I guess the part I don't get is the delay. In the case of Fawlty Towers, there was a delay of four years and some between the two series. It just seems to cause so many issues. Actors constantly looking for new jobs. Getting the audience to remember from one series to the next. Scheduling. I don't know. It's just a different paradigm that doesn't inherently make sense to me.

I guess thinking about it as the product of a very few writers as opposed to a staff of writers makes more sense. I suppose that Curb Your Enthusiasm is more like a UK production in that sense.