Movie

It Started As a Joke (2019)

• March 10, 2019
• 1h 16m

• Documentary
• Comedy

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.

Directors

Julie Smith Clem, Ken Druckerman

Starring

Eugene Mirman, H. Jon Benjamin, Mike Birbiglia