The other night I rewatched the Monty Python episode "Light Entertainment War." This is one that I've seen quite a number of times in my life, but I noticed something new this time through.
At the beginning (and reprised halfway through) is an intro to a show called "Up Your Pavement" that uses a distinctive song underneath a voice over ("Taking life as it comes, sharing the good things and the bad things, finding laughter and fun wherever they go..."). All of the things I've seen have described the music as "a la Steptoe and Son." Never having heard the actual theme to Steptoe and Son, I had presumed that this was the real theme.
At the end of the episode there is a Neil Innes song called "When Does a Dream Begin." This is the same melody as the "Up Your Pavement" theme.
I love it when I notice things like that. I'd prefer it to not take 25 years or so, but still...
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