Hi folks!  (I posted this same question on the CrazyTalk forum as well because I'm not sure which program would be best for what I wanna do)

I want to start off with a simple 2D head (from photos I take of different toys or even selfies etc) with either different mouth shapes to show talking (think: Robot Chicken) or maybe Monty Python style.  I want the talking (mouth animation) to happen via auto audio sync.  I don't need a complex, photorealistic 3D head that can turn or anything.  

I've been looking at tutorial after tutorial for CrazyTalk and CrazyTalk Animator and I can't find anything about how to do what I'm looking for so thus far I don't even know which program to use.  I'd like just a talking head for now, but eventually maybe slight animation like making an arm come up in a *palmface* sort of way.  Nothing fancy in the least.  I want the look to be really budget.   Everywhere I look is people either using the built-in characters, or creating crazy 3D stuff that's way beyond my needs, often using fancy plugins and making crazy multi-character sprites and bones etc for full animation.  I don't need anything complex.

If someone can point me in the right direction and save me days and days and days of frustration I'd be eternally grateful.