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.
Matt Rife Says Marc Maron Is Just Mad That ‘I Get to Live His Dreams’ Rife doesn’t have time for that ‘crotchety old man’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 05, 2025
Gary Coleman’s Father Tried to Get Willis Fired From ‘Diff’rent Strokes’ ‘He slapped the star!’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 05, 2025
CBS Exec Who Fired Stephen Colbert Is Now in Charge of ‘South Park’ Those performance reviews sound fun Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 05, 2025
‘Naked Gun’ Creators Wrestled With How to Handle ‘Elephant in the Room’: O.J. Simpson ‘It’s not something I really took glee in’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 04, 2025
This Is Why Loni Anderson Didn’t Get Hired on ‘Three’s Company’ In an alternate TV-verse, Anderson was Chrissy Snow Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 04, 2025
A Call for Jon Stewart to Run for President Has Set Off Trump Charlamagne tha God’s appearance on Fox News got the President hot and bothered Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 04, 2025
Loni Anderson Subverted Dumb Blonde Stereotypes on ‘WKRP in Cincinnati’ Jennifer Marlowe looked like Lana Turner and was the smartest person in the room Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 04, 2025
Adam Sandler and Bob Barker Actually Had Second Fistfight After ‘Happy Gilmore’ Barker and Sandler didn't need ‘Happy Gilmore 2’ to reignite the violence Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 01, 2025
Staff Members Were Terrified of Ellen DeGeneres, Confirms Adam Carolla ‘Oh, this guy’s scared to death’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 01, 2025
Jon Stewart Blasts Jay Leno’s Take on No-Opinion Comedy: ‘F***ing Ridiculous’ ‘Why do you have to make jokes about things you actually think?’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 01, 2025
Here’s Why Bill Burr Never Regrets Jokes ‘You can’t beat yourself up for being human’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 31, 2025
8 Predictions for the First Host of ‘SNL’ Season 51 Gentlemen, place your bets Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 31, 2025
Here’s Why Andy Griffith Chose ‘Matlock’ Over Returning to Mayberry In an alternate universe, the adventures of Andy and Barney continued Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 31, 2025
All It Took for Great Stephen Colbert Ratings Was Cancellation Where were all the viewers when it mattered? Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 31, 2025
These Are the Worst Sitcoms From the Creator of ‘Gilligan’s Island’ The comedy Midas didn’t always have the golden touch Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 30, 2025
Adam Sandler Explains That Not-So-Happy ‘Gilmore 2’ Plot Twist The Sandman has a reason for that bummer storyline Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 30, 2025
Samantha Bee Was Warned Not to ‘Cause Trouble’ Amid Billion Dollar Transactions ‘Business trumps everything’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 30, 2025
The Secret Identity of ‘South Park’s Tiny Trump Penis Has Been Revealed Not all digital effects are created equal Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 30, 2025
Pete Davidson Is Still Embarrassed By His Dave Chappelle Tattoo So he covered it with an even more embarrassing tattoo Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 29, 2025
Michael Che Is Sad After Fans Roast His Latte Art ‘THIS is what i DID NOT want’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 29, 2025