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It Started As a Joke

2019

76 minutes

DocumentaryComedy

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.

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H. Jon Benjamin headshot

H. Jon Benjamin

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Mike Birbiglia headshot

Mike Birbiglia

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Ira Glass

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