Three wise men arrive in Nazareth to find a baby with his mother. She initially tries to chase them away but changes her mind when they claim to bear gifts. The baby is named Brian. The wise men soon realize their mistake and reclaim the gifts and take them to the manger across the street. Years later, Brian (Graham Chapman) and his mother (Terry Jones) attend a sermon at some mount by a fellow named Jesus. However, they are far in the back and don't really hear it well. Brian's mother would rather attend a stoning. Of course, women aren't allowed at stonings, so she purchases a false beard on the way. Not surprisingly, most of the crowd is wearing false beards. Brian sells snacks at the gladiator arena. While there, he meets Judith (Sue Jones-Davies) and is smitten. She is a member of the People's Front of Judea, which seeks to eject the Romans. Brian joins and soon finds himself on a mission to kidnap Pontius Pilate's wife!
Monty Python are together again, finding humor in ancient Israel. There's the vendor (Eric Idle) who won't sell anything unless Brian haggles the price down, the leper (Michael Palin) cured by Jesus who can no longer survive from alms, the Roman legionnaire (John Cleese) who corrects Brian's anti-Roman graffiti and demands he write it 100 times, Pontius Pilate with an Elmer Fudd accent, Brian being repeatedly mistaken as a messiah, and much more. Python humor in Biblical times.
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