Carlton Your Doorman

Carlton Your Doorman is a 1980 animated pilot episode for a spin-off of the live-action sitcom Rhoda (1974–78) produced by MTM Enterprises and starring the previously off-screen character Carlton the doorman (voiced by Lorenzo Music). This was the only animated production from MTM Enterprises (although The Duck Factory – a sitcom set in an animation production company – included cartoon segments, and the closing credits of many MTM series included animated clothing and accessories superimposed on Mimsie the Cat).

The episode served as a pilot for a proposed weekly animated spin-off of Rhoda that was never picked up by CBS as a series. It originally aired as a "CBS Special Presentation" on May 21, 1980 and has never been rebroadcast.

Synopsis

The adventures of Carlton, a New York City doorman and a misfit who seeks to better himself and his position in society. In the pilot episode, which presents viewers with a first look at Carlton (who was only heard but never seen on Rhoda), Carlton seeks a replacement for his boss's wife's dog, Punkin, who died while in his care.^[1]

It was revealed in this episode that Carlton was a relatively young man, with shoulder-length blond hair and mustache. It is also one of the last animated pilots to use a laugh track, which was a common practice in the 1960s and 1970s.

Voice cast

• Lorenzo Music as Carlton the Doorman
• Jack Somack as Charles Shaftman, Carlton's boss
• Lucille Meredith as Mrs. Shaftman, Charles's wife
• Lurene Tuttle as Carlton's mother
• Kay Cole as Darlene, Carlton's girlfriend

Award

Primetime Emmy Award

• 1980: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program – Carlton Your Doorman

References

External links

• Carlton Your Doorman at the Internet Movie Database
• Carlton Your Doorman at the TCM Movie Database