Pryor was supposed to play Bart in Blazing Saddles but the insurance companies would not insure his health for the three or four months it would take to shoot. Pryor is credited as one of the writers. Mel Brooks said he wrote all the lines for the white guys. So when you are seeing Mr. Taggart you are hearing the words of Pryor.

Mel Brooks tried to get John Wayne to play the Waco Kid but Wayne said it would be bad for his screen image. Wayne did think it would become a western classic.

Maybe with deep fake tech someone will go back and recut this film with these actors in the roles.