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.
Chris Rock Asked Out Jada Pinkett Smith Before the Slap, Explaining Everything NOW she tells us Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 11, 2023
For $4,499, Jay Leno and Adam Carolla Won’t Promise to Make You Funnier You’ll get a video of your first set, a meeting with an agent and snacks! Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 11, 2023
Bill Watterson Releases New Book Nearly 30 Years After Quitting ‘Calvin and Hobbes’ If you’re planning to buy it, drop your tiger expectations Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 11, 2023
Which Four-Time ‘SNL’ Host Is Most Likely to Join the Five-Timers Club? Twelve celebrities have hosted four times — which one will be the next Five-Timer? Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 10, 2023
The TV Comedy That Got Canceled Mid-Show Returns After 50 Years ‘Turn-On’ barely made it to the first commercial break before stations yanked it from the air Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 09, 2023
Redditors Debate Whether George Costanza Should Have Been Charged With Murder George bought the toxic wedding envelopes — so we've got a weapon, a motive... Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 09, 2023
Will Ferrell Goes ‘Old School,’ Rocks Out at USC Frat Party Dad, you’re embarrassing me! Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 09, 2023
4 Mel Brooks Moments That Are Kind of Meh Brooks Sometimes, it’s meh to be the king Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 09, 2023
Bill Maher Says Hasan Minhaj No Better Than Trump, Assails Victimization While Playing The Victim For Bill Maher, the Hasan Minhaj controversy is personal Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 09, 2023
The 10 Best ‘SNL’ Casts of All Time The cast from the year you were in seventh grade for the win! Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 08, 2023
Kid Destroys Table Imitating ‘SNL’s Chris Farley Even kids are living in vans down by the river these days Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 06, 2023
Here’s Why Actors Can Do ‘SNL’ During the Strike Sounds like ‘SNL’ comics aren’t scabs after all Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 06, 2023
Are John Mulaney and Pete Davidson in a Body-Switch Comedy? The touring comics are bringing out the best in each other Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 06, 2023
Dana Carvey Shares Never-Before-Seen Phil Hartman Sketch Bob Odenkirk says it’s the greatest sketch no one has ever seen Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 06, 2023
Top 10 David Letterman Top 10 Lists That Would Be Hard to Explain to a Teenager Topical humor has a shelf life — here are the top 10 examples of lists that are past their expiration dates Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 05, 2023
Chloe Troast Graduates to ‘Saturday Night Live’ Meet the new kid on the ‘SNL‘ block Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 05, 2023
15 Comedy Second Bananas Who Deserve More Credit Here’s a lesson in second-banana math: Half the credit = twice the laughter Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 05, 2023
Yesterday Shows Just How Much Trump and Late Night Are Absolutely Made for Each Other Donald Trump has had a long-standing love affair with late-night comedy Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 04, 2023
Rob Schneider Told Jay Mohr to Cut Al Franken From His ‘SNL’ Sketches ‘You got to switch out Franken,’ Schneider insisted Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 04, 2023
‘Parks and Rec’ Had to Rewrite Andy Scenes After Chris Pratt Got Jacked for the MCU Pratt was the one who suggested making Andy husky in the first place Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 04, 2023