comedy

Newcomer Maitreyi Ramakrishnan was plucked from an audition pool of 15,000 hopeful actresses to star in Mindy Kaling’s Netflix show, “Never Have I Ever.” When Kaling and co-creator Lang Fisher called to tell her she landed the widely coveted role, “I remember all that I said was, ‘That’s crazy!” Ramakrishnan, 18, tells The Post. “And …

Move over, Chip and Joanna Gaines — here come the “Flipped” team of Cricket and Jann Melfi. Kaitlin Olson (“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”) and Will Forte (“Saturday Night Live”) co-star as a deranged husband-and-wife duo who get into the house-flipping world on the new Quibi comedy series (she plays Cricket, he’s Jann). “I was …

Jerry Seinfeld is bringing some more laughs to Netflix with his latest stand-up special “23 Hours To Kill.” The streamer is launching the hour-long special on May 5. It was filmed at the Beacon Theatre in New York and was part of the “Seinfeld” co-creator and star’s residency at the venue, the last few shows …

Mort Drucker, the renowned caricature artist behind many movie posters and the satire illustrations of cult comedy staple Mad magazine, has died. He was 91. Drucker is survived by his wife Barbara Hellerman, daughters Laurie Bachner and Melanie Amsterdam, and his three grandchildren. His longtime friend John Reiner confirmed his death to the New York …

Comedian Vic Henley has died. Henley — who was a legend on the New York comedy circuit and a regular on the “Opie and Anthony” show — suffered a pulmonary embolism over the weekend, according to a Facebook post by his niece. Comedy veteran Larry the Cable Guy wrote on Twitter, “We lost a good …

If we ever needed a laugh, it’s now. Coronavirus pandemic or not, we couldn’t let April Fools’ Day go by without an annual roundup, so The Post asked comedians and commentators — well known or not — to hit us with their best jokes, funny bits and tweets. Here are some 50 odd jokes (some …

“Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” returned to TBS Wednesday night with a new studio — Bee’s woodsy suburban backyard. Like her other late-night cohorts, Bee — who’s married to actor/comedian Jason Jones (“The Detour”) — is self-quarantining at home during the coronavirus outbreak. But unlike the Jimmys (Fallon and Kimmel), Seth Meyers, Conan O’Brien et …

Stuart Gordon, best known as the filmmaker behind such cult classics as “Re-Animator” and “From Beyond,” has died, his family confirmed to Variety Tuesday night. He was 72. Although best known for his seminal work in independent horror, Gordon had a varied career that included founding the Organic Theater Company with his wife, Carolyn Purdy-Gordon. The …

Louis C.K. has been on a charm offensive in the comedy world as he mounts his comeback, Page Six is told. Before his sex scandal broke in 2017, the comic was perhaps the most admired performer on the scene, but not the most popular with peers, according to insiders. He was known to ungraciously bump …

Female comics took the stage at Stand Up NY for F-Factor’s “A Show With No Balls.” “Married people go on date night cause it means they’re having problems,” joked comedian Carmen Lynch. “They’re saying ‘Let’s go back to a time when we still liked each other. When I didn’t know your addictions and you didn’t …