A week or so ago, there was an item making the rounds on Facebook entitled “Michael Jackson vs Mr. Bean” which everyone was liking and saying was awesome and such. I didn’t bother to check it out at the time because I couldn’t care less about Mr. Bean — and consequently I temporarily deprived myself of an AMAZING PIECE OF STOP MOTION ANIMATION. If you missed it too, here’s your chance to rectify that.

A couple notes about this vid: The MJ figure featured here is the 12″ Michael Jackson (Billie Jean / History Tour version) by Hot Toys from Sideshow Collectibles. I neither know nor care who makes the Mr. Bean figure. Most importantly, the man responsible for this bit of stop motion wizardry is a Frenchman named Patrick Boivin. I bow to him. In fact I’m already working on my next post dedicated to him!