Today marks what would have been Jim Henson's 75th Birthday. Henson was a puppeteer best known for creating The Muppets. He founded the Jim Henson Company which still exists today and collaborated with Google to create this interactive doodle for the site. The following video explains the collaboration and gives some insight into Henson's creative process:
The interactive doodle is really meant to allow anyone to become a puppeteer and has inspired a plethora of youtube videos of the monsters singing karaoke. Check them out singing some Black Eyed Peas below (& if you have some extra time create your own video!):
I remember seeing these puppets when I went to Google, but I didn't realize you could interact with them!
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