It Started As a Joke

Name: It Started As a Joke
Director: Julie Smith Clem
Genre: Documentary, Comedy
Released: 2019-03-10
Duration: 1 h 16 min
Rating: 4.8
Cast: Eugene Mirman, H. Jon Benjamin, Mike Birbiglia, Wyatt Cenac, Jim Gaffigan

Directed by Julie Smith Clem

Documentary

Comedy

20191h 16m4.8

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.