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.

• Julie Smith ClemDirector
• Ken DruckermanDirector

• Eugene MirmanSelf
• H. Jon BenjaminSelf
• Mike BirbigliaSelf
• Wyatt CenacSelf
• Jim GaffiganSelf
• Janeane GarofaloSelf
• Jon GlaserSelf
• Ira GlassSelf
• Bobcat GoldthwaitSelf
• John HodgmanSelf
• Kumail NanjianiSelf
• Kristen SchaalSelf