2011-10-08T02:04:53Z")
The blue snouty one sometimes sneezes himself off the stage, only to climb back up. ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2011, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-honors-jim-henson-on-what-would-have-been-his-75th-birthday/597479/11 "2011-10-08T18:51:47Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > The blue snouty one sometimes sneezes himself off the stage, only to climb back up. I love that first he uses his snout for a periscope before popping back up.