About It Started As a Joke
- Released on March 10, 2019
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.
Full Cast of It Started As a Joke
Eugene Mirman plays Himself
Eugene Mirman is a Russian-born American comedian, writer and filmmaker who is best known for his work on the critica...
See Eugene Mirman's other roles →Kristen Schaal plays Herself
Kristen Joy Schaal (/ʃɑːl/;) is an American actress, voice actress, comedian, and writer. She is best known for her v...
See Kristen Schaal's other roles →Jim Gaffigan plays Himself
Jim has proven himself a major talent beloved to a wide range of audiences after achieving milestones in stand-up, a...
See Jim Gaffigan's other roles →Kumail Nanjiani plays Himself
Kumail Ali Nanjiani (born May 2, 1978) is a Pakistani-American comedian, actor, and screenwriter. He is primarily kno...
See Kumail Nanjiani's other roles →Mike Birbiglia plays Himself
Mike Birbiglia (born June 20, 1978) is an American comedian, writer, and actor. Description above from the Wikipedia...
See Mike Birbiglia's other roles →Reggie Watts plays Himself
Ira Glass plays Himself
Ira Jeffrey Glass is an American public radio personality. He is the host and producer of the radio and television se...
See Ira Glass's other roles →Janeane Garofalo plays Herself
Janeane Garofalo (born September 28, 1964) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, political activist and writer. ...
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Kellogg Hodgman (born June 3, 1971) is an American actor, author and humo...
See John Hodgman's other roles →Wyatt Cenac plays Himself
Wyatt John Foster Cenac Jr. (born April 19, 1976) is an American comedian, actor, producer, and writer. He was a corr...
See Wyatt Cenac's other roles →Michael Showalter plays Himself
Michael English Showalter (born June 17, 1970) is an American comedian, actor, writer, and director. He is one third ...
See Michael Showalter's other roles →Bobcat Goldthwait plays Himself
Robert Francis "Bobcat" Goldthwait is an American screen and voice actor, comedian, screenwriter, and film and televi...
See Bobcat Goldthwait's other roles →H. Jon Benjamin plays Himself
Harry Jon Benjamin (born May 23, 1966), known professionally as H. Jon Benjamin, is an American actor, voice actor, a...
See H. Jon Benjamin's other roles →Jon Glaser plays Himself
