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 MADtv Characters Who Should Have Had a Movie Instead of the ‘Night at the Roxbury’ Guys Stuart is ready for his close-up Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 10, 2023
The 8 Most Disgusting Things People Had to Do in the Name of Sketch Comedy Don’t stand underneath the Tilt-A-Hurl Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 10, 2023
Real-Life Jerry Nixed Newman As ‘Seinfeld’ Regular ‘Mark my words, Seinfeld. Your day of reckoning is coming’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 09, 2023
Joe Rogan Is Pro-Barbie? Rogan proves once and for all that he’s Kenough Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 09, 2023
More Times Chevy Chase Was a Jerk, According to Steve Martin and Martin Short Leave it to Chevy to ruin the holidays Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 09, 2023
‘Heartbreaking’: Sandra Bernhard Reacts to Roseanne's Anti-Woke Show ‘I don’t understand how anybody who is as smart as Roseanne is could have gone this deep over the line’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 09, 2023
Drink in 8 of the Best ‘SNL’ Beer Commercial Parodies ‘This is the kind of beer someone brings to your house for a party and it sits in your fridge for eight months’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 09, 2023
10 of the Meanest Burns About Chevy Chase (Non-Celebrity Roast Edition) This guy collects insults like other people collect comic books Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 08, 2023
‘Cheers’ Robots in Airport Bars Were the Original Comedy A.I. Sometimes you want to go where everybody is programmed to know your name Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 07, 2023
Matthew Broderick Makes Peace with Ferris Bueller Broderick wants us to get used to the fact that ‘I’m wrinkly’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 07, 2023
7 Brutal Rudy Giuliani Burns from ‘The Daily Show’ ‘If you ask people what’s halfway between a pawn shop and a crematorium, they’d probably say ‘Rudy Giuliani’’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 07, 2023
‘Saturday Night Live’ Made Julia Louis-Drefyus ‘Fundamentally Unhappy’ ‘I had this feeling: if I can’t find the fun again, I can walk away from this’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 07, 2023
9 of the Most ‘90s ‘SNL’ Sketches of the ‘90s All your favorite bits about Whitewater, John Wayne Bobbitt and the Unabomber Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 06, 2023
‘Pee-wee’s Playhouse’ Paved the Way to ‘Boyz n the Hood’ John Singleton knew he’d work with Cowboy Curtis one day Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 04, 2023
‘He Was Dropping the N-Bomb Like a Space Bar’: A Fellow Comic Remembers the Night ‘Seinfeld’s Michael Richards Imploded Onstage ‘I just saw a really bad comic go to a really bad place’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 04, 2023
5 Scenes That Prove ‘Winning Time’ Is More of a Comedy Than You Think Even the NBA logo is dropping F-bombs Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 04, 2023
In Sarah Sherman’s Live Show, We Are All Colin Jost This just in: If you don’t like Sherman’s jokes, you must hate Jewish women Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 04, 2023
The 25 Greatest Rant Comics of All Time So you love long, anger-filled diatribes? Have we got some comics for you Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 03, 2023
Here’s the Reason Why Jason Alexander Doesn’t Think Anyone Recognizes Him Anymore It may be some kind of reverse-Superman situation Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 02, 2023
Dana Carvey Reprises His Offensive ‘SNL’ Asian Character for Shane Gillis ‘I wouldn’t even understand that being offensive in 1986-87 and neither did anyone in the show’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 02, 2023