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.
4 Frustrating Reasons There Hasn’t Been A Breakout Gen Z Comedian Is there a young comedy superstar on the horizon? Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 08, 2022
7 Comedy Shows Within Comedy Shows That Should Be Real Shows It's comedy wrapped inside comedy wrapped inside comedy. Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 07, 2022
Saturday Night Live: A Brief History of SNL Being "Dead" Nothing keeps SNL alive like predicting its death. Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 06, 2022
Rob Schneider: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly Meet the guy who says SNL is over. Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 05, 2022
50 Best Comedies of the Past 50 Years: 10-1 Who will take the championship belt? Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 02, 2022
Why Your Dad’s Comedy Is Still Very Much Your Comedy You got more in common with the old man than you think. Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 01, 2022
The Wild 70’s Show That Predicted Comedy YouTube One game show introduced cringe to America. Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 31, 2022
Power Ranking Seinfeld: The Definitive Best Seasons Which season is most spongeworthy? Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 30, 2022
SNL: 7 Hosts Who Should Be In The Five-Timers Club (But Aren’t) These funny people deserve five-timer robes. Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 29, 2022
The 50 Best Comedies of the Past 50 Years: 20-11 Please save your questions for the end next week. Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 26, 2022
7 Bad Comedy Movies (Made By Great Comedians) When good comics make bad decisions. Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 25, 2022
Blazing Saddles Doesn’t Age As Badly As You Think Excuse us while we whip this out. Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 24, 2022
Why Did We Stop Liking Jimmy Fallon? (We Have 4 Theories) The late-night host we love to hate. Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 23, 2022
5 Reasons Why The Larry Sanders Show Was More Influential Than Seinfeld A show about something vs. a show about nothing Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 22, 2022
Comedy Saved The Hulk -- Will It Destroy Him Next? She-Hulk pushes Bruce Banner into weird territory. Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 19, 2022
How Late Night Comedy Shows Were The OG MrBeast YouTubers didn't invent wacky stunts. Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 18, 2022
The Franchise: The Superhero Comedy That Just Might Work Why are super spoofs so difficult? Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 17, 2022
The Best Comedy Movies of the Past 50 Years: 30-21 Rodney Dangerfield, Wayne Campbell, and Ron Burgandy vie for comedy supremacy. Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 16, 2022
Is Jimmy Kimmel The Unlikeliest Late-Night Star Ever? The most unqualified guy for the job somehow made it work. Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 15, 2022
How The Comedy Movie Nerd Has Evolved You've come a long way, weirdo. Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 12, 2022