I've encountered the use of this narrative technique before, using loose and wholly inconsequential connections to link together the points of a logical argume

I've encountered the use of this narrative technique before, using loose and wholly inconsequential connections to link together the points of a logical argument. I'm not sure where it originated but it's defiantly more popular in GB than the US. The late 70s BBC series Connections with James Burke used this narrative technique for all of its episodes.