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.
The ‘Family Matters’ Cast Hated Steve Urkel ‘There was one time he actually wanted to physically fight me,’ says Jo Marie Payton Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 11, 2023
Pete Davidson Lashes Back With Ugly Slurs After Audience Member Calls Him Racist For Davidson, it doesn’t sound like an ideal first night back from rehab Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 11, 2023
‘Every Single Famous Comedian’ Refused to Participate in New Louis C.K. Documentary ‘Sorry/Not Sorry’ examines Louis C.K.’s lack of public remorse Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 11, 2023
Every Comedian Who Defended Martin Short After ‘Slate’s Dumb Takedown Finally, the one subject that can unite the internet Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 11, 2023
5 Comedians Who Returned to Stand-Up After Doing Movies and TV But Didn’t Hit the Same You can never go home again — at least if ‘home’ is the stand-up stage Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 11, 2023
‘SNL’s Original Not Ready for Primetime Players, Ranked Nearly every cast member broke out in Season One, but who won the year? Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 10, 2023
Viral Ali Wong Clip Proves She Takes No Shit From Belly-Rubbing Loser Comics ‘Be a better white guy’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 08, 2023
What’s the Deal with Seinfeld Carrying Water for All These Toxic Celebrities? No one should apologize unless it’s a horny bee Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 08, 2023
‘SNL’s Most Racist Moments, According to Reddit Turns out 50 years of edgy comedy don’t always age well Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 08, 2023
Shane Gillis Wants It Both Ways in Netflix Special ‘Beautiful Dogs’ Don’t hate Gillis for giving the people what they want Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 08, 2023
5 Seriously Awkward Late-Night Moments And we’re not even including the time Cher called Letterman an a-hole Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 07, 2023
‘The National Lampoon’s Greatest Triumphs and Most Detestable Tragedies It was the best of humor magazines, it was the worst of humor magazines Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 07, 2023
Comedians That Got Worse Over Time, According to Reddit Unscientific conclusion: White male comics don’t age well Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 06, 2023
Chris Rock and Diplo Turned Burning Man Into a Dystopian Buddy Comedy Who needs writers when reality gives us buddy comedies like this? Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 06, 2023
How Alan Zweibel Wrote ‘Saturday Night Live’s Best Joke The one-joke resume that got Zweibel a job on ‘SNL’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 06, 2023
‘Canceled’ Ricky Gervais Goes Into Guinness Record Book for Highest-Grossing Stand-Up Show Want to sell out a stadium? Get yourself canceled, comics! Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 06, 2023
The 5 Funniest ‘Seinfeld’ Bloopers Fine, YOU try to keep a straight face around Jerry Stiller Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 06, 2023
5 Clean Comedians That Sell Out Places Other Than Utah Faster Than You Can Say Brian Regan Clean comics say the gosh darndest things Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 05, 2023
8 of the Most ‘80s ‘SNL’ Sketches of the ‘80s Gag me with a sketch, for sure Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 04, 2023
6 ‘SNL’ Cast Members Who Left Mid-Season Some people just can’t want to leave. And some get pushed out before they’re ready Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 03, 2023
