David Bowie Everywhere in Contemporary TV

Recently in class, we talked about David Bowie's "Life on Mars" appearing on season four of American Horror Story: Freak Show. Apparently, television show producers are all a part of David Bowie's fan-club because that is not the only David Bowie reference made in today's television.

The hit ABC show, Once Upon a Time has a side series called Once Upon a Time in Wonderland. The show is really interesting, with both Aladdin and Alice in Wonderland characters. The classic Alice in Wonderland characters Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum make an appearance as servants to the Red Queen.

The Tweedles both have this make-up on:

It is very similar to David Bowie's "Aladdin Sane" album cover:

It makes me wonder if that is how the producers got the idea to add Aladdin characters. They were probably like, "let's have the Tweedles wear Bowie face paint." "Hey, wouldn't it be cool to have Aladdin characters to further make a tribute to David Bowie?"

It astounds me how everything always leads back to David Bowie somehow. I'll keep my eyes out for more.