It Started As a Joke

HD 2.5 76 min.

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.

Genre: Documentary

Release: March 10, 2019

Director: Ken Druckerman

Cast: Eugene Mirman, Kristen Schaal, Jim Gaffigan, Kumail Nanjiani, Mike Birbiglia, Reggie Watts, Ira Glass, Janeane Garofalo, John Hodgman, Wyatt Cenac, Michael Showalter, Bobcat Goldthwait, H. Jon Benjamin, Jon Glaser