Layering several gif animations

I'm not sure if this is even possible but hey, you got to ask.
Basically I want to edit gif animations but not go through every single layer and make a tiny adjustment to each one.
As an example, I have an animation where I want to give someone a big head. Is it possible to have two versions of the same animation (one large and one small) and simple copy/paste and animated sequence from one to the other? So all the frames from the big head animation will be moved into the smaller version without all that fiddly frame by frame in a 50 frame gif.
My apologies if this is making no sense! I can't seem to explain it right...
And if CS5 can't do it (heaven forbid) does anyone know what can?

Okay, this looks helpful. I've read what I think I'm supposed to read and I've managed to copy one animation over into the other. That still leaves me to go through it frame by frame and erase the edges etc. This has to be done manually doesn't it? I can't use the eraser on multiple layers.

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