Film
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.
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.
Cast
- Eugene MirmanSelf
- H. Jon BenjaminSelf
- Mike BirbigliaSelf
- Wyatt CenacSelf
- Jim GaffiganSelf
- Janeane GarofaloSelf
- Jon GlaserSelf
- Ira GlassSelf
