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

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Ira Glass

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Bobcat Goldthwait

Self

John Hodgman

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Kumail Nanjiani

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Kristen Schaal

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Michael Showalter

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Reggie Watts

Self

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