A few years ago my brother-in-law long ago sent me "Tony vs. Paul," a stop-motion video of two men who are arguing and chasing each other around town:


I am super impressed at people who are creative and talented enough to showcase their skills at making stop-motion videos -- and thankful that they want to share them on YouTube.

I recently came across this video that utilized thousands of photos to tell the story of a man's life:


The suggestions on the YouTube page pointed me to what now may be my favorite stop-motion video, of solving a Rubick's Cube to the sounds of The Postal Service:


Other stop-motion videographers have put their ideas to popular music:


... or do their own interpretation of older music:


an explanation of how he did that and a more complicated piece:



I could sit here and watch this stuff for hours, but unfortunately I don't get paid to do that. Anyone have suggestions for what I should watch next?


-- Cheryl Sadler
CSadler@News-Herald.com