John Cleese Instagram – Fawlty Towers Rejection Letter. ☠️ The man who commissioned the series told me, after the first episode ” You’ll have to get them out of the hotel more ” After two shows, the Daily Mirror announced ” Long John short on jokes ” And the Spectator went on and on hating it… My greatest successes began with rejections. #fawltytowers #rejection #rejectionletter #screenwriting #televisionseries #tvhistory