It Started As a Joke
2019, English. Directed by Julie Smith Clem & Ken Druckerman.
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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- 1h 16m
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- English
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- 10 March 2019
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It Started As a Joke runs 76 minutes (1h 16m).
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It Started As a Joke isn’t on a subscription OTT platform in India, but you can watch it free or rent it or buy it online. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
What movies are like It Started As a Joke?
If you liked It Started As a Joke, try The Comedians of Comedy, Kevin Hart: What Now?, Trevor Noah: You Laugh But It's True.
Who directed It Started As a Joke?
It Started As a Joke (2019) was directed by Julie Smith Clem and Ken Druckerman and stars Eugene Mirman, H. Jon Benjamin, Mike Birbiglia.