Fnern: John Cleese enlisted as face of Czech Republic Olympics team

Comedian John Cleese has been courted by the Czech Republic Olympic committee and will appear in a series of Monty Python inspired TV adverts screened during London 2012.



The 71-year-old who has a house in Prague began filming at the weekend with the adverts scripted to poke fun at traditional British summer frolickers who wear bowler hats and use sun umbrellas.
It was laughs all round for the Fawlty Towers actor who said he thought the Czech people and the English share a similar sense of humour.
Director Tomas Masin is in charge of the project and a dozen commercials with a strong Monty Python theme will be produced.
Cleese was a star during his own 1972 Python Silly Olympics and had the Pythons competing in some crazy events such as 100m dash for people with no sense of direction, the 3000m steeple chase for people who think they are chickens and the 200m freestyle race for non-swimmers.
Unfortunately Cleese has ruled himself out of attending the games in London next year and those fans hoping to catch a glimpse of the Fierce Creatures star will have to keep an eye out for the Czech adverts due to be released sometime toward the end of the year.

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He has a house in Prague? o.O

Well, doesn't he look a smart boy!

Shit, that man is GORGEOUS! But that shirt is almost comically too large. He probably hates having a collar and tie. Looks niiiiiiiiice, though.

Who's the chick in the hat? Doesn't look like Jenny.

I think his shirt looks fine! How can you tell it's too big??? It won't be Jenny - it'll be an actress.

He looks kinda old in the pic with the hat...he doesn't look that old in the flesh though....

I don't think he looks old with the hat! The fact that he does look so young is why he can wear that hat, because that dark color and so much of it, would turn some people more grey looking, or more red. Nice photos. He looks good. Good luck to you, sir! Hell he's not even reading this. Anyway, I like those dishes he's using. When you were there, Mrsthing, did you have tea? Like that? I know you love your coffee. Pay attention to what, Zelda? Confused here!

I think that tie brings out the colour of his penis very well

Oh, that is right, you do know me. I am blonde in hat! I was headed to Prague after reunion to get tanning lotion ot of hair. I really missed, Fanny, whose room I paid for...Ms Lozzykinz was off with her pals while I sat in the Red Lion anxiouxly waiting to meet her. but met dorable Dan, Tal, Polly, val, Kish etc. Damn but I was tired, and the British do not know how to give directions to their hotels and some people need glsses to read the diff between tanning lotion and hairspray, snif. Old people.

Fanny, I was surprised to find that no one seemed to have tea in England. I was under the impression that the world came grinding to a halt at 4pm on any day, but no. I had some local ale that wasn't very strong but went well with the food I was eating.

The shirt collar is too loose. The hat looks wrong, and it does make him look older than I remember him looking in real life. But maybe he had had a little temporary work done before the show, if you know what I mean. He looks better in a bowler. But really, I think he'd look better naked.