AS SEEN ON TV: THE TWEEDLES

TWEEDLE DEE & TWEEDLE DUM

AS SEEN IN:

"Alice In Wonderland" (1999)

CREATED BY:

Lewis Carroll

ORIGINALLY FOUND IN:

"Through The Looking Glass And What Alice Found There"

PORTRAYED BY:

George Wendt & Robbie Coltrane

TV STATUS:

Recastaways

TV DIMENSION:

Dreamscape

From Wikipedia:

Tweedledum and Tweedledee are fictional characters in an English language nursery rhyme and in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. Their names may have originally come from an epigram written by poet John Byrom. The nursery rhyme has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19800. The names have since become synonymous in western popular culture slang for any two people who look and act in identical ways, generally in a derogatory context.

In the film "Alice in Wonderland" (1999), Tweedledum & Tweedledee appeared despite the fact that the movie was mostly based on the first book. They appear right after Alice's encounter with the talking flowers, which also were originally only in Through the Looking-Glass.

Tweedledum and Tweedledee

Agreed to have a battle;

For Tweedledum said Tweedledee

Had spoiled his nice new rattle.

Just then flew down a monstrous crow,

As black as a tar-barrel;

Which frightened both the heroes so,

They quite forgot their quarrel.

Two for Tuesday!

BCnU!