It Started As a Joke

It Started As a Joke

76 mins | Comedy, Documentary | March 10, 2019

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.

It Started As a Joke

76 mins | Comedy, Documentary | March 10, 2019

It Started As a Joke
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.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers
Original title It Started As a Joke
Directors Julie Smith Clem, Ken Druckerman
Writers

Cast

Eugene Mirman

as Himself

Kristen Schaal

as Herself

Jim Gaffigan

as Himself

Kumail Nanjiani

as Himself

Mike Birbiglia

as Himself

Reggie Watts

as Himself

Ira Glass

as Himself

Janeane Garofalo

as Herself

John Hodgman

as Himself

Wyatt Cenac

as Himself

Michael Showalter

as Himself

Bobcat Goldthwait

as Himself

H. Jon Benjamin

as Himself

Jon Glaser

as Himself