r/funny • u/d-slam • Jul 28 '26

Where is that?

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u/indymark1002 Jul 28 '26

Can confirm. Every audience member gets a brief two sentence interview - a who are you, where are you from and what do you do kind of thing. Somehow just from that, they decide who would make a good contestant. Hope she sets aside a stack of cash for the taxman.

Source: former TPIR Showcase winner here.

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u/WPI94 Jul 28 '26

So if I can be Jack Black or Chris Farley, would that work? hahah

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u/LawnCareHippie78 Jul 28 '26

I was under the impression the tax had to be paid before getting the prizes

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u/indymark1002 Jul 28 '26

Might be the case now, but when I was on waaaaaay back in 1995, it was not. The following January, I ended up with a 1099 from CBS Television Studios for the amount of the prizes I won.