A real tutorial would do everyone good!

Please define "real", for the big bunch of tutorials that I know are very precise and make Character Animator a lot of fun to learn. The headturner works just fine for me, by the way. Can you specify what puppet you are using and in what way it isn't working? Try downloading and using and inspecting "Wilk" from the Adobe templates, his head turns in the seven ways that the software is offering. 

I would start here: Making Your First Cartoon (Adobe Character Animator and After Effects Tutorial) - YouTube