Not the Stay Fresh Feline Drinking Fountain that kept kitty happy and hydrated while you were in Tibet.
Not the Emergency Evacuation Smoke Hood, which looked like a cross between a 1950s cosmonaut training device and a children’s toy sold by Irwin Mainway.
Not the iGrow Hair Rejuvenation Laser.
Certainly not the 14-karat-gold cross pendant with the 2,000-year-old Widow’s Mite coin embedded in it, which back in the catalog’s early 2000s heyday sold for $199.95.
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With air rage, anxiety and traveler frustration at worrying levels across our increasingly tense skies, maybe it was inevitable that those easy laughs and stolen moments of inflight frivolity would finally go the way of complimentary blankets, pillows and cocktails.
Flying’s not as much fun as it used to be, we all know that, and with the passing of SkyMall, it just got a little unfunner.
Adios, SkyMall. Whatever journey you’re embarking on, I’m pretty sure you’re going to get there with a few more laughs than we will.
