Miloslav Šimek (7 March 1940 Prague – 16 February 2004 Prague) was a Czech comedian and satirist. He was most famous for his

double act A double act (also known as a comedy duo) is a form of comedy originating in the British music hall tradition, and American vaudeville, in which two comedians perform together as a single act. Pairings are typically long-term, in some cases f ...

with Jiří Grossmann on their show ''Návštěvní dny'' at the

Semafor Semafor is a theatre in Prague, Czech Republic, established by Jiří Suchý and Ferdinand Havlík in 1959. Suchý has performed there for many years and is the current owner. The theatre was a starting point for many famous Czech musicians ...

theatre, presented at the break of

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and

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. Later he cooperated with Luděk Sobota,

Petr Nárožný Petr Nárožný (born 14 April 1938)) is a Czech actor, television presenter, comedian, and entertainer. Life and career As a boy, Nárožný spent part of World War II in Germany, where he experienced Allied bombings. He graduated from the Fac ...

Jiří Krampol Jiří Krampol (born 11 July 1938) is a Czech film and theatre actor. Krampol was born in Buštěhrad, Kladno District. He graduated at the Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague in 1962. He acted in Czech theatre Semafor ...

, and finally Zuzana Bubílková. He is the brother of Dutch television personality and tennis coach Martin Šimek (who trained e.g. Michiel Schapers).

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