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.
Here’s Why You Never Heard About the First Time Lucille Ball Divorced Desi Arnaz Desi and Lucy fought from the jump Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 13, 2025
Jerry Seinfeld’s Darkest Joke, According to John Mulaney Jerry can be a jerk — not that there's anything wrong with that Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 13, 2025
‘Spaceballs 2’ Will Be First Movie for Rick Moranis in 30 Years Welcome back, Rick Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 13, 2025
Ron Howard’s Daughter Hasn’t Gotten Around to Watching ‘Happy Days’ Jay Leno even gave her the box set Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 12, 2025
Lucille Ball Created ‘I Love Lucy’ to Stop Desi Arnaz’s Womanizing A musician on the road just might succumb to temptation Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 12, 2025
John Mulaney Fires Back at Online Harassers After Olivia Munn’s Kerfuffle With Ms. Rachel ‘This is absolutely insane and needs to stop’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 12, 2025
Christopher Knight Says Parents Couldn’t Pay Rent Without His ‘Brady Bunch’ Checks The kid actor’s salary kept his family afloat Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 12, 2025
Brian Wilson Wrote A Song About His Johnny Carson Fandom ‘Ed McMahon comes on and says, ‘Here’s Johnny,’ Every night at eleven thirty, he’s so funny’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 12, 2025
Here’s How Adam Sandler Got Revenge on NBC After Getting Fired From ‘SNL’ Revenge is a dish best served via a dedicated landline Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 11, 2025
Here’s What the Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Biopic Got Wrong, According to Their Daughter Lucie Arnaz tries to set the record straight Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 11, 2025
‘Sopranos’ Star Says Ellen DeGeneres Was ‘An A**hole From Way Back When’ The Queen of Nice was putting on an act Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 11, 2025
Roseanne Barr Says She Was Invited to Guest on ‘The Conners’ As A Ghost Her response was pretty spooky Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 11, 2025
Mary Ann Didn’t Learn the Professor’s Secret Until the ‘Gilligan’s Island’ Star’s Funeral Russell Johnson kept his past in the past Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 10, 2025
Prince Had No Patience for ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic He once made a video where he detonated a ‘Weird Al’ lookalike Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 10, 2025
Matt Groening Says This Is Secret to ‘The Simpsons’ Longevity It’s not a steady diet of Krusty Burgers Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 10, 2025
Comedy Writers Conspired to Stop ‘The Bear’ From Winning Another Best Comedy Emmy Jokesmiths decided enough was enough Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 09, 2025
‘Family Ties’ Producer Didn’t Want to Hire Michael J. Fox Fox’s dark audition was a definite no Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 09, 2025
This Is the Comedian Who Beat Out Pee-wee Herman for A Job on ‘Saturday Night Live’ Paul Reubens believed he was a shoo-in for ‘SNL’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 09, 2025
Ego Nwodim Teases Leaving ‘Saturday Night Live’ ‘I want to showcase some of my other talents’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 09, 2025
One of the Monkees Almost Played Fonzie on ‘Happy Days’ But the daydream believer might have been too tall for the part Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 07, 2025
