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Where is the Peepcode Screencast or something similar for this that teaches me the basics in about an hour?

With a discoverable, well-designed GUI, you shouldn't need one. Emacs and VIM are very powerful, but not very discoverable.

TextMate had a peepcode screencast. In fact, what launched textmate was probably DHH using TextMate in his "blog in 15 minutes" screencast.