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.
Aubrey Plaza And 24 Other Apex Weirdo Talk Show Guests Aubrey's a wonderful weirdo, but how does she stack up against Crispin Glover? Authors By Matt Solomon Published November 09, 2022
Stefon & The Best Comedy Sketch Breakers Not Named Jimmy Fallon Sketch comedy's dirty little secret: Breaking works. Authors By Matt Solomon Published November 08, 2022
Comedian Doug Stanhope Breaks Down Stand-Up in Movies Fact: Every comedian hates the movie 'Punchline.' Authors By Matt Solomon Published November 07, 2022
“I’m Living White People’s Dreams”: Why Being On 'SNL' Was Never Really Chris Redd's Ambition Redd had dreams, but being a comic wasn't one of them Authors By Matt Solomon Published November 04, 2022
Kathy Griffin: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly Her life on the blacklist. Authors By Matt Solomon Published November 04, 2022
What Would Larry Sanders Think About Our Current Late-Night Moment? Does 2022 have a place for Hey Now? Authors By Matt Solomon Published November 02, 2022
Here’s What Ripping Someone A New One in the 1950s Sounded Like It was a kinder, gentler time (or was it?) Authors By Matt Solomon Published November 01, 2022
Getting Wasted With Nicholson and Other Moments That Need to Be in the John Candy Documentary Ryan Reynolds, we have notes Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 31, 2022
Kevin Nealon Is Drawing Attention to Himself The ‘SNL’ vet now gets his comedy fix via a new stage — caricature Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 31, 2022
Saturday Night Live: Power Ranking The 36 Musical Guests That Were Also Hosts Updated 10/30/22 Double your pleasure. Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 30, 2022
The 'Saturday Night Live' (New) Kids Are All Right SNL rookies are getting an unprecedented turn in the spotlight. Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 30, 2022
‘She Was A Human Being’: How Tom Green Brought Monica Lewinsky in on the Joke In a new interview, Green tells ‘Cracked’ how his 2000 MTV special made the White-House-intern-turned-handbag-designer the comedian, not the punchline Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 28, 2022
Door Guys Get Their Due On Comedy Store Anniversary Set Happy 50th, Comedy Store! Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 27, 2022
Tales from the Comedy Road from Jerry Seinfeld's Favorite Standup He turned down Dangerfield and lived to tell about it. Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 26, 2022
The Bloodiest Comedy Sketches Of All Time We need a clean-up in Aisle 5. Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 21, 2022
Does Insult Comedy Have a Future? Don Rickles's biographer says, "No." Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 20, 2022
Gabriel Iglesias Counts the Times He Was Almost Canceled in His New Netflix Special "They" are out to get Fluffy -- or are they? Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 19, 2022
She-Hulk Smash Fourth Wall (But She Was Far from the First) Take a seat, Deadpool Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 17, 2022
Mike Judge Knows What NPR Needs: Puppets And Nimrods All things considered, why not stop-motion puppets? Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 14, 2022
The Worst Famous Comedian, According to Reddit Even fictional comics get a black eye. Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 14, 2022
