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Wednesday January 30, 2008

John McEnroe pokes fun at himself in a new US TV commercial by re-enacting his tantrum-throwing days on the tennis court.

But this time, he’s not angry because the ball was out but because a carton of milk was left out of the fridge.

In a cheeky little ad for the cereal All-Bran, McEnroe, 49, is filmed helping a friend with the pipes in his kitchen.

Dressed in a bathrobe and pyjamas, the retired tennis player emerges from under the sink and says: “Well Bob, you’ve still got some more work to do on your pipes.”

Then he says: “By the way I’m really impressed by the way you’re sticking with this All-Bran 10-day challenge.”

Bob, sitting at the breakfast table chomping away, agrees. He says: “Hey, it’s just one serving a day. I already feel it’s starting to work.”

But the two friends get into a row when McEnroe snaps: “And next time, don’t leave the milk out.”

Bob pleads his innocence by saying: “But I didn’t leave it out I put it back in the fridge.”

In typical McEnroe fashion, he says: “It was out.”

Bob throws “it was in” across the room like it was a tennis ball flying across a net. Then the McEnroe of old is let loose when he barks: “Are you blind? Don’t sit there and tell me it was in when it was…”

But he is interrupted when a woman comes down the stairs, also in her dressing gown, looking tired and peeved.

A humbled McEnroe says: “Good morning Patty. Nice robe.”

The commercial is part of the All-Bran campaign encouraging people to keep regular by taking the 10-day challenge.

At the end an announcer says: “The All-Bran 10-day challenge. Do it. Feel it.”