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.

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  Julie Smith Clem
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  Ken Druckerman

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