We missed this pretty dead-on Mad TV parody of Studio 60 back when it originally aired in November, due largely to the fact that we had no idea that Mad TV is still on the air. (Usually when we say that, we're just being wiseasses, but we genuinely thought the show was canceled two years ago—hey, even their official website thinks they only went 10 seasons.) But now, thanks to the power of YouTube, we're offered a peek into a parallel television universe, where the Sorkinesque patter crackles rather than grates ("Dammit! Can anyone here be a fluffer, is a fluffer, *know* a fluffer?!"), where we fully believe in the talent of Savannah, their featured performer, and where the stakes are appropriately high—we find ourselves not only caring deeply about our tumescent boys at King's Air Force Base in Bellevue, Illinois, but believing that if their rocks are not gotten off, national security would, in fact, be compromised. Enjoy your all too brief trip to Studio 69 on Van Nuys Boulevard.

When you're covering a well-mannered affair like the Good #2 launch party, there's really not much for the camera to see. Really, how many times can you record the compelling "people talking" scene? Sometimes the only alternative is to make people react to the camera itself, with positive, negative, and indifferent results. Gawker videographer Richard Blakeley thus creates this montage of visible camera sense, set to the heartfelt holiday strains of Wham! for your listening pleasure.

After finally learning - from the Asian lady who does her makeup, naturally - that perhaps using the phrase "ching chong ching chong" to represent the Chinese tongue might not have been the most sensitive action, Rosie O'Donnell today grudgingly apologized on The View. Watch the clip: Can't you just feel the sincerity oozing out of her? Hopefully, this puts the matter to rest; we're as tired of sitting through View clips as you are. And now we're way too familiar with the intricacies of Elisabeth Hasselbeck's menstrual cycle. Enjoy!

He probably won't be Time's Person of the Year, and he may be the victim of vicious smears by anonymous Internet wags who dub him "a poor man's Jon Stewart with funny-looking ears," but we've got a special place in our hearts for Stephen Colbert, and apparently he has one for us. Merry Christmas, Stephen. Thanks for giving voice to the voiceless.

Ethnic studies specialist David Duke is currently in Tehran attending that super-fun "The Jews Are Ruining Everything, Which Is Odd, Because Nothing Bad Has Ever Happened To Them, Especially Not Six Million Of Them Getting Gassed And Stuffed Into Easy-Bake Ovens" conference, but he took time away from his busy schedule to chat with famous American Jew reporter Wolf Blitzer. We're providing you with this excerpt because we believe that it proves our longstanding belief that David Duke takes all the fun out of Heeb-hating. Stop ruining it for everyone, David!

And so, the tragic denouement from this morning's catfight on The View: Barbara Walters and Rosie O'Donnell got into a whole fight about whether or not Barbara was richer than Rosie, and Rosie said she was not coming back to The View. And she hates all Asian people. We'll miss your ethnic comedy stylings, Rosie.

Earlier: Rosie O'Donnell Chingchonggate Response: "I No Solly"

• Actor Peter Boyle dead at 71 [AP]

As the year draws to a close we want to take a moment and look back at some of the great moments in celebrity prejudice. Please enjoy this medley of racism and homophobia assembled by Gakwer videographer Richard Blakeley. Watch it with someone you hate.

There's nothing particularly interesting in this clip from last night's local news; we provide it merely to inform you of the burgeoning controversy concerning Rosie O'Donnell's recent "ching chong ching chong" (N.B., that's an approximation; our Cantonese is a little rusty) performance on The View. As the segment indicates, Rosie has brushed off suggestions that her racist comments might in any way be considered racist: Her publicist claims that "She's a comedian in addition to being a talk show co-host. I certainly hope that one day they will be able to grasp her humor." Oh, she's a comedian! That's okay, then! Interesting side note in the News, which relates how "O'Donnell's imitation was followed by laughter from her co-hosts and a loud "gong" that producers threw in." All of which is true, except for the part about the gong, which we threw in. Still, nice to be promoted to producers of The View: Our first order of business will be medicating Elisabeth Hasselbeck.

Deep into Friday afternoon or not, it's never too late to burn a post share a video gem with our readers, such as the above mash-up of the trailers of The Last Kiss and Apocalypto into one, Zach-Braffian-fever-dream about a South American road trip we can only assume was cut short when a Mayan priest tore Braff's still-beating heart off his sleeve. To beef up the Braff-bashing hilarity, we're also including, free of charge, this Onion AV Club's list of "Awful Things Zach Braff Is (Probably) Responsible For," which, at three entries, seemed to us woefully underresearched, yet still managed to provoke some lively debate in the comments section over the relative awfulness of Scrubs. Enjoy.

We're coming to this a little late, but it's still worth sharing: Noted sensitivity expert Rosie O'Donnell, discussing Danny DeVito's recent appearance on "The View" (he was drunk), expressed her amazement at how far the story had traveled. In fact, it went all the way to China, where people talk like... well, just watch the clip.

From the hymen-regenerator herself comes this courteous email:

We're pretty sure this video will take you on an awesome nostalgia trip, trekking down good old memory lane in the direction of your own College Daze. Well, if you went to an incredibly lame college. With Neel Shah.

We know how you all are crazy for show tunes, especially when they come from Les Miserables. Here's a stunning rendition of that show's "Confrontation" performed by How I Met Your Mother's Doogie Howser and some other dude. This occurred earlier in the week on The Megan Mullally Show, which apparently has not yet been cancelled. Anyway, enjoy.

Last night was the opening of the unfortunately-named Beaver Bar, the lobby/sales office/bar of what will eventually be William Beaver House, which is real-estate god Andre Balazs's new luxury condominium set to open in Lower Manhattan at some undetermined point in the future. Apparently, when one is looking to sell ridiculously expensive condos to the oversexed power-hungry Wall Street demographic, your marketing scheme should center on an adorable cartoon beaver. We know, we wouldn't have thought it either, but the guy has a ton of money, so who are we to argue? Instead, we sent Gawkslave Erica, photog Nikola Tamindzic, and videographer Richard Blakeley to cover the festivities. Enjoy a beaverlicious display of photos, plus Nikola's extra-adorable full gallery, plus dancing near-naked ladies on fire and the textual rundown after the jump.

A seemingly still-intoxicated Danny DeVito showed up at The View today admitting he had yet to sleep after an all-night bender with Sexiest Drinking Buddy Alive George Clooney (actually, the slurring made it sound something more like "Cheorlge"), before promptly launching into a heavily bleeped "Bush as the fourth Stooge" routine, and a fond recollection of the erotic adventures he and wife Rhea Pearlman once shared in the Lincoln Bedroom. As unexpectedly gonzo as his inebriated appearance may have been, however, it came nowhere near the extreme heights reached by Monday's show, when DeVito's Deck The Halls co-star Matthew Broderick insisted on removing his shoe and sock and injecting heroin between his toes during Elisabeth Hasselbeck's fawning monologue about how much the character of Carrie Bradshaw means to her.