Could you imagine Fresh Prince of Bel-Air without Alfronso Ribeiro playing Carlton? Well, the then new head of NBC, Warren Littlefield, imagined it. In fact, Ribeiro told Good Morning America that the big wig tried to replace the Tap Dance Kid, after the pilot even though the Producers and Will Smith said he was the right guy for the part.
Then after Littlefield went through the whole audition process, he too realized that America’s Funniest Videos host was the funniest guy for the part. And the rest is TV history.
