# Mantovani as incidental music in comedy

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**Created:** [July 28, 2006, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mantovani-as-incidental-music-in-comedy/366404 "2006-07-28T15:26:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mantovani-as-incidental-music-in-comedy/366404/1 "2006-07-28T15:26:54Z")

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Episode 13 of _Monty Python’s Flying Circus_ features “seven seconds of slightly speeded up Mantovani.” Can anyone tell me which piece that was?

I have a feeling that I hear Mantovani as incidental music in comedies a lot more than I am aware of. Can anyone else offer examples that would confirm this suspicion?

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**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mantovani-as-incidental-music-in-comedy/366404/2 "2006-07-31T14:48:12Z")

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Hmm … No one has anything to say about Mantovani? Or Monty Python?