Jim, known as the Waco Kid, is a character in the movie, "Blazing Saddles" (1974). When we first meet Jim, he is drunk and in a cell in the Rock Ridge jail. He tells Bart, the new sheriff, that once he was the Waco Kid, the fastest draw in the west, feared by all. His fame became a burden, however, and he knew that someone would do him in.
He tells Bart, "I was just walking down the street and I heard a voice behind me say, "Reach for it, mister!" And there I was face to face with a six year old kid." Jim turned around to walk away. "The little bastard shot me in the ass." After that "I limped to the nearest saloon, crawled inside a whiskey bottle, and I've been there ever since."
A subplot of the movie is Jim's journey of redemption from alcoholism to heroism. But if you've seen "Blazing Saddles" (and everyone should see it several times), you'll know it's not about the plot or the subplot, it's the comedic genius of Mel Brooks, and an amazing cast that make this one of the funniest movies ever made.
R.I.P. Gene Wilder (1933-2016)