Friday, August 01, 2008

P.S. to the Previous Blog

I forgot to add a couple of pieces to the blog from last night about the game show business:
  • The check arrives thirty days after the air date of the program in which you appear. They gave me the fake check that Meredith shows on the air in the amount of money I ultimately won. It's cool to look at!!!
  • Yes, you have to pay taxes on it. But, it isn't taxed extra because you won it. It is just taxable income. So, a smart person will get the check, bank the money needed for the taxes, and earn interest on it until she needs to hand it over to the Feds. And since she won the money by knowing weird stuff...then she'll do the smart thing, huh? Yes.
  • However, you also have to remember that if you won enough it could put you into a new tax bracket, so read up on it!

I find it amusing that, even though I live in Vegas, Baby, I wouldn't dream of playing blackjack, poker or even putting even one quarter in a slot machine. But I love being on gameshows. It's different, isn't it? I mean, at least I get the fun of being on TV; most of the people I see at the casinoes aren't even smiling.

I'm smiling.

2 comments:

mom and dad said...

I'm so excited to hear your news. I'll be watching for more info as to the airing. Loved the past blogs too. mary

kto1s said...

That, and you earned it by USING your brain! Can hardly wait to see you in your debut! Way to go JK!!!!