Schweppes “Strange Taste Test” [00:30]# Filmed in glamorous black and white, this Schweppes commercial starring John Cleese is a parody of the stylish ads for Calvin Klein’s “Obsession” from a few years back. The protagonists are Cleese, a sour tempered woman, a lizard named Colin and, of course, a bottle of Schweppes Tonic, When the virago splashes Cleese’s face with the contents of her glass Cleese mutters rapturously, “So dry and yet . so wet.”