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It Started As a Joke(2019)
Status: Released
Date: 2019-03-10
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Time: 1h 16m
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.
Languages: English.
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Movie: It Started As a Joke
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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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