Carlton Your Doorman
A doorman's animated misadventure to replace a lost dog.
Carlton Your Doorman is a 1980 American television pilot for an animated spin-off of the live-action sitcom Rhoda (1974–1978) that was never picked up as a series. It originally aired as a "CBS Special Presentation" on May 21, 1980, and has never been rebroadcast. Produced by MTM Enterprises, it was the only animated production from MTM. The pilot is also one of the last animated programs to use a laugh track, a common practice in the 1960s and 1970s. In the pilot episode, Carlton, a New York City doorman and misfit, seeks to replace his boss's wife's dog, Punkin, who died while in his care, trying everything so his boss does not find out.
Quick Facts
- Based on
- "Carlton, the Doorman" created by
- James L. Brooks
- Allan Burns
- David Davis
- Lorenzo Music
- Writer
- Lorenzo Music; Barton Dean
- Director
- Charles Swenson; Fred Wolf
- Voices
- Lorenzo Music
- Jack Somack
- Lucille Meredith
- Lurene Tuttle
- Music
- Stephen Cohn
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 23 minutes
Facts from the source article.
Background
The pilot reveals that Carlton is a relatively young man with shoulder-length blond hair and a mustache, and he owns a gray cat named Ringo. The character of Carlton, the Doorman, was previously an off-screen presence on Rhoda, heard via intercom but almost never seen—except for an occasional arm appearing from doors or a brief appearance dancing in a gorilla mask. Voiced by Lorenzo Music, Carlton's adventures in this pilot center on replacing Punkin, the dog of his boss Charles Shaftman's wife. The voice cast includes Jack Somack as Charles Shaftman, Lucille Meredith as Mrs. Shaftman, Lurene Tuttle as Carlton's mother, and Kay Cole as Darlene, Carlton's girlfriend.
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