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.
The National Lampoon ‘Poison Pill’ Is Another Cynical NFT Ploy Michael O’Donoghue is rolling in his black-comedy grave Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 24, 2023
Dave Attell Says He’s Uncancellable Because His Audience Knows How to Take a Joke They also drink a lot and leave big tips Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 24, 2023
Cheech Marin Has His Own Recommendations Section on the Oscars Website Surprisingly, only one suggestion stars Chong Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 23, 2023
Rick Moranis’ Brutal Impression of George Carlin on ‘SCTV’ Shocked Carlin into Reinventing Himself Carlin to Moranis: ‘Brutal. Brutal, man. Brutal’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 23, 2023
Who Better to Play George Santos Than ‘The Liar,’ Jon Lovitz? Lying comes naturally to Lovitz Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 23, 2023
What the Heck Was Sharon Stone Doing on ‘SNL’ Last Night? Sam Smith brought a visual aid, and it was a doozy Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 22, 2023
30 Jock Hosts of ‘SNL’, Ranked Meet the ballers of ‘SNL’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 22, 2023
Aubrey Plaza’s Best ‘SNL’ Character Was Aubrey Plaza She played a number of different characters on the show last night, but the funniest ones were the ones that didn’t stray too far from herself Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 22, 2023
A 19-Year-Old Eddie Murphy Hounded ‘SNL’ Producers from a Pay Phone for an Audition Another great example of how persistence always pays (phone) off Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 20, 2023
Hide the Cheerleaders, Pete Davidson Is Somehow Captain of a Pro Bowl Team He can at least say ‘Go long’ with authority Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 20, 2023
Chris Elliott Appearances as Lily’s Deadbeat Dad in ‘How I Met Your Mother,’ Ranked The wannabe board-game mogul is hard not to love, no matter how estranged he is from his daughter Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 20, 2023
Jay Pharoah Is An Impression Jukebox Lorne Michaels next, please Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 20, 2023
‘The Daily Show’ Taps Leslie Jones’ Great Gift for Righteous Indignation Leslie Jones can’t even Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 18, 2023
‘CNN Is Sort of Trans in That Way’: All the Dumb Red Meat in Greg Gutfeld’s Latest ‘Commentary’ on Woke Comedy The late-night comedy wars have taken a right turn Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 18, 2023
Bert Kreischer Was Maybe, Almost, Kinda in the Band Creed The Machine was almost The Musician Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 18, 2023
The First Deep-Fake Comedy Has Arrived And it’s amazing (according to ChatGPT) Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 18, 2023
CNN Wants Jon Stewart or Bill Maher to Be Its ‘Gutfeld!’ Leave the journalism to the clowns Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 16, 2023
Chelsea Handler Went for the Jugular at the Critics' Choice Awards, Dumping on Ellen and James Corden The wannabe ‘Daily Show’ host takes out the competition Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 16, 2023
Nick Kroll on How You Make Mel Brooks Work in 2023 You can never go wrong poking at power Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 16, 2023
Joan Rivers Won Ben Stein’s Money by Suing Him Over a Nasty Hit Piece Show Joan’s charities the money! Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 16, 2023
