Today’s Google doodle is one of the coolest ever as it allows you to become a puppeteer, albeit digitally.

In honor of Jim Henson’s 75th birthday,  Google made a tribute for the man who was best known as best known as the creator of The Muppets and the actor who voiced Ernie of Sesame Street and Kermit the Frog.

At the Google homepage is a doodle of six Muppets whose shapes suggest the Google logo.

When you click on the button below each character, they will respond to you as if you were the puppeteer. Their head and eyes will follow your cursor’s movement and clicking or pressing keys in your keyboard will open their mouths.

Here’s the video if you somehow missed the doodle.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dZumWDO8Os

To know more about the puppeteer, check out his Wikipedia entry. [Jim Henson]

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Today’s doodle from Google is reminiscent of the one they did for John Lennon last year.

In honor of Freddie Mercury’s 65th birthday,  Google made a video tribute for the man who was best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Queen.

When you click the doodle, an animated video will play featuring the Queen song Don’t Stop Me Now.

Mercury, one of the greatest singers in  history was born Farrokh Bulsara on September 5, 1946.

Here’s the video if you somehow missed the doodle.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5RtSTrLk6k

To know more about the musician, check out his Wikipedia entry. [Freddie Mercury]

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So, imagine my delight when I found out that Google has in their homepage a doodle of an interactive guitar. This is one of the coolest doodles ever. You can play the strings using your mouse or your keyboard. I am reminded of the Pacman doodle.

It’s a tribute to Les Paul’s 96th birthday. Paul is a pioneer in the development of the solid-body electric guitar which “made the sound of rock and roll possible”.

Here’s the video if you somehow missed the doodle.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgzL2E_4POE

Les Paul was born outside Milwaukee, in Waukesha, Wisconsin on June 9, 1915.

To know more about the man, check out his Wikipedia entry. [Les Paul]

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And guess what? Google is honoring the actor best-known for his work during the silent film era using mime, slapstick and other visual comedy routines to entertain the people.

Clicking the doodle will play a two-minute Google-themed video in Chaplin’s style. Google pays homage to Charlie Chaplin’s creative legacy with their first-ever live action video doodle.

Here’s the video if you somehow missed the doodle.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NGSU2PM9dA

Charlie Chaplin was born on April 16, 1889 in London, England.

Chaplin was one of the most creative and influential personalities of the silent-film era. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Chaplin the 10th greatest male screen legend of all time.

To know more about the man, check out his Wikipedia entry. [Charlie Chaplin]

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Fifty years ago, on April 12 1961, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man to travel into space, launching to orbit aboard the Vostok 3KA-3 (Vostok 1) spacecraft.

This historic event is commemorated today by Google with a doodle featuring Gagarin and a rocket that launches whenever you put your mouse cursor anywhere on the doodle.

Check out this archival footage of Yuri Gagarin and the launch of Vostok 1:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4nA52qyVDY

To find out more about Yuri Gagarin, check out his Wikipedia entry: [Yuri Gagarin]

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