It Started As a Joke (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.
Directors: Julie Smith Clem, Ken Druckerman.
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Eugene Mirman as Self |
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H. Jon Benjamin as Self |
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Mike Birbiglia as Self |
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Wyatt Cenac as Self |
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Jim Gaffigan as Self |
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Janeane Garofalo as Self |
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Jon Glaser as Self |
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Ira Glass as Self |
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Bobcat Goldthwait as Self |
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John Hodgman as Self |
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Kumail Nanjiani as Self |
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Kristen Schaal as Self |
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Michael Showalter as Self |
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Reggie Watts as Self |
| Directing | Julie Smith Clem | Director |
| Directing | Ken Druckerman | Director |
| Production | Kevin Vargas | Producer |
| Production | Geoffrey O'Brien | Producer |
| Editing | Geoffrey O'Brien | Editor |
| Production | Meri Haitkin | Producer |
