Director Michael Ritchie must have been a Mel Brooks fan
He cast actors from The Producers, Blazing Saddles, and Young Frankenstein in both Fletch films.
- Burton Gilliam (Bud in Fletch) played Lyle in Blazing Saddles
- Kenneth Mars (Stanton Boyd in Fletch) played Franz Liebkind in The Producers, and Inspector Kemp in Young Frankenstein.
- Cleavon Little (Calculus Entropy in Fletch Lives) played Bart in Blazing Saddles.
Any others come to mind?