The Wilder Ride

We open the episode with Bart telling Charlie to say goodbye. As soon as Bart and Jim leave, Charlie begins to wake up the other railroad workers and tells them to start gathering supplies. The scene dissolves to an open area of prairie in the middle of the night. Bart addresses the folks of Rock Ridge. He says he knows they must want to know what they are doing out there in the middle of the nigh...

With Bart having been discovered masquerading as a Klansman, he decides it's time to leave. He announces his next impression, Jesse Owens! Jim and Bart flee in rapid fashion. Hedley demands his men catch them while Taggart yells to head them off at the pass. We then spend some time discussing scenes that were shot and inserted in the television release. Additionally, there was discussion over cont...

Bart tells Jim they need to find a way to get closer to Hedley Lamarr and his lieutenants. Jim decides their best course of action is to go in disguise. He hides Bart and then whistles to the two Klansman. When they turn around he says, "Hey, boys. Lookee what I got here?" At that point he pulls Bart out from behind the rock. Bart immediately asks, "Hey, where are the white women at?" This makes t...

The episode begins with the first in line having said "rape" twice. Hedley calls him on it. He says he really likes rape. He is deputized and then the next is asked to step forward. As he is giving his qualifications, it is obvious he is chewing gum. Hedley says, "I hope you brought enough for everybody." The man says he didn't know there would be so many. Hedley immediately shoots him dead. We cu...

The dolly shot continues down the lines of bad guys all lined up for Hedley's Army. We see bandits and cowboys followed by German WWII soldiers and an aviator who looks just like Mel Brooks. There are other desperadoes mixed in with biker gang members, moonshine runners, plantation owners and Arabian fighters on camel-back. The line wraps up with a pair of Klansman. Behind a boulder, Bart and Jim...

The episode opens with Bart reading the notice Hedley Lamarr is circulating to recruit his army of ne'er-do-wells. Bart says it is the last act of a desperate man. Howard Johnson replies that he doesn't care if it's the first act of Henry the Fifth, they are all leaving. Bart then asks them to give him 24 hours to come up with a brilliant idea to save the town. They all say, "No!" Bart then says,...

Hedley decides Lili is onto something. He is going to raise an army of the worst dregs the West has ever seen. He asks Taggart to take down a list. He wants: rustlers, cutthroats, murderers, bounty hunters, desperados, mugs, pugs, thugs, nitwits, half-wits, dimwits, vipers, snipers, conmen, Indian agents, Mexican bandits, muggers, buggerers, bushwackers, hornswagglers, horse thieves, bull dykes, t...

We open the episode with Taggart and his men doing their best to applaud The Waco Kid. We immediately cut to Lily von Shtupp's dressing room. She is tied to the pot-belly stove while Taggart and Hedley are deciding what to do next. Lily says Bart is too much of a man for Hedley. She says he will need an army to defeat Bart and begins to sing a song. He slaps her and begins to pace, Taggart by his...

The episode begins with Taggart finishing his lament about seeing sheriff that's blacker than any indian. He then slumps forward on his horse, declaring he is depressed. Lyle leans over and says he hates to see him that way. He wonders if shooting the sheriff dead might help? Taggart believes it might. Lyle commands the men to draw their weapons but Jim warns them not to. Lyle dismisses the warnin...

As the rest of the railroad workers surround Bart, Charlie does his best to keep their hands off of him. There is some discussion about keeping hands off of Bart's vines. Then Taggart, Lyle and company come riding up to the crowd. Taggart recognizes Bart and demands to know why he's wearing a tin star, calling him, "boy!" Bart immediately responds with, "Watch that boy, sh*t, redneck. You're talki...

The episode opens with Charlie thinking he's seeing a mirage. Two men on horseback are approaching; one is white and the other is black. Charlie throws water into his face to make sure he is not dreaming. It is Bart riding into camp and he is overwhelmed with joy. He immediately runs to meet him, shouting words of excitement and disbelief. He says to Bart, "They said you was hung." Bart replies, "...

Something Mongo said yesterday about the choo-choo makes Bart pause. He asks Mongo if he knows why Hedley cares about the where the choo-choo is going? Mongo replies with a deeply philisophical, "Don't know. Mongo only pawn in game of life." Bart is convinced that he and Jim need to head out the railroad and do a little snooping. We transition to the site of the rail line being built. As the camer...

