Even in the face of tragedy, the buying of expensive crap must go on. At least, if you're Oprah. And so, while entire towns are still closed off in New Jersey and children in Staten Island don't have shoes, Oprah released a resurrected version of her famed Favorite Things list filled with even higher frivolity-level…
The holidays are a wonderful time, filled with hot chocolate and hugs and TV commercials that attempt to link the idea of familial love with the idea of buying things. It is also the time when radio stations assault their listeners with an unending holiday playlist. Ears bleed, praying for death. And we've had enough…
As viewers say goodbye to Oprah, they're also saying goodbye to a dream: Getting a ticket to be in the studio audience for her annual giveaway bonanza of her Favorite Things. Here, we catalog and itemize the $23,809,050 worth of products she's given away since 2002.
Today Oprah surprised an audience of "givers" with her last-ever Favorite Things show. Watch grown men cried over cashmere blankets, women screaming in ecstasy, and one person mouth, "I'm gonna drop dead." (Oprah literally had medics in the aisles.)
Sad face: Oprah's "Favorite Things" show - hilariously mashed up here - usually airs Thanksgiving week, but not this year. A Harpo employee says: "We have no plans this season for a 'Favorite Things.'" Is Christmas canceled too? [HuffPo]
