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.
Meredith from ‘The Office’ Auditioned for ‘SNL’ When It Was ‘Not the Best for Women’ Women didn’t even get to play the women parts Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 25, 2023
Thought Chevy Chase Couldn’t Get Worse? You Haven’t Heard Him Rap It’s even whiter than you imagine Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 24, 2023
Five ‘SNL’ Cast Members Who Left the Show and Regretted It You can’t go home again — because Lorne Michaels won’t let you Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 24, 2023
Every ‘Daily Show’ Correspondent Ever, Ranked We break down the World’s Fakest News Team, if only to turn them against one another Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 24, 2023
'Saturday Night Live' Stars, Ranked By How Much They Charge on Cameo Victoria Jackson or Horatio Sanz — the choice is up to you! Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 23, 2023
Tony Hawk Got Canned as David Spade’s Stunt Double They thought no one would notice the 8-inch height difference? Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 23, 2023
Rob Corddry Is Raring to Roast Your Fantasy Football Loser Friends ‘I’m going to study them like a textbook so I can properly hurt the loser’s feelings’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 23, 2023
5 Movies That Make Us Forget Chevy Chase Is An Asshole Just kidding, we totally remembered that Chase is a dickwad. But the movies aren’t bad Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 23, 2023
10 Great Forgotten ‘SNL’ Characters Where have you gone, Father Guido Sarducci? Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 22, 2023
The Two Local Commercials That Predicted John Belushi’s ‘SNL’ Stardom Before he became a comedy star, Belushi was shilling for credit cards and hotel catering Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 21, 2023
Here’s Who Reddit Wants to Host ‘SNL’ This Fall Spoiler alert: Reddit loves funny guys with accordions Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 21, 2023
Jane Curtin Rewatches Old ‘SNL’: ‘Not One Thing Was Funny’ ‘There was not one utterance of a laugh or a giggle’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 21, 2023
Roseanne Mocks Maui Fires, Finalizes Career Switch to Professional Troll If any publicity is good publicity, then this is... good? Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 21, 2023
Comedy Characters Whose True Intent Was Missed Faster Than You Can Say Archie Bunker They don’t call it the ‘Archie Bunker Effect’ for nothing Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 21, 2023
4 Throwaway ‘SNL’ Sketches That Became Massive Hits Maybe being rejected 6 or 7 times is the key to an all-time great sketch Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 20, 2023
Every 'Between Two Ferns' Guest, Ranked And everyone got off a fat joke at Zach Galifianakis’ expense Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 19, 2023
The 5 Worst ‘SNL’ Movies Honestly, we had a hard time getting it down to five Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 18, 2023
Dog Puns in ‘Strays’ Reviews, Ranked These reviews are ‘fur’ the dogs. GET IT? Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 18, 2023
Ricky Gervais’ Grandma Predicted He’d Die Poor ‘You’ll probably die poor in an underfunded hospital like grandad’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 18, 2023
George Carlin’s Favorite Carrot Top Prop: Revealed Carlin also gave Carrot Top some intense effing advice Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 18, 2023