Charlie (Blazing Saddles)
Background
Charlie is a railroad worker.
During the events of Blazing Saddles (1974) played by Charles McGregor
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. Later, 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. Bart and Jim 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. 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. After the fight, Charlie and the citizens of Rock Ridge say goodbye to Bart as he leaves town.