Ward Kimball Jeff Lenburg, "The Three Caballeros" is considered to have a place among the finest work of Kimball's career. The film was reportedly successful in the American box office, earning about 3 to 4 million dollars. Kimball directed the character animation and sequences of the Pecos Bill segment in "Melody Time" (1948). He also worked as a senior animator for "The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad" (1949). In "Cinderella" (1950), Kimball was responsible for the characters Jaq and Gus and Lucifer the Cat. In "Alice in Wonderland" (1951), Kimball was responsible for Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the Walrus and the Carpenter,
Muzio Scevola Giovanni Bononcini had also been resident in London and composing operas for the Academy since 1719 and some music lovers preferred his lighter, more Italianate style with straightforward melodies to Handel's more weighty music. The rivalry between those who supported one of the composers more than the other inspired a satirical ditty from John Byrom: <poem> Some say, compared to Bononcini That meinherr Handel's but a ninny. Others aver that he to Handel Is scarcely fit to hold a candle. Strange all this difference should be Twixt Tweedledum and Tweedledee!</poem> To capitalise on this rivalry, according to Handel's first biographer