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.
Mel Brooks on the Difference Between Shock and Surprise in Comedy Brooks says the comedian’s job is court jester — sometimes you have to say, ‘King, you got it wrong’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 24, 2023
Whitney Cummings Starts ‘Matt Rife Is the Father’ Pregnancy Rumor Rife jokes that he got Cummings’ last egg Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 23, 2023
We Spent the Afternoon Trying to Find Fans of Pete Davidson’s ‘Bupkis’ Come out, come out, wherever you are Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 23, 2023
Steve Martin Sort of Makes New Album, Playing Banjo on Kelly Clarkson’s Latest But did Clarkson even get to meet her comedy crush? Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 23, 2023
The Rotten Tomatoes of the Right Is Measuring the Wokeness of Comedies A new site promises to steer viewers to conservative-friendly comedies Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 22, 2023
Marc Maron Has No Patience for Comics Complaining About Wokeness ‘If you want to go up there and hammer liberals or trans culture or LGBTQ, like, it’s just hack’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 21, 2023
Jennifer Lawrence Says Mean Comedy Isn’t Funny But jokes can still be offensive! Embrace the duality Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 21, 2023
‘Simpsons’ Writer Mike Reiss Rode the Titanic Submersible and Lived to Tell About It Reiss describes the sub as ‘basically a car that you drunkenly drove into the ocean’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 21, 2023
The Amsterdam Improv Group That Launched Seth Meyers, Amber Ruffin and Jordan Peele Boom Chicago proved the Dutch love to laugh Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 19, 2023
World’s ‘Most Advanced Robot’ Is a Terrible Comedian When it comes to robot jokes, we guess you had to be there Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 19, 2023
‘Jacked’ Eric Andre Overwhelmed by Conan O’Brien’s Sexual Charisma It’s not the humidity, it’s the heat between Andre and O’Brien Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 19, 2023
‘Saturday Night Live’s’ Top 8 Most-Watched Live Sketches of Season 48 Time to give Pedro Pascal his ‘SNL’ flowers Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 19, 2023
Mike Judge Is Bringing His Animation Talents to Adult Swim Judge and ‘King of the Hill’ co-creator Greg Daniels have more weirdness up their collective sleeve. Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 16, 2023
Sarah Sherman Reveals Secret Origin of ‘Sarah Squirm’ Name It involved a basement, crazy clothes and a Jewfro Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 16, 2023
A Brief History of Rosie O’Donnell’s Celebrity Beefs The Queen of Nice can get downright nasty Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 16, 2023
Chevy Chase’s TikTok: Boomer Anti-Comedy or Just Plain Terrible? ‘We’re at the threshold of hell’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 16, 2023
Havin’ a Ball: Nimesh Patel Turns Testicular Cancer into Comedy for His New YouTube Special The comic got funny, not testy, when he received such an unfortunate diagnosis Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 15, 2023
Whoopi Goldberg Hopes to Fulfill Lifelong Dream of Becoming Pat Sajak She’s got a bunch of vowels and she’s ready to start selling ’em Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 14, 2023
Tom Hanks Turned Down ‘When Harry Met Sally’ Because He Was Too Happy About Being Divorced He’ll have what single people are having Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 14, 2023
William Shatner Says the Key to Comedy Is Being ‘Ultra Serious’ And he said it with a straight face Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 14, 2023
