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.
Doritos Creates Chip-Faced Stand-Up Comic to Support and/or Cause Mental Health Issues Commercial or compassion? Chippy fails at both Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 12, 2023
How Lenny Bruce Was Actually Canceled in the 1960s Cancel culture had nothing on 1960s Chicago cops Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 12, 2023
Julie Bowen Agreed to Go Out With David Spade After He Got Tased By His Assistant Well, that’s one way to get a date Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 10, 2023
There Was A Time When Jay Leno Was Funny — And A Surprising BFF to David Letterman Long ago, Jay Leno was the Don Rickles to David Letterman’s Johnny Carson Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 10, 2023
Best Advice for Making Money in Comedy, According to Working Comedians on Reddit ‘I live in the dumpster behind the bar I perform at. It’s a very short commute and I always have access to food’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 10, 2023
Steven Wright Used Up Three Years of Material in One Week of ‘Tonight Show’ Appearances Well, he was just going to have to write more anyway Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 10, 2023
Bill Hader’s Eighth Grade Movie Date Was Literally a ‘Simpsons’ Joke If you can only sneak into one R-rated movie, make sure it’s not ‘Barton Fink’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 08, 2023
There's Much More to Christina Applegate's Comedy Than Kelly Bundy ‘Married... With Children’ could have typecast Applegate for life, but her comedy talent transcended that early bimbo role Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 08, 2023
All the Genius Things Jennifer Coolidge Did to Earn Her MTV Comedic Genius Award Are you trying to seduce us, Mrs. Stifler? Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 08, 2023
Bill Hader Really Wanted to Be Lonely Island But his Digital Shorts bombed big-time Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 08, 2023
The Weirdest Pairings of Hosts and Musical Guests on ‘Saturday Night Live’ What kind of sick freak puts Jackie Chan and Kid Rock on the same stage? Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 07, 2023
Howard Stern Needs a Hug from a Knick, Proving His Relevancy Retired Long Ago ‘I’d like to think it’s a white thing, not my personality’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 06, 2023
Marc Maron Gave An Aspiring Comic the Best Rant Advice You don’t need anything from the audience except for one crucial thing Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 05, 2023
Striking Writers Troll Jenna Ortega on Picket Line ‘Rewriting is writing! See you at the line, Jenna!’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 05, 2023
A.I-Generated ‘30 Rock’ Is A Dealbreaker As a comedy writer, ChatGPT is all set-up, no punch lines Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 05, 2023
Hannah Gadsby Continues Comedy Career In Reverse With 'Something Special' ‘This is going to be a feel-good show,’ Gadsby says, ‘because I believe I owe you one’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 04, 2023
Here’s How Late-Night Shows Killed Time During Previous Writers’ Strikes If you thought James Corden was bad, things could get a lot worse Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 03, 2023
Tina Fey? Colin Jost? Kenan Thompson on Who Might Take Over for Lorne Michaels on ‘Saturday Night Live’ Thompson suggests Che, Jost and one other surprising candidate Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 03, 2023
The Very Mid ‘Goldbergs’ Was the Last Heaving Gasp of the Network Sitcom CGI Jeff Garlin might have finally killed the traditional family comedy Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 03, 2023
Jimmy O. Yang Has Beef With Mrs. Maisel in ‘Guess How Much’ The old Asian lady who’s been wearing a mask since 1995? ‘She’s not random, she’s a f***ing trailblazer! She’s the Kendall Jenner of Chinatown’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 03, 2023
