I'm going to miss Amelie a lot. The Hater is what brought me to the AV Club, and the Hater Podcast was one of my favorite things, ever. Before Amelie, my snark was a withered, vestigial limb, but thanks to her it's grown to a full tumescence.

It's funny you mentioned the Skymall sponsorship - my friends and I invented a game called "Skymall Price is Right" on an agonizing trip a couple years ago. You read the product descriptions in your best announcer voice and guess the prices until the stewardess asks you to stop. But seriously, a $70 corkscrew? Really?

Nobody rolled snake eyes!
How disappointing. I was looking forward to "ham-n-cheese." Or "cancer-n-aids."

I second Discworld. Magic and active gods and names like "Moist von Lipwig." I just need to discover what modern thing to introduce to Ankh-Morpork in a suitably wacky way, and which pun should title it.

Also this:

The "drinking problem" from Airplane! is one of my all-time favorite running gags. But for a quick larf, it's gotta be this:

I still really like "Easy Love." Great song for when you're driving at night. I do some excellent car-dancing moves to that number.

2Taken2Tooken

Word to Nethack!
That game is amazing and addictive. It took me from a straight-A student to a burned-out loser faster than any amount of marijuana or alcohol could.

Word to Nethack!
That game is amazing and addictive. It took me from a straight-A student to a burned-out loser faster than any amount of marijuana or alcohol could.

Oh, sure, you guys like me now, but when I break out my neo-conservative rants I'm suddenly a "dangerous extremist."

Some fine Bon Mots
Seriously, nice final judgement. I wouldn't have gone farther than "Tolkein? More like BROKE-ein" which is why I do not write for a living.

When she was hanging up her jewelry, I was SURE it was going to be one of those "sell your scrap gold!" infomercials. So, pleasantly surprising, in a way.

Yes, but they only realized how GOOD it must be after it was in commercials.
My dream scenario is: she wins, but didn't bother to show up. MIA, make it happen!

Dilido Beach Club
I used to live in Miami. The name of this hotel is written in gigantic neon-backlit letters on the side of its 20-story building, with some sort of snake/sperm thing as a "logo." I almost crashed my car the first time I saw it.

you fucking whore.

I wish I was smart enough to pull a Fursty.

He embarrasses himself in THIS?
At least Ellen and Diane von Furstenberg sold out for AmEx… he might as well pose for Britney's new perfume next.

Um, what the hell about Top Gear? It's one of the world's most popular shows, getting more viewers per episode than the Super Bowl - and instead of airing the brilliant, hilarious British version in the States, they've decided we need our own.

TIM: Designers, for this challenge you have each been given a weapon. You will use these weapons to hunt down your fellow designers, and will make a garment from their corpse inspired by the part of New York their body falls into.