故事发生在一间名为“鸟笼”的夜总会中，艾伯特（内森·连恩 Nathan Lane 饰）是其中的当家花旦，不仅如此，他和夜总会的老板阿曼德（罗宾·威廉姆斯 Robin Williams 饰）还是出双入对的同性情人。
某日，阿曼德同前妻所生的儿子瓦尔（丹·福特曼 Dan Futterman 饰）找到了老爸，喜滋滋的告诉他他即将带着未婚妻芭芭拉（卡莉斯塔·弗洛克哈特 Calista Flockhart 饰）前来造访。阿曼德在感到欣喜的同时亦十分紧张，因为芭芭拉的父母凯文（吉恩·哈克曼 Gene Hackman 饰）和路易斯（黛安娜·维斯特 Dianne Wiest 饰）是保守派人士，如果让他们知道了自己同艾伯特之间的关系，儿子的婚事可能就要岌岌可危了。于是，阿曼德开始劝说艾伯特，让他假扮成为一个正常人，表面上答应了阿曼德的请求，艾伯特的内心里却十分郁闷。
Charles Augustus Howell was John Ruskin's secretary, agent and model for Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and exhumer of Lizzie Siddal. But he is also said to have been a master blackmailer and a forger of works of art.
A fictional village confronts a bizarre dilemma when their cemetery runs out of burial space, leading to uproarious situations as the townspeople unite to find creative solutions.
This 7-year series chronicled the adventures of the Impossible Mission Taskforce (IMF), a team of government spies and specialists who were assigned "impossible missions" by the unseen "Secretary". Although the cast varied over the years, the main characters included The Team Leader (Dan Briggs the first season, then Jim Phelps the other six), The Techno-Wizard (Barney Collier), The Strongman (Willy Armitage), The Master of Disguise (first Rollin Hand, then The Amazing Paris), and The Femme Fatale (Cinnamon Carter, Casey, Dana Lambert, Mimi Davis).
The series is best known for its opening mission assignment (conducted by a pre-recorded tape), the theme composed by Lalo Schifrin, the leader's selection of mission agents from a dossier, the opening briefing, the intricate use of disguises and a typical "mask pulloff" scene near the end of most episodes, and the relative lack of characterization of the characters.
Jim Phelps is the new leader of the Impossible Missions Force, with no explanation, or even reference made, about the departure of predecessor Dan Briggs. First up for Phelps is a mission involving the drug trade. Cresnik and Walters have cornered the heroin market and sell it at a handsome profit to gangs around the world. Phelps devises an operation which will drive a wedge between the heroin dealers and their customers.
