Jekor (aka Chris Forno) has an excellent beginning Emacs video up on YouTube. It’s the first in a planned series so it just covers the very basics. The video has great production values. Jekor highlights items he’s discussing so it’s very easy to follow. It’s a great video for n00bs.
I’m looking forward to subsequent installments. If you know someone who is thinking of trying Emacs this is something to point them to—especially when other videos are added so that there’s a series to get a n00b up to speed.