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It Started As a Joke (2019)
Directed by Ken Druckerman, Julie Smith Clem
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.
Length 76 minutes
Actors
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