It Started As a Joke

Mar 10, 2019

1h 16m

★ 4.8

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.

Genres

Documentary

Comedy

It Started As a Joke Trailers

Cast

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Eugene Mirman

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H. Jon Benjamin

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Mike Birbiglia

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Wyatt Cenac

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Jim Gaffigan

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Janeane Garofalo

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Jon Glaser

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Ira Glass

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Bobcat Goldthwait

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John Hodgman

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Kumail Nanjiani

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Kristen Schaal

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