Alfonso Ribeiro to fans who demand Carlton Dance: ‘It’s not gonna happen’

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iconic “Carlton Dance” from the ’90s sitcom.“I’m a black guy — I’m just not dancing for you. It’s not gonna happen,” the “America’s Funniest Home Videos” told Jimmy Kimmel of his memorable moves, famously set to the Tom Jones song “It’s Not Usual.”Ribeiro, 50, continued: “What makes you think that you just gonna ask a random person to dance for you, and they’re gonna be like ‘Oh my God, I’ve been waiting for you to ask!

Hold on a second, let me get into character.’ It’s not — I don’t get it. It’s not gonna happen.”Ribeiro — who tried to copyright the moves in 2019 but got refused by the Feds — noted that he gets pleas for him to dance character’s trademark moves “every day of my life if I go outside,” and he refuses to apologize for denying the requests. “What a strange inclination for people to have,” Kimmel, 54, joked. “… you must wanna kill people when they ask you to do that, right?”“Dancing with the Stars” champ Ribeiro played along, quipping: “You know, I won’t say kill — but I, uh, I don’t have a love for it like they do.” (Note, he did recreate the dance for his 2014 run on “DWTS.)The “Dancing with the Stars” alum portrayed Carlton Banks on the NBC series from 1990 to 1996, playing the foil and cousin to lead actor Will Smith’s character.The cast reunited for an HBO Max special in 2020 and Smith, 53, and Ribeiro discussed how the latter came up with the famous dance. “The first time, all it said in the script was ‘Carlton dances’ and I needed to figure out how this character would dance,” Ribeiro said during the special. “What would be the actual move that hit it perfect?”During the special, Smith confessed that he “never ever could do the Carlton dance — I never was able to get it,” until one of the series’.