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.
Cast
Eugene Mirman
Self
H. Jon Benjamin
Self
Mike Birbiglia
Self
Wyatt Cenac
Self
Jim Gaffigan
Self
Janeane Garofalo
Self
Jon Glaser
Self
Ira Glass
Self
Bobcat Goldthwait
Self
John Hodgman
Self
Kumail Nanjiani
Self
Kristen Schaal
Self
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