WASHINGTON, April 8 (UPI) -- John Cleese, one of Monty Python's founders, says he has offered his speech-writing services to U.S. presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.
The British-born Cleese, now living in California, said he may be otherwise occupied until a November trip to Europe "because if Barack Obama gets the nomination I'm going to offer my services to him as a speech writer because I think he's a brilliant man," Cleese told the Bristol Evening Post.
Obama is battling Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Cleese also told the British newspaper he planned to return to Bristol during the summer to raise funds for the Bristol Zoo.
"I have a very strong feeling for conservation as I am aware of the need to do all we can to preserve the world as we have it, despite the ever-growing population," Cleese said.
