An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.
A small-town car thief and his transvestite wife come across an abandoned infant; they amputate his tongue and train him for a life in crime.
A dirty corrections officer gets involved in a murder plot involving one of the inmates.
The story of the life and career of eccentric avant-garde comedian, Andy Kaufman.