--- title: Alfonso Ribeiro Does The Carlton on Dancing With The Stars description: It's actually quite unusual canonical: https://time.com/3477986/alfonso-ribeiro-finally-did-the-carlton-on-dancing-with-the-stars/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-07T11:58:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:13:38.169Z og:title: Alfonso Ribeiro Did 'The Carlton' on 'Dancing With The Stars' and It Was Perfect og:description: "All I can say is: Finally!" og:url: https://time.com/3477986/alfonso-ribeiro-finally-did-the-carlton-on-dancing-with-the-stars/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt38533de03da7620d/6986a74ecd684819ac096dc8/140925411.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2943 og:image:height: 1655 og:image:alt: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Alfonso Ribeiro Did 'The Carlton' on 'Dancing With The Stars' and It Was Perfect twitter:description: "All I can say is: Finally!" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt38533de03da7620d/6986a74ecd684819ac096dc8/140925411.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Alfonso Ribeiro Finally Did 'The Carlton' on _Dancing With The Stars_ by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Oct 7, 2014 11:58 AM UTC  THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL-AIR -- Season 4 -- Pictured: Alfonso Ribeiro as Carlton Banks -- Photo by: NBCU Photo Bank THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL-AIR -- Season 4 -- Pictured: Alfonso Ribeiro as Carlton Banks -- Photo by: NBCU Photo BankNBC—NBC via Getty Images by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Oct 7, 2014 11:58 AM UTC On [Monday’s _Dancing with the Stars_](http://time.com/3476648/dancing-with-the-stars-watch-tears-cheers-and-memorable-years/), Alfonso Ribeiro, court jester to the _Fresh Prince of Bel Air_, did what he does best: The Carlton. The [signature dance](http://www.people.com/article/alfonso-ribeiro-the-carlton-dancing-with-the-stars) from the ’90s show, set to Tom Jones’ “It’s Not Unusual,” was what Ribeiro’s fans had been waiting for — including the judges, who gave the actor and his dance partner Witney Carson perfect 10s. Ribeiro’s hips were like jelly. His arms, swinging projectiles of fun. His smile, rivaling that of a toddler hopped up on pixie sticks. It was almost impossible to capture an un-blurry photo of the dance because he was moving so quickly. “All I can say is: Finally!” said judge Carrie Ann Inaba. You can watch the entire video [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-dwt0EV5PY). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3477986/alfonso-ribeiro-finally-did-the-carlton-on-dancing-with-the-stars/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3477986/alfonso-ribeiro-finally-did-the-carlton-on-dancing-with-the-stars/"},"headline":"Alfonso Ribeiro Finally Did 'The Carlton' on Dancing With The Stars","datePublished":"2014-10-07T11:58:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:13:38.169Z","description":"It's actually quite unusual","url":"https://time.com/3477986/alfonso-ribeiro-finally-did-the-carlton-on-dancing-with-the-stars/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","entertainment","dance"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt38533de03da7620d/6986a74ecd684819ac096dc8/140925411.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt38533de03da7620d/6986a74ecd684819ac096dc8/140925411.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air","caption":"The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air","creditText":"NBC—NBC via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3477986/alfonso-ribeiro-finally-did-the-carlton-on-dancing-with-the-stars/","name":"Alfonso Ribeiro Finally Did 'The Carlton' on Dancing With The Stars"}}]}] ```