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.
The Luigi Mangione Musical Comedy Is Already Sold Out The best musical-comedy about an accused murderer you’ll see this season Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 02, 2025
Dick Van Dyke Wanted to Be A Commanding Officer on ‘M*A*S*H’ Van Dyke could have tripped over the ottoman in the 4077th Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 02, 2025
John Goodman Was Desperate to Leave ‘Roseanne’ ‘John would pound the walls and scream’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 01, 2025
Restaurateur ‘Hit the Jackpot’ When He Kicked Out Nasty James Corden Was he defending his staff or seeking social media cred? Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 01, 2025
Here’s Why David Hyde Pierce Shot Down Return to ‘Frasier’ The Broadway star had better things to do Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 30, 2025
Mr. Belding Was Irate After Being Left Out of the ‘Saved By the Bell’ Reunion ‘If anybody deserved to be on that cover,’ said Dennis Haskins, ‘it was Dennis Haskins’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 30, 2025
This Is Why Andy Never Got Married on ‘The Andy Griffith Show’ Griffith left the mushy stuff for Lucille Ball and Danny Thomas Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 30, 2025
Mrs. Howell on ‘Gilligan’s Island’ Only Took Job for the Free Hawaiian Vacation Natalie Schafer cried when the sitcom succeeded Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 29, 2025
Mel Brooks Names His Three Comedy Heroes Oh, brother Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 29, 2025
Susan Olsen Says Stupid Cindy Brady Was Missing A ‘Functioning Brain’ ‘She’s nine years old, and she doesn’t know how to spell her sister’s name’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 29, 2025
Dick Van Dyke Lobbies for Cameo on Ted Danson’s ‘Man on the Inside’ What do you get the 99-year-old who has everything? Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 29, 2025
Isaac from ‘The Love Boat’ Complained When Real Cruises Introduced Robot Bartenders Robots can mix a mean martini, but what about the mustache? Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 28, 2025
Cheech and Chong Made ‘Horrible Deal’ on Their First Hit Movie They were out of bread, man Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 28, 2025
Here’s Why Eddie Murphy and Sylvester Stallone Had Long-Standing Beef Did a woman get in the way? Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 28, 2025
David Cross Calls ‘Mr. Show’s Jay Johnston ‘A Lucky Traitor’ If the election had gone another way, Johnston would be in jail Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 28, 2025
The One Question Carl Reiner Asked ‘Dick Van Dyke Show’ Writers That Changed Sitcoms Forever Reiner changed the way sitcoms approached comedy Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 27, 2025
Roseanne Reacts to Last Episode of ‘The Conners’ Sorta Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 25, 2025
The Not-So-Funny Reason Michael Richards Attended An NBC Black-Tie Gala in A Bathrobe Richards pulled a real-life Kramer Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 25, 2025
Jay Leno Is Still Whining About Jimmy Kimmel Humiliating Him on ‘The Tonight Show’ Leno does admit, though, that he got what he deserved for booking Kimmel Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 25, 2025
Don Knotts Was Terrified to Star in ‘Three’s Company’ It was his first sitcom in front of a live crowd Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 25, 2025
