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.
Gary Coleman’s Ex Says He Wasn’t Murdered But Lie Detector Says Diff’rent Whatchoo talkin' about, Shannon Price? Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 08, 2025
Lucille Ball Wouldn’t Stop Working After Fainting on Final Movie The show must go on, even if the star loses consciousness Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 08, 2025
The Night Andrew ‘Dice’ Clay Went Nuts on CNN ‘Where are you getting your f***ing information?’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 08, 2025
5 Times Ginger Was Impossible on ‘Gilligan’s Island’ The Method actress had methods of driving her castmates crazy Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 07, 2025
Norm Macdonald Based His Comedy Persona on This Classic Sitcom Character Macdonald looked to 1970s TV comedy for inspiration Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 07, 2025
‘Married… With Children’ Kicked Its Cousin Oliver Character Off the Show David Faustino calls Seven ‘the worst mistake they ever made’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 07, 2025
The Time Noel Gallagher Met Jerry ‘F***ing’ Seinfeld Larry David should have been taking notes Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 07, 2025
Mary Tyler Moore Threw Tantrum After Reading Script for Classic ‘Dick Van Dyke Show’ Episode Mary picked a bad day to give up her two-pack-a-day habit Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 02, 2025
The Time Sammy Davis Jr. Kissed Archie Bunker Davis was an ‘All in the Family’ superfan Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 02, 2025
4 Times Artists Performed Their ‘Weird Al’ Parodies Imitating imitations is the second most sincere form of flattery Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 02, 2025
‘Spinal Tap’ Merchandising Earned Its Cast Members $81 Harry Shearer got squat from your Spinal Tap T-shirt Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 02, 2025
The Castaways on ‘Gilligan’s Island’ Were Based on the Seven Deadly Sins None of the sins could patch a boat Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 01, 2025
Dana Carvey Did ‘Delicate’ Impression of Joe Biden Because He Was ‘Compromised Mentally’ Carvey wanted both sides of the aisle to laugh at Biden Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 01, 2025
‘Three’s Company’ Producers Didn’t Respect Women, According to Suzanne Somers and Joyce DeWitt ‘It’s the only time in my career that I’ve come up against that — before or since’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 01, 2025
Cheryl Hines Isn’t Nuts About RFK Jr.’s Favorite ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Episode Hines’ humiliating comedy scene tickles Kennedy’s ribs Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 01, 2025
‘Brady Bunch’ Producers Wouldn’t Let Carol Get A Job ‘I guess they wanted me to be the perfect wife and mother’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 30, 2025
Kids Used to Chase ‘Leave It to Beaver’s Eddie Haskell Actor for His Cash And that’s not even counting the hate mail Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 30, 2025
The FBI Tailed Sacha Baron Cohen While He Made ‘Borat’ When the Feds got word of a funny-looking guy in an ice cream truck, they sprang into action Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 30, 2025
Joe Rogan Says Comedians Are Jealous of Carrot Top Other comics just want toilet seat gags of their own Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 30, 2025
‘The English Patient’ Director Loved Getting Roasted on ‘Seinfeld’ ‘Quit telling your stupid story about the stupid desert, and just die already!’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 29, 2025
