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It Started As a Joke(2019)

4.8(3)
1h 16m
2019-03-10

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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Keywords

comedy festival

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