We continue today with Bart reviewing the writ sent by Hedley Lamarr for Mongo's release. He determines it's legal and goes to wake him up. He comments how those schnitzengrubers can really wipe you out. He then throws a bucket of water at Mongo, waking him. Mongo yawns, breaking all of the chains holding him in place. Bart tells Mongo he is a free man but Mongo won't go. He says Sheriff Bart is t...

The episode picks up today with Lili begging Bart not to leave. Bart tells her she is making a German spectable of herself. He passes through the open door but look back over his shoulder. He puts on a seductive voice and says, "Auf Weidersehen, baby." He closes the door and she falls against it, eventually putting her back to the door. She says aloud that Bart is such a nice guy. We dissolve to t...

The minute opens with a loud unzipping sound followed by Lili exclaiming it's twue! It's twue, it's twue, it's twue! We dissolve to the next morning where she offers Sheriff Bart another schnitzengruber. Bart says, "Fifteen is my limit on schnitzengruber." She then whispers something in his ear. He looks incredulous, exclaiming he is not from Havana. He then explains he has to get back to work for...

Lili von Shtupp disappears behind her changing screen, but we also realize there is a curtain too. She actually is not ripping off her clothes, but opening and closing the curtain. When she comes back, she is dressed similar to a Playboy bunny, just without the ears. She realizes it is too bright in the room so she blows out both lamps, leaving the room in near dark. As she sits next to Bart, ther...

Bart finishes reading the note handed to him at the table, causing the Waco Kid to do a spit-take with his beer. It appears Lili von Shtupp wants to see the sheriff in her dwessing woom after da show. We cut back to her changing room where there is a knock at the door. She goes through her welcomes again and Bart enters with a single red rose. Lili takes it, saying, "A wed wose, how womantic." She...

Lili von Shtupp is winding down the song, "I'm Tired," by adding the words, "Everything below the waist is kaput." The cowboys in the audience begin shooting their guns into the air, cheering. She falls over and the four dancers grab her as they head off stage. A moment later, they return, putting her on her feet. She takes a bow before falling again into their arms again. She is whisked off stage...

We continue with the drunk coming up on stage and Lili kneeing him in the nether region. She is totally unphased and simply continues singing. As she moves through the lyrics, she brings up to famous poets -- Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley. She says they jump on your belly and bust your balloons. Byron was famous for his poem about Don Juan. Shelley was famous for his poem, Ozymandias. By the...

The song, "I'm Tired," continues in this minute. Lili von Shtupp is at a point in her performance where she wants to chat with the audience. She begins with a young man who has propped his feet up on the stage. She asks his name and he replies, "Tex, ma'am." She then plays with him saying, "Well, Tex ma'am, are you in show business?" He says he is not. Then she kicks his boots as she tells him to...

We continue today with Lili singing the song that closed Poland. While we examine the lyrics, we wonder if the song is one someone else has written or is it autobiographical. We wonder why she is tired of being admired? We also have to figure out what she says to the audience after the lyric, "...and always too soon." There is some discussion about where the chair goes that is kicked into the audi...

We begin with a slight variation on the introduction of Lili von Shtupp. In the theatrical release, when the emcee introduces her, she immediately comes out from behind the privacy screen. However, in the television version, she enters from stage left and is wearing a pin-stripped pant suit with a hat. We discuss this outtake and then dive into the scene, with a breakdown of the initial lyrics sun...

Our episode continues with Hedley Lamarr rolling his eyes in the back of his head. He says to Lily, "I love it when you talk dirty." Bart and Jim find their way to a table as we hear the piano playing a version of, "I'm tired" to the gathering crowd. In the dressing room, Hedley has his hands all over Lily's sides but it has no effect on her. She finally demands he get to the point. Hedley wants h...

We begin with Sheriff Bart and The Waco Kid finishing their conversation in the jail. Jim tells Bart they need to go see Lily von Shtupp. We cut to two men outside the Rock Ridge Saloon reading the playbill for the evening. We then hear what sounds like Lily von Shtupp doing some vocal warm-ups. We cut to inside her dressing room where she is literally patting down her entire body with a pad. Ther...

We open with Bart lamenting he will not be given credit for inventing the Candygram. As he and Jim are talking, there is a tap at the window of the sheriff's office. Bart lifts the shade and opens the window. The old woman, who had been mean to him earlier in the day, is standing there. She has a fresh apple pie with her. She starts off saying sorry about the, "Up yours..." She says she baked the...