Life's questions are 'answered' in a series of outrageous vignettes, beginning with a staid London insurance company which transforms before our eyes into a pirate ship. Then there's the National Health doctors who try to claim a healthy liver from a still-living donor. The world's most voracious glutton brings the art of vomiting to new heights before his spectacular demise.

Brian Cohen is an average young Jewish man, but through a series of ridiculous events, he gains a reputation as the Messiah. When he's not dodging his followers or being scolded by his shrill mother, the hapless Brian has to contend with the pompous Pontius Pilate and acronym-obsessed members of a separatist movement. Rife with Monty Python's signature absurdity, the tale finds Brian's life paralleling Biblical lore, albeit with many more laughs.

《变形记》共分成三部分：第一部分，推销员格里高尔某天早上醒来后变成了甲虫，这一变故对其本人和家庭却产生了很大的影响。 [4] 格里高尔彷徨惊慌，忧郁无助。而此时并未得到帮助的他被激怒的父亲大怒赶回自己的卧室；第二部分，变成甲虫的格里高尔，在生活习惯上已然成为甲虫，但是仍然具有人类的意识。虽已失业的他，仍旧关心父亲的债务问题，怎么样送妹妹去音乐学院，关心家里的各种琐事。数日之后，全家人都将格里高尔视为累赘。父亲、母亲、妹妹对他以往的态度转变成了厌恶，嫌弃；第三部分，为了能够继续生存，除了格里高尔全家人只能打工挣钱，对变为甲虫的格里高尔忍无可忍。妹妹提出将自己的亲哥哥赶出家门。格里高尔在亲情冷漠的情况下饥寒交迫，并且患病在身，但仍心系家人，然后他的头就不由自主地垂倒在地板上，鼻孔呼出了最后一丝气息， [5] 带着满腹的担忧和内疚看着家庭的不幸，而更不幸的是他终遭社会和家庭的唾弃，在无声无息中死去。