It Started As a Joke
- Released on
Documentary, Comedy
•- Runtime
- 76 mins
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This documentary chronicles the decade-long run of the Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival – including a final farewell show. The film celebrates Eugene’s unique brand of humor and his role in the alternative comedy movement, offers a bittersweet goodbye to an era, and reminds us of the healing properties of comedy – even in the most challenging of life’s circumstances.
This documentary chronicles the decade-long run of the Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival – including a final farewell show. The film celebrates Eugene’s unique brand of humor and his role in the alternative comedy movement, offers a bittersweet goodbye to an era, and reminds us of the healing properties of comedy – even in the most challenging of life’s circumstances.
Cast
- Eugene Mirman
- H. Jon Benjamin
- Mike Birbiglia
- Wyatt Cenac
- Jim Gaffigan
- Janeane Garofalo
- Jon Glaser
- Ira Glass
- Bobcat Goldthwait
- John Hodgman
- Kumail Nanjiani
- Kristen Schaal
- Michael Showalter
- Reggie Watts
Director
- Julie Smith Clem
- Ken Druckerman
Producers
- Geoffrey O'Brien
- Kevin Vargas
- Meri Haitkin
