Guest star Megan Follows helps introduce the show. Hugo Chavez and Vladimir Putin talk on the phone. Prison Break features a special appearance by Conrad Black. A Golden Compass premiere gets interrupted by a religious fanatic. Ad for "Sticks and Stones: The Schoolyard Bully's Songbook." Alan Park talks about Hillary Clinton's new background music, the Labor Minister's financial controversies, John McEnroe, a drug that simulates the effects of exercise, a cat with a jar on its head, the safety of Tasers, and other stories. A woman tries to decorate for Christmas but she can't find the "thingies." Margaret Atwood, Barbara Amiel, Avril Lavigne and Sue Johanson host "The Canadian View." Co-workers try to recover after the office Christmas party. Commercial for eBribe, a great online service for sleazy political figures. Commercial for Monopoly: Identity Theft Edition. This Just In features a new Hanukkah song about candles. Colonel Stacy promotes the New Year's Eve special and Megan Follows promotes her new movie.

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