Influence of Stanley Kubrick homages to Kubrick in his work, notably using actual footage from "" in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", and modeling the look of Tweedledee and Tweedledum in his version of "Alice in Wonderland" on the Grady girls in "The Shining". Film critic Roger Ebert also noted that Burton's "Mars Attacks!" was partially inspired by "Dr. Strangelove".<ref name="http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19961213/REVIEWS/612130302/1023"></ref> The video for The Killers' song "Bones" that Burton directed includes clips from Kubrick's "Lolita", as well as other films from the general era. Kubrick's influence on Todd Field was perhaps the most direct. After acting in Kubrick's "Eyes Wide Shut", Field immediately
The News at Bedtime with a special "Year in Review" episode broadcast on 31 December 2010. "The News at Bedtime" is a news programme broadcast from the magical world of Nurseryland, in which nursery rhymes and children's stories are real. The main news readers are John Tweedledum and Jim Tweedledee, who both make it clear that they dislike each other. Tweedledum sees himself as more professional, compared to Tweedledee who likes celebrity culture. Whenever Tweedledum gets annoyed by Tweedledee (or vice versa), he hits him with a toy rattle. The other main contributors to the programme are Mary Mary, the Contrary Correspondent who reports