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.
Richard Lewis Retires From Stand-Up Comedy After Diagnosis From Hell A shoulder replacement. A hip replacement. Then the shit really hit the fan Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 24, 2023
‘Simpsons’ Artists Can’t Violate These ‘No-No’ Animation Rules ‘Their eyes make them look like a couple of neurons aren’t quite firing’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 24, 2023
Shane Gillis Was Too Radioactive for ‘Saturday Night Live’ But Good to Go for ‘Bupkis’ Lorne Michaels proves no comedian is ever truly canceled Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 24, 2023
Everything We Know About Steven Seagal Being the Worst ‘Saturday Night Live’ Host Ever For starters, he was worried people thought he couldn’t beat up Dana Carvey Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 23, 2023
Batshit New Doc Claims Bob Saget Was Murdered Because of His 'Raunchy' Material Watch your backs, cast of ‘The Aristocrats’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 21, 2023
Emily Ratajkowski ‘Not Giving My Consent’ to Be Comic’s Punchline Counterargument: ‘Normal people don’t do that’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 21, 2023
Twitter’s Blue Check Nonsense Has Chosen a Jimmy and It’s Not Kimmel Not wanting a blue checkmark might be the best way to get one Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 21, 2023
‘I Would Never Host ‘Saturday Night Live’’: Inside the Carol Burnett/Lorne Michaels Cold War Burnett’s name was an ‘SNL’ codeword for ‘lame’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 21, 2023
Long Buried ‘Simpsons’ Joke Dug Up By Intrepid Audio Engineer A punchline 30 years in the making Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 19, 2023
Keith Hernandez Had Never Heard of ‘Seinfeld’ But Took 15 Grand to Guest Star on It Anyway Not that there’s anything wrong with that Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 19, 2023
A Brief History of Charlie Sheen Hating on Chuck Lorre — And Vice Versa ‘You’ve been warned, dude. Bring it’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 19, 2023
Is the Bill Hader/Ali Wong Relationship a Comedy or a Drama? We’re not sure if we should laugh or cry Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 19, 2023
Hank Azaria Thinks ‘The Simpsons’ Could Trudge on for 40 Seasons Aw heck, why stop there? Do I hear 45? Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 17, 2023
Kathy Griffin Asks TikTok for Advice on How to Handle Her PTSD And unexpectedly, TikTok responds with kindness Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 17, 2023
Heidi Gardner’s Twitter Feed Appears to Have Been Hijacked by a Finance Bro Adam Mancini: Worst Weekend Update character ever Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 17, 2023
Alex Edelman Shuts Down White Nationalist Hecklers There’s the door, ladies Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 17, 2023
Bill Hader’s Haunted ‘Saturday Night Live’ Character Who Predicted ‘Barry’ Nope, it wasn’t Stefon Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 16, 2023
George Carlin Strikes Back: The Comedy Special That Gave the Middle Finger to His Critics The comedian reinvented himself once again Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 16, 2023
‘Saturday Night Live’ Farewells, Ranked Kristin Wiig was the ultimate goodbye girl Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 16, 2023
Bill Hader Has a Crush on His Cousin, But Don’t Worry — It’s Just Carol Burnett You can take the boy out of Oklahoma... Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 14, 2023