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.
Add Paula Poundstone to the List of Female Comics Who Had A Chilly Relationship with Johnny Carson Poundstone even got a Carson ‘don’t you know who I am?’ moment Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 14, 2023
Amy Schumer’s New Netflix Special Is Too Tame for the Backlash She’s Worried About Burning bridges? Schumer’s jokes are more comfortable than controversial Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 13, 2023
‘Saturday Night Live’s Jack Handey Says His OCD Makes Comedy Writing Easier ‘Your brain has a little twisted wiring that makes it write jokes’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 12, 2023
RFK Jr.'s Most Reliable Voting Bloc: Comedy Blondes The crucial Alicia Silverstone endorsement is in — and RFK Jr.’s got it. Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 12, 2023
Failure of ‘Last Action Hero’ Comedy Hurt Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Feelings James Cameron says Arnold was ‘in bed crying’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 12, 2023
Joan Rivers Wouldn’t Get Canceled Over Controversial Jokes, Says Daughter Melissa Here’s why Melissa believes her mom’s old jokes deserve a pass Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 09, 2023
Robert Smigel Shines as Schwarzenegger in ‘Hans and Franz’ Movie That Never Was Hear us now and believe us later — Smigel is a better Schwarzenegger than Schwarzenegger Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 09, 2023
‘Trading Places’ at 40 Has Something for Everyone to Hate Finally, a comedy that has something to offend the entire family! Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 09, 2023
We Need Hot Messes Like John Early’s New HBO Special ‘Now More Than Ever’ Comedy special, meet gritty 1970s rockumentary. Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 08, 2023
The 25 Most Influential Comedy Specials of All Time From Robert Klein to John Mulaney, here are the comedy specials that changed everything Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 08, 2023
Bowen Yang Had to Unlearn Everything ‘Saturday Night Live’ Taught Him ‘SNL’ is the greatest job you’ll ever need to forget Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 07, 2023
‘Big Boobs’: Network Head Had Specific Instructions for Debra Messing on ‘Will & Grace’ Messing fought to turn ‘flat-chested’ into comedy Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 07, 2023
‘I Told You So’: Fired CNN Head Chris Licht Should Have Listened to Stephen Colbert Colbert to Licht: ‘Definitely don’t go do that’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 07, 2023
It’s Okay If You Call Christopher Mintz-Plasse ‘McLovin’ He gets called ‘McLovin’ all the time — even in outer space Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 07, 2023
Here’s the Jerry Seinfeld Impression Jerry Seinfeld Himself Approves Of Pete Holmes has been hitting the stage as New Material Seinfeld Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 05, 2023
That Time Richard Pryor Flame-Broiled Burger King for Unethical Animal Treatment The vegetarian comic changed your Triple Whopper forever Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 05, 2023
The Secret to Kim Cattrall’s ‘And Just Like That’ Return: ‘No Contact With Anybody’ The best way to get along with frenemies? Separate sets Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 05, 2023
Eric André Would Much Prefer to Talk About Comedy Than Emily Ratajkowski André has a lot more to say about great stand-up advice than his situationship Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 05, 2023
Rejected ‘Back to the Future’ Actors Made ‘Zoolander 2’ Instead Owen Wilson as Doc Brown would have completed the trifecta Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 03, 2023
Everyone’s Taking Shots At Hannah Gadsby’s Anti-Picasso Exhibit As an art show curator, critics are telling Gadsby to stick to comedy Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 02, 2023
