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.
Why ‘The Daily Show’ Might Be Making Huge Mistake By Hiring Hasan Minhaj The question isn’t whether Minhaj would make a good host. It’s whether ‘The Daily Show’ needs a permanent host at all Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 02, 2023
Was ‘The Office’s Faux Stanley Spin-Off a Kickstarter Grift All Along? Donors may be out a lot of Schrute Bucks Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 02, 2023
How Pee-wee Herman Sparked Gilbert Gottfried’s Passionate Pro-Masturbation Rant ‘Masturbation’s a crime? I should be on death row!’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 31, 2023
RIP Paul Reubens and the Ageless Pee-wee Herman As Conan O’Brien says, ‘Damn, this hurts’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 31, 2023
‘The Simpsons’ Makes Zach Galifianakis Proud to Be An American Galifianakis would also like you to know that Prince was born here Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 31, 2023
Stuck in the Aughts, Jeremy Piven’s Stand-Up Channels His Inner Ari Gold Some audience members were nostalgic for another decade’s acceptable slurs Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 31, 2023
Elaine’s Worst Boyfriends on ‘Seinfeld,’ According to Reddit Elaine is almost as good at picking boyfriends as she is at dancing Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 31, 2023
12 People Who Failed Their ‘SNL’ Auditions But Hosted Anyway There’s no better way to tell Lorne Michaels he screwed up than by hosting his show Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 30, 2023
‘You’ve Made It So Clear That It’s Scabbing’: Sarah Silverman Reacts to Actors Filming During Strike With huge stars filming movies, ‘explain to me why I shouldn’t be angry’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 28, 2023
Move Over, Jamie Foxx: Kevin Hart May Also Be A Clone The internet is buzzing about clone clowns Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 28, 2023
The Buzz Around Tina Fey Taking Over ‘SNL’ Is Growing But is it a job doomed to failure? Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 28, 2023
7 Comedies with Star Names in the Title That Beefed It Faster Than You Can Say ‘Mulaney’ You have to hand it to Rob Schneider — he did it twice! Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 27, 2023
Chris Rock’s Heckling Made Marlon Wayans Quit Stand-Up for 20 Years Sticks and stones may break bones but nasty words can break stand-up careers Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 27, 2023
That Time Fran Drescher Was Abducted By Aliens More plausible explanations are just "what the aliens programmed us to think." Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 27, 2023
10 Unpopular Opinions about ‘Saturday Night Live,’ According to Reddit With so many upvotes, how unpopular can they be? Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 27, 2023
The 10 Most Memeable Comedians Aubrey Plaza is the personification of Grumpy Cat Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 27, 2023
Top 5 Podcasts Hosted by ‘SNL’ Cast Members Are you really a comedian if you don’t have a podcast? Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 25, 2023
Steven Seagal Believes Someone Is Paying Tom Arnold to Badmouth Steven Seagal But the altruistic Arnold is doing the job for free Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 25, 2023
Larry The Cable Guy Says ‘Major Farts’ Prove He’s Still Alive The very much alive Cable Guy needs to keep away from the honey-roasted pistachios Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 25, 2023
Jim Gaffigan’s New Special Reveals A Darker Shade of Pale Comedy The observational comic takes a subversive step forward Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 25, 2023
