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.
Ellen DeGeneres and Kathy Griffin Had A Screaming Match Over Joan Rivers That's just one chapter in their history of comedy beef Authors By Matt Solomon Published November 14, 2025
‘SNL’s Darrell Hammond Remembers Dick Cheney: ‘The Guy Had a Sense of Humor!’ ‘I still remember his hand pounding on the table’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published November 13, 2025
Here’s How ‘The Tonight Show’ Helped Elect Richard Nixon Johnny Carson's make-up man became Nixon's secret weapon Authors By Matt Solomon Published November 13, 2025
Yul Brynner Had Seductive Offer For Young Eddie Murphy Brynner and his wife had party plans, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera ... Authors By Matt Solomon Published November 12, 2025
Michael Che Beefs With Former ‘SNL’ Intern on Instagram Heads down! Battle in the comments section! Authors By Matt Solomon Published November 12, 2025
Michael J. Fox Was Dumpster Diving Before Landing ‘Family Ties’ ‘I was taking jam packets from IHOPs’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published November 12, 2025
Eddie Pepitone Goes to the Dark Side of Stand-Up ‘Stand-up is a place where you can't play it safe’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published November 12, 2025
Eddie Murphy Calls Out Racism In Early Reviews ‘It put a bad taste in my mouth’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published November 11, 2025
Fans Say 'SNL' May Have Stolen This Sketch Idea From the Mormons And MrBeast is loving all the attention Authors By Matt Solomon Published November 10, 2025
Eddie Pepitone Won't Give A Pass To Riyadh Comics ‘You're gonna go over there and f***ing take their blood money?’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published November 10, 2025
Nikki Glaser’s ‘SNL’ Monologue Was No More Offensive Than Her Last Decade of Stand-Up Were you expecting Nate Bargatze? Authors By Matt Solomon Published November 10, 2025
Is Pauly Shore Lying About Alleged ‘Kill Tony’ Beef? Magic Eight Ball says, ‘Signs Point To Yes’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published November 09, 2025
Guess Where Norm Macdonald Bit Chevy Chase Some guys will do anything to promote a movie Authors By Matt Solomon Published November 08, 2025
There Are Still People Who Believe Bill Hicks Became Alex Jones As comedy conspiracy theories go, this one's a doozy Authors By Matt Solomon Published November 08, 2025
Pauly Shore Managed To Get Himself Completely Banned From ‘Kill Tony’ When Roseanne Barr is the well-behaved guest, you got a problem Authors By Matt Solomon Published November 07, 2025
Jiaoying Summers Believes She Can Say What Gets Other Comedians Canceled "Even the Riyadh Comedy Festival, like, if you got over $2 million, you can do it, okay? People need to chill out.” Authors By Matt Solomon Published November 07, 2025
Matt Rife's Holiday Crowd Work An Actual War On Christmas The Comedy Grinch is here to insult your Christmas sweater Authors By Matt Solomon Published November 07, 2025
Louis C.K. Is The Greatest Stand-Up, Says Dana Carvey Carvey didn't mention what happened after the show ... Authors By Matt Solomon Published November 06, 2025
Reese Witherspoon and 4 Other Hosts Who Had Terrible Time Hosting ‘SNL’ Zero stars, would not recommend Authors By Matt Solomon Published November 06, 2025
Carol Wayne Was Johnny Carson’s Favorite Kind of Female Comic For All The Wrong Reasons If you like dumb blonde jokes, you'll love Wayne Authors By Matt Solomon Published November 05, 2025
