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.
‘Full House’ Creator Says This Was One of Sitcom’s Worst Episodes It wasn’t even the one with Scott Baio Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 15, 2025
CBS Executive Demanded to See Russell Johnson in His Underwear Before Casting Him As Professor on ‘Gilligan’s Island’ Getting to the bottom of a topless Professor Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 15, 2025
Stephen Colbert Accuses His Bosses at Paramount of Paying ‘Big Fat Bribe’ ‘I don’t know if anything will ever repair my trust in this company’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 15, 2025
4 Classic Comedy Shows Targeted By the Religious Right Nothing turbocharges ratings like complaints about sex-themed comedy Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 14, 2025
The Beauty Pageant Scandal That Ignited Rosie O’Donnell’s Feud With Donald Trump The Trump/O’Donnell conflict started years before politics Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 14, 2025
Ron Swanson Wouldn’t Have Voted for ‘Absolute Idiot’, Says Nick Offerman Ron would despise Trump because ‘he’s disrespectful to women and many others’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 14, 2025
The Hysterical TV Show That Launched ‘The Naked Gun’ Franchise ‘We’re sorry to bother you at such a time like this, Mrs. Twice. We would have come earlier, but your husband wasn’t dead then’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 14, 2025
Here’s Why ‘Gilligan’s Island’s Bob Denver Was Furious With ‘TV Guide’ The magazine made a shocking photo edit Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 13, 2025
The Time Tom Hanks Fought Fonzie Hanks was the first man to ever strike the Fonz Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 12, 2025
The Final Scene of ‘The Conners’ Was John Goodman’s Idea ‘I wanted to do it, and they let me’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 11, 2025
The Bonkers Comedy That John Hughes Didn’t Want You to See ‘He didn’t like it. And it was like, Okay, great’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 11, 2025
Joe Rogan Doesn’t Regret Calling Out Carlos Mencia for Stealing Jokes Mencia was the bigger star when Rogan accused him of stealing punchlines Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 11, 2025
Adam Sandler Learned the Hard Way That Critics Hated His Guts ‘It’s going to be fun when it comes out, and they actually write stuff about you’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 10, 2025
5 High-Flying ‘Saturday Night Live’ Sketches About Superman You’ll believe a comedian can squeeze into too-tight spandex Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 10, 2025
Jay Leno Claims He Tipped Off Hugh Grant About ‘What the Hell Were You Thinking?’ Question It never hurts to ask Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 10, 2025
Rhea Perlman Says It Wasn’t Hard Replacing Shelley Long on ‘Cheers’ Perlman and company welcomed Kirstie Alley with open arms Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 10, 2025
Liam Neeson Got Kicked Out of Giant Audition for ‘Princess Bride’ Shorty never got to speak a word of dialogue Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 09, 2025
‘Revenge of the Nerds’ Star Robert Carradine Keeps Insisting He’s Not A Nerd But he might beat one up Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 09, 2025
Terry Gilliam Says Trump’s Return Ruined His Anti-Woke Comedy ‘He’s f***ed up my latest film’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 09, 2025
Urban Legends Told Disturbing Futures of ‘Leave It to Beaver’ Stars Rumors persisted that ‘Beaver’ stars were dead or porn stars Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 09, 2025
