Bart (Blazing Saddles)
Background
Bart is a railroad worker. In 1856, Bart and his parents were on a wagon train heading west across the United States when they encountered an Indian Chief who let them live.
During the events of Blazing Saddles (1974) played by Cleavon Little
Lyle rides a handcar to a group of workers working on the railroad. He criticizes their work ethic and then suggests they sing one of their slave songs. Bart and the other workers then sing a parody version of I Get a Kick Out of You. Lyle stops them and suggests they sing a song like Camptown Racers. Taggart rides up and tells Lyle they need to send something to check out some possible quicksand along the route. Lyle suggests horses, but Taggart tells him horses are too valuable and suggests sending two of the workers. Bart and Charlie are then chosen to take a handcar and check to see if there is quicksand. They get to the end of the rail line and start to sink. Taggart and Lyle ride up and Lyle lassos the handcar to retrieve it. Bart and Charlie manage to crawl to safety and after Taggart throws them a shovel to get back to work, Bart hits him in the back of the head with it and is sentenced to be hung. Hedley Lamarr brings Bart to Governor Lepetomane's office and at first Governor Lepetomane disagrees with Hedley's choice of Bart as the new sheriff of Rock Ridge, but Hedley convinces him that by making Bart the sheriff, he will go down in history. As Bart is riding towards town he passes Count Basie and his band, and Count Basie gives him a high five. As Bart rides into town the music stops and the townspeople stare at him in shock. Bart walks up to the stage and as he is reading the order making him sheriff, the townspeople point weapons at him. Rev. Johnson asks the people to not get upset, but tells Bart he is on his own when someone puts a bullet through his Bible. Bart pulls out his own pistol and takes himself hostage and threatens to shoot himself. Olson Johnson tells the townspeople to stay back. Harriett Johnson asks if anyone will help Bart, but Dr. Sam Johnson shushes her. Jim wakes up from the drunk tank in jail and is surprised by who Bart is. They play chess and Jim tells Bart his past as a gunfighter and why he drinks. Later, Bart walks around town, but is still rejected. Mongo rides into town on a zebu and starts terrorizing the town. Van Johnson runs to the sheriff office and begs Bart to help the town out. Before he leaves, Jim warns Bart that shooting Mongo will just make him mad. Bart dresses as a delivery man and tells Mongo there is a candygram for him. The candygram explodes when Mongo opens it. Bart and Jim go to the cabaret show put on by Lili Von Shtupp. Lili comes on stage and sings about how tired she is. After the show, Bart gets a note from Lili inviting him to her dressing room. Bart goes to her dressing room and Lili turns out the light. The next morning, Lili is hand feeding Bart and she begs him to stay. Bart goes back to work and Jim gives him a letter demanding the release of Mongo. Bart releases Mongo, but Mongo doesn't want to go due to being impressed by Bart's ability to hurt him. Mongo tells Bart and Jim about Hedley's interest in Rock Ridge and the railroad. Charlie sees Bart and Jim ride up to the railroad camp and runs up to Bart and hugs him. Charlie then tells Bart that the railroad is going to be going through Rock Ridge. Taggart, Lyle and their men ride up and Lyle offers to shoot Bart for Taggart. Before they can, Jim shoots him and the others in the hand. Bart and Jim ride back into town and Olson shows them the wanted ad looking for murderers. Bart asks the people to give him time to come up with an idea and they agree. Bart and Jim try to spy on the group being hired by Taggart by dressing as Klu Klux Klanners, but are caught. They sneak into the railroad camp at night and tell Charlie to gather all of the workers to bring paint and wood to Rock Ridge. Bart tells the citizens of Rock Ridge that they will build a fake Rock Ridge and if they agree to give the railroad workers a plot of land they will help. The townspeople then reluctantly agree to the plan. A replica Rock Ridge is built, including replica townspeople. To slow down Taggart and his gang, Bart, Jim and Mongo build a fake tollbooth. Taggart and his gang ride into Rock Ridge and Bart tries to blow the explosives they placed in the town, but it fails. Jim then shoots the explosive and the town explodes and bodies and horses go flying into the air. The citizens of Rock Ridge and Taggart's men get into a huge fight that spills into the studio lot where Buddy Bizarre is filming his musical French Mistake. When Taggart punches Buddy Bizarre in the stomach, a fight breaks out between the actors and actresses of Blazing Saddles and French Mistake. This fight then continues into the commissary and more people join the fight. Hedley goes inside a theater and watches as Bart shows up to the theater on a horse. Bart tells Hedley to draw, but Hedley lies and says he is unarmed. Hedley then tries to shoot Bart, who shoots Hedley in the crotch. Bart and Jim go inside the theater and finish watching Blazing Saddles. In the film, Bart tells the citizens of Rock Ridge he must leave and he and Jim get into a sedan and drive away.
