
It Started As a Joke
Visit website4.8/10 • 3
2019-03-10 • 1h 16m
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.
- Directors
- Julie Smith Clem, Ken Druckerman
- Editors
- Geoffrey O'Brien

It Started As a Joke
Visit website2019-03-10 • 1h 16m
4.8/10 • 3
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.
- Directors
- Julie Smith Clem, Ken Druckerman
- Editors
- Geoffrey O'Brien
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsEugene Mirman
Self
H. Jon Benjamin
Self
Mike Birbiglia
Self
Wyatt Cenac
Self
Jim Gaffigan
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Janeane Garofalo
Self
Jon Glaser
Self
Ira Glass
Self
Bobcat Goldthwait
Self
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