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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  Eugene Mirman

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  H. Jon Benjamin

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  Mike Birbiglia

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  Wyatt Cenac

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  Jim Gaffigan

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  Janeane Garofalo

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  Jon Glaser

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  Ira Glass

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  Bobcat Goldthwait

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  John Hodgman

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