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

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

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