In an interview with E! earlier this week, “Parks and Recreation” executive producer Michael Schur confirmed what everyone who saw last’s week “Operation Ann” episode already assumed: “It’s real. Tom and Ann are dating and will have a relationship for some amount of time.”

So, it’s definitely happening, but is it a good thing? I’m onboard with Tann? Aom? PerkFord? because, as Schur said, “We have a lot of soul-matey relationships…and we just wanted to do a comedy relationship.” Yay comedy, boo love. It also gives both of them something to do (which has occasionally been a problem, especially with Ann) in the post-Entertainment 720/dating Chris Traeger-era of the show.

But just because seemingly every “Parks” character has hooked up with every other “Parks” character at some point (I can’t wait for the inevitable Ron/Donna fling to happen), that doesn’t mean every show should just start pairing characters all willy-nilly like. Here are 10 romantic relationships on other shows that should never by no means ever happen. Happy Valentine’s Day, no one!

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A few weeks ago, the “Mad Men” marketing department sparked some controversy when some overly sensitive types unfamiliar with “Mad Men” imagery got up in arms because the billboard campaign — which showed a man falling against a white background — bore a passing resemblance to “The Falling Man,” a photograph of a man falling from the World Trade Center on 9/11.

The outrage wasn’t loud enough, however, to prompt the AMC ad people to pull the ads. So, the amateur New York City subway graffiti artists did their own redesigns, including the one above, which was discovered by Slate. Over at Gothamist, someone captured several more, and then their photoshopping commenters got into the game, as well.

Take a look at some of the examples, both from subway photos and the photoshops, and if you’d like, I’ve included the original ad should those of you with picture posting capabilities want to get in on the photoshop game, as well. A SUPREME GOD OF PHOTOSHOP badge (or its equivalent) will be awarded to the best design, once those badges are made available.

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Look: We’re a TV site. We are professionals. We can’t just post unbelievably hot photos of Christina Hendricks because they exist. We need an excuse to cover our asses so it doesn’t look like we’re hit whoring (pssst. We’re totally hit whoring, but it’s for a good cause.). So, here’s some “Mad Men” “news,” which I’m sure you will “read,” because I will elegantly adorn each “news” item with new photos of Christina Hendricks from her photoshoot in Cosmo (wink, wink).

First up, in a recent interview with Matthew Weiner, he cited one of my favorite films of all time, The Apartment, as a major influence on his television series:

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Gentlemen, are you looking for a romantic, yet inexpensive gift for your girlfriend (or boyfriend), wife (or husband, if you live in one of six states), or mother who you have an inappropriately close relationship with? If so, you could do a lot worse than to send them a Hamm-o-Gram. What is this miracle product, you ask?

A Hamm-o-Gram is like a classic telegram where you send a special someone a transcribed message, usually in letter form. It’s just like that except this message is always a picture of handsome actor, Jon Hamm (with a little something extra!)

No two Hamm-o-Grams are the same, they only cost $5, and a portion from each purchase will be donated to A Caring Hand. So, this Valentine’s Day, order one, dine on some Hamm & Buble, and put the Gram next to the bed. Your lady will love it because she’ll be thinking of Don Draper when you do the nasty later, and you’ll love it because it means season five of “Mad Men” is right around the corner. She’ll also owe you a Joan Hollo-bouquet, whenever that becomes a real thing. The flowers will be HUGE.

With “Mad Men” set to return in just over two months (SQUEEEEEEE), it should come as no surprise that the Internet as a collective has already grabbed its beakers and Bunsen burners and run off to its laboratory to start creating all sorts of mashups and assorted content related to the show. Over the weekend, we were treated to two especially good examples of this mad scientizing (official term). The first, via Buzzfeed, is the above video inserting Darth Vader and the Stars Wars theme into the “Mad Men” title sequence. It’s a cool idea, and it’s executed pretty well, unlike the last three Star Wars films (BOOM)(okay, fine, I haven’t seen any of them)(still, BOOM).

The other piece of “Mad Men” magic we were introduced to over the weekend was the Tumblr Sterling Archer Draper Pryce, which features images from “Mad Men” combined with quotes from “Archer,” and vice versa. Internet, if you’re reading this, allow me to paraphrase a notable Miami detective when I say, “Now THAT’S how you supposed to mash-up! From now on, that’s how you mash-up! Oh man, I want my next Tumblr to mash-up like that. WOOOOO… it takes a dysfunctional motherf-cker to mash-up two shows like that. That’s some dysfunctional sh-t! [writes profanity-free rap song about it, puts entire family in the music video]

I’ve included a few of my favorite Sterling Archer Draper Pryce images after the jump, including one made by the geniuses at the Uproxx mothership. Enjoy.

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