As he brushes Lamarr's back during a soap-sudsy bath, Taggart expresses upset that Mongo couldn't eliminate the sheriff: "I thought sure that Mongo would just mash him up into little-bitty sheriff meatballs. I just don't understand it." The attorney general hasn't given up and has a new creative plan to use his beautiful paramour to seduce Bart:
Lamarr: My mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives. Taggart: Gol- darn it, Mr. Lamarr, you use your tongue prettier than a twenty dollar whore. Lamarr: Shit - kicker. (A bright idea dawns) Wait a minute! That's it! Of course, and it will work. Taggart: You bet it will. What'll work? Lamarr: Elementary, cactus-head. The Beast has failed. And when the Beast fails, it's time to call in Beauty. Taggart: Beauty? Lamarr: Yes, of course. She's never failed me before. She'll turn him into jelly. She'll bring him to his knees.
Mongo is chained to a wall in the jail. The old woman who greeted Bart with derision brings a freshly-baked apple pie to the sheriff, showing grudging respect for the sheriff as a "thank you for your ingenuity and courage in defeating that horrible Mongo." But with racist overtones, she cautions that he not reveal to anyone that she spoke to him. Bart realizes how he has saved the town:
Bart: I'm rapidly becoming a big underground success in this town. Waco Kid: Gee, in another twenty-five years, they'll be able to shake your hands in broad daylight.
In Rock Ridge Saloon, the Teutonic Titwillow - Lili Von Shtupp (Madeline Kahn), a seductive saloon singer, is being presented by Hedley Lamarr.
Knowing that Lamarr has hired her for something other than the saloon job, she confronts him, learning that the plan is to seduce Bart and break his heart:
Lili: Come on, Lamarr, let's get down to brass tacks. What do you want me to do? Lamarr: I want you to seduce and abandon the sheriff of Rock Ridge. Do you think you can do it?
On stage, Lili Von Shtupp performs "I'm Tired" off-key, parodying Marlene Dietrich's "Falling in Love Again" with a world-weary Germanic, monotoned accent and a lisp. The sultry singer reduces all the men in the audience to fools - in the lyrics, she asks one of the drooling cowboys:
Hello, handsome, is that a ten-gallon hat - or are you just enjoying the show?
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