# New Muppets Google Doodle **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 24, 2011, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-muppets-google-doodle/597400 "2011-09-24T00:07:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-muppets-google-doodle/597400/1 "2011-09-24T00:07:58Z")
In honor of Jim Henson’s 75th birthday, you can be a muppeteer. > **[Google](https://www.google.com/)** > > Search the world's information, including webpages, images, videos and more. Google has many special features to help you find exactly what you're looking for. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-muppets-google-doodle/597400/2 "2011-09-24T00:48:28Z")
What does it do? (I have no sound.) ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-muppets-google-doodle/597400/3 "2011-09-24T02:17:37Z")
There is no sound element. Try clicking on the button under one of the muppets, and then moving your mouse around. ---
**Author:** ![Caveat\_lector\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@Caveat\_lector\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caveat_lector_1)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-muppets-google-doodle/597400/4 "2011-09-24T03:22:46Z")
clicking the mouse does stuff as well ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-muppets-google-doodle/597400/5 "2011-09-24T03:27:23Z")
You can get his glasses to fly off. ---
**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 24, 2011, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-muppets-google-doodle/597400/6 "2011-09-24T04:29:23Z")
> **[Google Doodle Honors 75th Birthday of Muppets Creator Jim Henson](https://www.pcmag.com/archive/google-doodle-honors-75th-birthday-of-muppets-creator-jim-henson-288185)** > > Google is celebrating the 75th birthday of Muppets creator Jim Henson with an interactive homepage doodle that turns the average Web user into a puppeteer. > [@](#): > > “There are also special animations to discover as you play with the doodle,” teased Kris Hom, a software engineer at Google. But other than a character following the cursor, the only animation I’ve found is the one **ScissorJack** mentions. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-muppets-google-doodle/597400/7 "2011-09-24T04:32:44Z")
You have to click on the buttons. I got the red one to eat the tall one! ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-muppets-google-doodle/597400/8 "2011-09-24T08:05:18Z")
For the glasses guy I click on him, and then move the mouse up and down quickly. For the red monster eating the tall one, I click on the red one then rest my mouse on the tall one. If there are other animations would anybody care to post them? ---
**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 24, 2011, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-muppets-google-doodle/597400/9 "2011-09-24T10:19:57Z")
I like that they put what the doodle was for at the top. I don’t see the point in making the user click just to figure out what’s going on, nor in having to modify the search results so that they tell you. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-muppets-google-doodle/597400/10 "2011-09-24T14:52:58Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I like that they put what the doodle was for at the top. I don’t see the point in making the user click just to figure out what’s going on, nor in having to modify the search results so that they tell you. Google always has mouseover text to explain the doodle. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-muppets-google-doodle/597400/11 "2011-09-24T16:10:59Z")
If you click on the blue one on the left side and move the cursor up and down a lot, eventually a blue bar appears behind the entire doodle. But, dang it, there should TOTALLY be audio with this. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-muppets-google-doodle/597400/12 "2011-09-24T16:25:23Z")
Awww I went to the Google homepage and I can’t see it. I’m living in Asia so maybe it’s already too late ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-muppets-google-doodle/597400/13 "2011-09-24T16:55:51Z")
I thought there was supposed to be sound too! I spent \*way \*too much time this morning trying to fix it! ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-muppets-google-doodle/597400/14 "2011-09-24T17:00:21Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > Awww I went to the Google homepage and I can’t see it. I’m living in Asia so maybe it’s already too late ☹ If you have iGoogle or your most used tabs set to load when you open the browser, you won’t see it. I had to switch to Firefox or some other browser that I hardly ever use to see it. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-muppets-google-doodle/597400/15 "2011-09-24T18:01:55Z")
Control key opens mouths ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-muppets-google-doodle/597400/16 "2011-09-24T18:13:47Z")
> [@Yookeroo](#): > > Control key opens mouths That is much better for “puppetry” than clicking on the hand button (and having to move the mouse, and therefoe the character, away for the prevoius location). Thanks! ---
**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, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-muppets-google-doodle/597400/17 "2011-09-24T18:15:52Z")
The active Muppet watches the cursor. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-muppets-google-doodle/597400/18 "2011-09-24T20:05:55Z")
What does the Snuffy one do? ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-muppets-google-doodle/597400/19 "2011-09-24T20:12:20Z")
> [@Yookeroo](#): > > Control key opens mouths …as does space bar and arrow keys. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-muppets-google-doodle/597400/20 "2011-09-24T22:22:00Z")
F6 or F4 causes the currently selected muppet to keep its mouth open. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-muppets-google-doodle/597400.md?page=2)