It Started as a Joke (2019)
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.
- Release date
- March 10, 2019
- Country of origin
- Not yet available
Trailer
Cast
- Michael Ian Black as Self
- Wyatt Cenac as Self
- Jo Firestone as Self
- Jon Glaser as Self
- Ira Glass as Self
- Bobcat Goldthwait as Self
- John Hodgman as Self
- Eugene Mirman as Self
- Aparna Nancherla as Self
- Kumail Nanjiani as Self
Crew
- Julie Smith Clem · Director
- Ken Druckerman · Director
- Meri Haitkin · Producer
- Geoff O'Brien · Producer
- Jeremy Gould · Cinematographer
- Geoff O'Brien · Editor