The script said just two words: "Carlton dances." This was during an early episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Variety reports, when Carlton Banks a.k.a. Yung Money a.k.a. Alfonso Ribeiro—who grew up in the Bronx as a self-described "hip hop kid"—had his ears kissed by the magical words of Tom Jones for the first time in his life, and was asked to improvise a few moves on camera.

That song, of course, was "It's Not Unusual," and it forever altered the arc of human history for the better.

So, where did the Carlton dance come from? According to the report—and Ribeiro has shared this anecdote a few times throughout the years now, but it's worth repeating here because watching the Carlton dance is joy distilled, and we could all use more of that—he drew inspiration from two key places.

One, from Bruce Springsteen's "Dancing in the Dark," specifically when a young Courteney Cox jumps on stage (skip to 3:26):

And also from Eddie Murphy's "white people dance" in Raw (around the 0:40 mark).

“That is the corniest dance on the planet that I know of,” said Riberio, “so why don’t I do that?” Someone start a petition to have Carlton star in every episode of the rumored Fresh Prince reboot.