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.
SNL One-Season Performers: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly Book a one-way trip to SNL stardom. Or not. Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 14, 2022
The Exact Moment Richard Pryor and George Carlin Changed Forever In a blink, clean-cut comics became counterculture revolutionaries. Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 13, 2022
5 Comedy Prequels We’d Love to See What happened before the laughs? Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 12, 2022
Kevin Smith and the Audacity of 'Clerks III' It's Smith at his Kevin Smithiest. Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 11, 2022
Saturday Night Live: The 8 Kinds Of Sketches You Find On The Show Our handy how-to guide to identifying any SNL sketch! Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 08, 2022
Power Ranking The 10 Funniest Sitcom Second Banana Characters The second banana shall rise. Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 07, 2022
4 Comedy Failures (That Changed Comedy History) Today’s comedy failure might just be tomorrow’s laugh legend. Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 06, 2022
That Time A Dumb Media Company Tried To Sue The Pants Off Two Comedians Strong men, unite! Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 05, 2022
5 Forgotten Comedy Bits You Should Get To Know ASAP Let's rock some laughs from the past. Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 04, 2022
Aughts Movie Comedies: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly It was the best of comedies, it was the worst of comedies. Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 01, 2022
Colin Mochrie Talks to Cracked About Hypnosis, Comedy Stamina, and Unlikely Action Heroes The Iron Man of Improv sits down with ComedyNerd. Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 30, 2022
The One Type of “Comedian” Who Can Get Away With Anything The goofy guy with a hand up his butt is bulletproof. Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 29, 2022
Star Trek: 7 Stellar Comedy Sketches -- and 4 Terrible Ones Q: How many times has SNL spoofed Star Trek? A: A lot. Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 28, 2022
6 Times Comedians Apologized For Old Jokes Sorry seems to be the hardest word. Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 27, 2022
4 Comedians Playing Comedians Who Nearly Went Over the Edge Playing a comedian may be hazardous to your health. Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 24, 2022
4 Times Larry David Spun SNL Failures Into Seinfeld Gold David took SNL lemons and made Seinfeld lemonade. Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 23, 2022
Why Late Night Comedy Has (Seemingly) Followed Cable News Into Hell Meet the MSNBC and Fox News of late-night laughs. Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 22, 2022
4 Dumb Reasons Gervais and Chappelle Tell Trans 'Jokes' Their rationales fall apart faster than the IKEA bookshelf we put together. Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 21, 2022
Saturday Night Live: 6 Times Stars Were Injured On The Show We're still wincing about Chevy Chase. Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 20, 2022
5 SNL Performers Who (Apparently) Were Miserable Coworkers You thought your coworkers were bad? Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 17, 2022
