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.
Tony Hinchcliffe Says ‘Kill Tony’ Is More High-Wire Than ‘SNL’ Lorne Michaels has it easy Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 22, 2025
Bowen Yang Doesn’t Exactly Deny Rumors That He’s Leaving ‘SNL’ Yang is becoming king of the nondenial denial Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 22, 2025
‘Brady Bunch’ Kids Say This Is When the Sitcom Jumped the Shark The last-ditch effort to save the show created a new sitcom trope Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 21, 2025
Ted Danson and ‘Cheers’ Stars Pay Tribute to George Wendt ‘I love you, Georgie’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 21, 2025
Everyone Wanted to Sit Next to George Wendt at ‘Cheers’ George Wendt passed away this morning at age 76 Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 20, 2025
This Is the Religious Icon Conan O’Brien Is Named After O’Brien’s dad could have picked a more flattering tapestry Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 20, 2025
The 5 Worst Hosts of ‘Saturday Night Live’ Season 50 Does Shane Gillis deserve a permanent spot on the list? Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 20, 2025
The First American Comedy Awards Are Time Capsule of What Was Funny in 1987 Alf was cutting-edge humor Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 20, 2025
Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Decipher Hidden Meanings of ‘Frasier’ Theme Song Which is sadder — the tossed salad or the scrambled eggs? Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 20, 2025
The Rejected ‘SNL’ Sketch Sarah Silverman Wrote for Phil Hartman No word on who would have played the pooping dog Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 20, 2025
The 7 Dirtiest Jokes From Sarah Silverman’s New Netflix Special Oh, Sarah Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 20, 2025
Sarah Silverman Laughs in the Face of Death in Her New Netflix Special In ‘Postmortem,’ Silverman offers a comedy celebration of life for her dead parents Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 20, 2025
The 20 Best Weekend Updates Jokes of ‘SNL’s 50th Season From Colin Jost’s Punchable Face It was a year in which RFK Jr. became Jost’s personal punching bag Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 19, 2025
20 Weekend Updates Jokes From ‘SNL’ Season 50 When Michael Che Went Scorched Earth Che didn’t care who he offended in ‘SNL’s anniversary season Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 19, 2025
Who’s Going to Leave ‘Saturday Night Live,’ From Mostly Likely to No Way Your betting guide to the ‘SNL’ off-season Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 19, 2025
5 Ways ‘Saturday Night Live’ Missed the Moment in Historic Season 50 You blew it, Lorne Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 18, 2025
Scarlett Johansson Joins Michael Che and Colin Jost for Brutal Weekend Update Joke Swap Che ‘apologizes’ amid embarrassing admissions Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 17, 2025
Twitter Seems to Think Sarah Sherman Is Really Leaving ‘SNL’ Scarlett Johansson’s monologue gave Sherman a (probably fake) pink slip Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 17, 2025
Barney Fife Wasn’t Allowed to Faint on ‘The Andy Griffith Show’ Barney was often terrified and trembling — but only up to a point Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 17, 2025
Did John Mulaney Rip Off Chris Gethard Again? Even blindfolded viewers can see the similarities Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 16, 2025
