1. Tell us a little bit about yourself. What kind of occupation did you have/or still have before you made your appearance?
Back then, I was a ticketing agent for the Stratosphere Hotel and Casino. I met people from Vegas, all over the U.S., the U.K., France, Germany, Russia, LOL

2. Seeing you were on The Price is Right, what all did you have to do to become a contestant, like the audition sign-up and all that?
You just stand in line until 6 A.M. Pacific Time, that's when the gate opens. You're given a priority number, which is sorta like where you'll be seated. Man, the people were extremely nice in line.

3. How long did you have to wait before you made your appearance?
I spoke to a couple of contestant coordinators. They saw me as a very nice guy that loved the Clock Game. It's true, as it's one of my favorites. They took a lot of notes about my likes, and someone told me that there's a good chance I was gonna get picked to be on the show...I didn't expect that at all! I wanted to be a contestant when I went to the show for the first time during my 23rd birthday. I even went to one of the primetime specials a couple of years back, where my bible study buddy from college, Wesley Santos was a contestant

4. When you found out you'd be on the season 34 finale, how was the initial reaction?
I was bouncing like a bunny when the show started, but when my name got called, I was floored! I looked like an excited, typical African-American Price contestant. Though I cried some, I did calm down. (This reminded me of Vicki, when she was bouncing up-and-down in the aisles when she was called. Her moment became a blooper)

5. What was it like to be in the audience, in person?
Gosh, it felt good! I was like a kid in a candy shop. I'll say it again, it was heaven!

6. Did you actually get to meet Bob Barker and Rich Fields in person? If so, did you get to talk to them a bit?
Well, even though I got autographs from them and the models as well, I got to meet Brandi on stage after I had won the car. I even got to interact with Shane just a bit of couple of years back after Wesley embarrassed me infront of Bob, Rich, and the audience off-camera.

7. What pricing game did you play?
Spelling Bee. That's now my favorite pricing game, for a car at least. Ironically, I have a fear of bees.

8. How can you compare Doug Davidson's version to Barker's?
I think Doug did a decent job for the show. I loved the intro, with the old school Plinko board, but the video wall looked kinda strange to me, though I liked the commercials

9. In Spelling Bee terms, what combination did you do to win the Chevy Cobalt? (C-A-R or CAR?)

I uncovered a C-A-R, then 2 more R's. Bob was like, "Where'd he go? Where did the kid go? Oh, he's saying hello to the lovely Brandi!"

10. Do you still have any of the prizes you won on the taping?
Istill do, mostly in boxes though. My mom's nagging me to sell my stuff, or put them in newspaper ads.

11. Have you made any other TV appearances, than on TPiR?
I've tried out for Pyramid and Deal or No Deal, but not anything else

12. What would you recommend to people who want to try out for ANY game show out there?
I'd say you have to be yourself and have a good time. If you don't make it, keep trying. Oh, and let them know that you're really interested in that show you're trying out for

A sad and unfortunate twist of fate, Philip no longer has the Chevy Cobalt that he won. CBS kept tossing him more taxes to pay off the car, and so he sold it off to a local Carmax. He would futurely make it to Wheel of Fortune, winning $65,600 in cash after getting all three Toss-Ups, and winning $40,000 in the bonus round.

THE PRICE IS RIGHT	WHEEL OF FORTUNE
Philip making his amazing win	When Philip won $40,000 in the bonus round

Click HERE to return to the Game Show Temple