It Started as a Joke (2019)

4.8

Documentary Comedy

76 min min

2019

Eugene Mirman H. Jon Benjamin Mike Birbiglia Wyatt Cenac Jim Gaffigan

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.