It Started As a Joke (2019)

4.8/10 76 min Documentary Comedy

Overview

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

Self

H. Jon Benjamin

Self

Mike Birbiglia

Self

Wyatt Cenac

Self

Jim Gaffigan

Self

Janeane Garofalo

Self

Jon Glaser

Self

Ira Glass

Self

Bobcat Goldthwait

Self

John Hodgman

Self

Kumail Nanjiani

Self

Kristen Schaal

Self

Michael Showalter

Self

Reggie Watts

Self

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