Matt has written about comedy and culture for Cracked since 2019. Previously, he spent 16 years as a contributor to The Onion. Matt is the co-author of young adult novels Deck Z: The Titanic and The Giant Smugglers.
5 Questions with Comedian Dina Hashem Her ‘Dark Little Whispers’ special drops this week on Amazon Prime Authors By Matt Solomon Published November 06, 2023
5 Comedy Franchises to Take Out Behind the Barn Like your pair of skinny jeans, it’s time for some things to retire Authors By Matt Solomon Published November 06, 2023
Priscilla Presley Was the Perfect Non-Comic Actor for ‘The Naked Gun’ Movies ‘That was one of the questions — have you ever done comedy before, and I said ‘no’’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published November 03, 2023
6 Times ‘SNL’ Cast Members Impersonated Each Other Conclusion: Everybody does an Adam Sandler Authors By Matt Solomon Published November 03, 2023
10 Female Comedians More Successful Than Amy Schumer Schumer claims she’s the female comedy GOAT. We beg to differ Authors By Matt Solomon Published November 03, 2023
‘An Evening With John Cleese’ Is Part Woke Attack, Part Jukebox Musical Did you hear the racial joke about...? Authors By Matt Solomon Published November 03, 2023
‘SNL’s Best Disney Spoofs, Ranked ‘SNL’ has made a regular habit of goofing on the House of Mouse Authors By Matt Solomon Published November 02, 2023
4 Stand-Up Comics Who Didn’t Start Until They Were Older Than 30 It’s never too late to start joking around Authors By Matt Solomon Published November 01, 2023
Werner Herzog Thought ‘The Simpsons’ Was A Newspaper Comic Strip Before His Cameo ‘I did not know that it existed’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published November 01, 2023
Brad Garrett Calls Out ‘Real Housewives of New Jersey’ Comedy Scam No, Brad Garrett is not opening for the hilarious Joey Gorga Authors By Matt Solomon Published November 01, 2023
9 Times ‘Reno 911’ Was the Most Realistic Cop Show Comedy cops aren’t that much different from ‘Cops’ cops Authors By Matt Solomon Published November 01, 2023
‘SNL’ Weekend Update Jokes That Have Aged Perfectly Topical punchlines that have somehow stood the test of time Authors By Matt Solomon Published November 01, 2023
Obscure Sitcoms You Should Check Out ASAP, According to Reddit Tired of the same old laughs? r/Sitcoms has you covered Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 31, 2023
Your Favorite Comedians’ Favorite Jokes Did you hear the one about the comic who told another comic’s joke? Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 31, 2023
Jerry Seinfeld Had ‘SNL’ Hosting Advice for Nate Bargatze As a stand-up comedian, Seinfeld told Bargatze he had one job to do Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 30, 2023
John Cleese Complains That Monty Python Was Early Target of Cancel Culture ‘Cutting-edge comedy becomes difficult if a joke that transgresses someone’s idea of good taste means that the comedian is banned for life’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 30, 2023
The Scariest Moments From ‘The Office’ ‘In the end, the greatest snowball isn’t a snowball at all. It’s fear’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 30, 2023
4 Celebrities Supposedly Banned by ‘SNL’ And don’t let the door hit you on the way out Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 30, 2023
Christopher Walken Is An Old Reliable But Lazy Celebrity Cameos Are Dragging Down ‘SNL’ Hey Lorne Michaels, your actual cast members are funny, too Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 29, 2023
Matthew Perry Was the Voice of ‘Friends’ In a great ensemble cast, Perry’s voice resonated Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 29, 2023