Celebrity Kickstarter Campaigns — Who Failed And Who Succeeded?
Eugene Mirman
In addition to celebrating comedy and making people laugh, the sole purpose of the Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival was to poke fun of other comedy festivals. Comedian Eugene Mirman and his friends turned to Kickstarter in 2011 to raise a measly $18,000 to keep the festival going in Brooklyn. It was so successful, the group returned to the crowd-funding platform the following year for an extra $5,000 to bring the festival to Boston and Cambridge.