Wondering where I can find a good free animation program to use, I just want to make simply stick figure animations, I am very new to animation programs so one that is easy to use would be best.

Macromedia Flash MX. If you want to do it in 3d use Lightwave, AVOID 3DSMAX AT ALL COSTS, they still use the ancient tri polygons that make your models have so many polygons it's a wonder how old computers ran them.