Carlos's Dream

Carlos's Dream is an American animated comedy children's television series, which ran from September 8, 2000 to February 23, 2008 on Toon Disney. The show was created by Greg Sullivan.

It was produced by Film Roman for Mandel's company Alevy Productions and Fox Children's Productions in association with Walt Disney Television Animation. The theme song for Carlos's Dream was composed by John Tesh and Michael Hanna.

Premise
Carlos's Dream follows the daily life of Carlos Richardson with his very overactive imagination and how he sees the world.

Episodes
Main article: List of Carlos's Dream episodes

Main

 * Carlos Richardson (voiced by Rob Paulsen) – Robert Adelvice "Carlos" Richardson is the main character of the series, a 4- (5- in seasons 2 through 6, then six- in seasons 7 and 8) year-old little boy with huge imaginations.

Development
Howie Mandel said that he accidentally created the voice that would be later used to voice Bobby when he was choking on a piece of cake.[3] Two of Mandel's friends Jim Fisher and Jim Staahl signed an agreement with the 20th Century Fox's then newly created television division in 1989. Fisher and Staahl asked Mandel to join them in creating a show based on Mandel's Bobby character and voice. Mandel said that he believed Fox did not think his stand-up routines were "family entertainment." He, Fisher, and Staahl (co-producers) recalled stories from their childhoods as they discussed the formation of the show. Mandel stated "that was the seed of Bobby's World." Later stories from the childhoods of writers Dianne and Peter Tilden along with Mitch Schauer were used as the basis of many of the stories. The other characters on the show were mixes of characteristics of the creators' parents' friends and relatives. Specifically, Uncle Ted was based on Fisher and Staahl's former comedy partner in a comedy trio formed by the three after leaving Chicago's Second City, called The Graduates. Ultimately, that partner Tino Insana read for and won the part of Uncle Ted.[4][5]

Mitch Schauer drew the designs for the main characters.[6] Bobby's character design was based on Schauer's then four-year-old son.[7]

On February 12, 2007, the character Bobby made a surprise appearance on an episode of Deal or No Deal.[8]

Show format
Episodes often consist of a short live-action segment either before or after the main story (and sometimes both before and after). The segment would include Mandel describing some aspect of the story and often relating it back to his personal childhood. Sometimes during these segments, the character of Bobby would appear in animated form and converse with Mandel. Other times, a live action child would appear and exchange words with Mandel. Endings of the show also featured Mandel breaking the "fourth wall" by talking to viewers about the preceding episode. In some part of the episode, Bobby will break the fourth wall by telling the audience his perspective on life.

Music and songs
The series has the famous composer and orchestrations from Friz Freleng's Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie, Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales, Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island, Pink Panther in Olym-Pinks and Muppet Babies and other Marvel Shows was made by Rob Walsh and Don McGinnis., and the musical director for the 25th Season of Sesame Street and two specials like Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration and Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration. is done by Robby Merkin, and the original songs was made in the show who sung by Bobby Generic. the theme music was made by John Tesh and Michael Hanna.

Possible revival
In an April 2006 online interview, Mandel expressed his desire for a possible re-launch of the series.[9]

In November 2014, it was announced that Mandel told a crowd at Comikaze that plans to revive the series were in motion.[10]

Broadcast
During its original run, Bobby's World was seen on Fox Kids. After it was cancelled in 1998, reruns began airing on Fox Family until 2001.

The series was available in its entirety on Netflix instant streaming and Kabillion as well. It was available on Amazon Prime Instant Video. Episodes can occasionally be seen in syndication, on a variety of websites, on Netflix or on Comcast's OnDemand service.

In the United States, starting in 1996, the show was open-captioned; this was intended as an aid to help younger children learn to read.

Home media
From 1994 to 1998, Fox Kids Video released VHS titles of the series. In 2004, Anchor Bay Entertainment released two best-of compilations, Classic Scratch 'n' Sniff Episodes and The Signature Episodes, on DVD in Region 1.
 * Volume 1 – Uncle Ted's Excellent Adventure / The Visit To Aunt Ruth's
 * Volume 2 – Bobby's Big Move / Bobby's Big Broadcast
 * Volume 3 – Swim By Me / Jets, Choo Choos & Cars
 * Fish Tales / Generics Under Construction
 * Me & Roger

On December 15, 2011, it was announced that MoonScoop Group had acquired the rights to the series and planned to release all seven seasons of Bobby's World on DVD in Region 1 via Amazon.com's CreateSpace program in early 2012.[11] These are manufacture-on-demand releases, available exclusively through Amazon.com. All seasons were made available for purchase on March 13, 2012.[12]

Video game
A video game adaptation of Carlos's Dream was made for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1995. It was developed by Riedel Software Productions and published by Hi Tech Entertainment. In the game, Bobby's mother tells him to clean his room. As he is cleaning his room, Bobby starts daydreaming about a toy. After beating a level, Bobby has another daydream about another toy that he puts away.