Blazing Saddles Scene 8 Summary

  • Hedley Lamarr sits in a bath while Taggart scrubs his back (and yes, this is funny). It turns out that the Mongo plan didn't work, so Hedley needs a new approach to taking out Bart. All of a sudden, he has a new idea. Instead of a beast, he decides to send a beauty to do his dirty work.
  • Out of nowhere, Hedley asks where his bath-time froggie is, and Taggart frantically searches until he finds it. Hedley is immediately calmed down by the little squeaking frog toy.
  • Back at the sheriff's station, we see Mongo chained up to a cell. The same old woman who said "up yours" to Bart apologizes.
  • Bart says that by this rate, he'll get to talk to the white people in broad daylight in twenty years' time. Jim laughs and says he's heading out to see a show. Apparently, there's a beautiful singer in town named Lili Von Shtupp.
  • We look in on Lili's dressing room, where Hedley Lamarr walks in and tries to flirt with her. Lili sees right through him and asks what job he wants her to do.
  • Hedley says he wants Lili to seduce and abandon Sheriff Bart, thus breaking his spirit. And if you don't think this sounds like a well thought-out plan, we agree with you. At least the Mongo one involved Bart's brains getting bashed in.
  • Lili heads onstage and sings a song to a saloon filled with rowdy cowboys.
  • When the song is over, Bart gets a note from Lili saying she'd like to see him in her dressing room. Jim spits out his beer with surprise (and probably some jealousy).