Interestingly, the railroad-builder in “Blazing Saddles”, that aforementioned Mr. Taggart, is in no way related to later scion of industry and railroad magnate James Taggart, of Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged”.
I wonder what Mel Brooks could have done with Atlas Shrugged?
Probably not as much sardonic irony as our brilliant young President has achieved. What a comedic genius. I laugh and laugh.