The airing of the second part of Mel Gibson's Good Morning America interview with Diane Sawyer today means that we might finally be done with soundbites explaining how the tiny, Tequila-swilling demon living inside the actor's liver is the one that's anti-Semitic, not Gibson himself, at least until his publicity commitments for Apocalypto require a new round of public healing. Above, we've pulled a clip of Gibson's previously teased heart wounds/"the last thing I want to be is that kind of monster" run, which lost much in the translation from squirmy, live-action performance to pullquote. And on the ABC News website, there's some additional transcription of today's segment, including Sawyer's request that Gibson explain the little "Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world" remark that ignited the entire controversy: [Warning: extensive blockquoting follows]

We thought we were through with the whole Snakes on a Plane thing, we really did, at least until the inevitable publicity assault accompanying the eventual DVD release forced us to relieve the summer's reptiles-on-aircrafts pop culture oversaturation. But now we've just watched this video of the USC marching band's stirring halftime reinterpretation of Cobra Starship's title track from the movie soundtrack, and our old, complicated feelings are stirring again. We suppose that our genuine disappointment that Samuel L. Jackson didn't burst through a paper gate adorned with an albino python, run to the middle of the field, and shout "I want these motherfucking snakes off my motherfucking tuba section" into a crimson megaphone is a sign that we still might have some issues to work through.

Last night, Intern Heather, Wingwoman Kate, and erstwhile Gawker videographer Richard Blakeley hit the "Target Red Room," a.k.a. Meatpacking District lounge Bed, for an afterparty dedicated to English pop crooner James Blunt. The attendees included the "Beautiful" (and by "Beautiful", we mean "greasy as fuck") Blunt himself, some cast members from Blue States Lose: The Musical, and a bunch of sluts. The result is the video above, featuring more tard-dancing than ever collected in one clip, plus an ample photo gallery (with captions, even!) of various unsavory characters. Abandoned on the cutting room floor was footage of Blunt crying tears of grease over the fact that partygoers (especially the Gawker Intern and her trusty sidekick jumping spastically on the bed) enjoyed Toni Basil waaaaay more than his craptastic album. Heavy hangs the head that wears the crown of specious hipster fame.

Today's Good Morning America interview with Mel Gibson represented the troubled actor's long-awaited first step towards assuring the public that the money they might eventually spend on tickets to his upcoming Apocalypto won't be secretly funneled into a synagogue-burning fund through the frank discussion of his tequila-chugging demons with a respected member of the morning show community. We'll send you on to a clip from the first installment of Diane Sawyer's two-parter without too much preamble, but encourage you to note two moments that come towards the end of this footage: Sawyer's look of bafflement at Gibson's joke about alcohol having the ability to make him want to murder a toaster with his bare hands (apologies to the kitchen appliance community are forthcoming), and his admission that even grievous drunkeness can't diminish an actor's desire to look pretty in his mugshot.

While it was previously believed that Aaron Sorkin's much-discussed, edgy reworking of Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Major-General's Song" in the cold open of the fictional Studio 60's first episode under the Albee/Tripp regime owed a creative debt to David Hyde Pierce's performance of the same musical number on SNL some years ago, we think we've now found the true source of Sorkin's inspiration. Given his recently observed love of animated slapstick and his demonstrated unfamiliarity with material one might actually see on sketch comedy shows (at least as evidenced by the "Science, Schmience," "Commedia Dell'Arte," and "The Curious Case Of The Not-So-Stolen Hot Pockets and Bombs Monologue On What Is Wrong With America" incidents), it seems much more likely that he was influenced by the song-and-dance talents of Yakko, Wakko, and Dot* rather than a long-forgotten SNL bit.

Our call for nominations to The Douchebag Hall of Fame has resulted in a flood of Hall-worthy douchebags; keep them coming either here or via e-mail. A quick clarification: We're looking for what one commenter refers to as "internet-buzz related douchebags," not your everyday run-of-the-mill douchebag (there are so many of those that no hall could hold them all). While we tabulate your results, please enjoy this Richard Blakeley remix of Aleksey Vayner's bid for DBHF inclusion; the Yale senior is, more than anyone, responsible for this project, and probably deserves his own wing.

After ripping apart Technorati's first video blog, I avoided watching for two, maybe three episodes of this attempt at a news show by staffers at the leading blog search engine. Then someone sent another clip. Damn it, here we go with:

[Warning: The above video may be NSFW; please check your employer's policy on viewing sexually explicit material starring plush children's toys before viewing.]

According to the Drudge Report, Naked Gun/Scary Movie 3 through 29 director David Zucker whipped up this charming video of then-Secretary of State Madeline Albright's 2000 visit to North Korea for Republican use in the 2006 campaign season. Unfortunately, however, it seems that some strategists didn't have the stomach for Zucker's wacky brand of Democrat-bashing:

At the risk of becoming a mere marketing arm of the Smirnoff folks (Smirnoff folks, get in touch with our ad people!), we're sharing this with you: It's "Tea Partay," the musical version, and, actually? If the invitation we posted earlier came to life, it would be exactly this video. It may have been bouncing around the web for a while, but our day wouldn't be complete without giving something back. Rock out with your polite WASP term for the male member out.

Over at GMA, they're hosting "The Great GMA Meatloaf Challenge," in which the four principals present their recipes and contest for the honor of best meatloaf. It's a segment that lends itself to double entendre, so we're especially thrilled to see Sam Champion participate. (Sam's meatloaf secret, by the way, is the inclusion of sausage. You cannot make it up.)

In a video announcement, YouTube's founders referred to its purchase by Google as "two kings are coming together." Cocky? Not really — they were just making a Sean Combs Burger King joke.

So the YouTube boys put out an announcement video. Our New York sister Gawker wasn't too kind to co-founders Steve Chen and Chad Hurley — they didn't make a "We want to hurl-ey" joke but you can feel it lurking between the lines — making a big deal out of Chad's reference to "two kings coming together" (which was totally a joke). Whatever.

Earlier: Breaking: Google Buys YouTube for $1.65 Billion

Not only were the producers of CSI generous enough to provide Kevin Federline with a speaking role on their hit show to help kick-start what is sure to be a celebrated acting career, it seems that they also let America's favorite background-dancing househusband improvise his own dialogue ("You bitches haven't caught them cats yet?" "Man, you're weak, weak, weak, weak."), wardrobe himself (white wife-beater, high-water pants, carefully tilted trucker hat), and perform his own stunts (getting sucker-punched in the stomach). Judging from this video clip of his upcoming cameo, their supreme confidence in the neophyte's varied talents was repaid handsomely, as Federline is utterly convincing as a sneering street punk begging to be brutalized by a cop. And based on how positively the viewing public will no doubt react to the doubled-over, wheezing K-Fed, CBS will have no choice but to invite him back for a prolonged, far more graphic televised beating later in the season.

The young stud you see here lifting 140 lb. (each!) weights is Aleksey Vayner, Yale senior and current man in the news. The Sun reports that Vayner recently sent a resume to investment bank UBS and included a promotional video:

It's like how The Gulf War did not take place — a Google/YouTube buyout isn't actually necessary at this point, because we have all the media coverage anyway. It's all over the papers, all over the blogs, and now it's all over YouTube in videos like this: