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.
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
Gwyneth Paltrow Flat-Out Bombed Her Audition for This Bill Murray Classic ‘She wasn’t funny’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 24, 2025
President Eisenhower Tried to Hook Up With This ‘Beverly Hillbillies’ Star Ike asked around for her phone number Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 24, 2025
The Missed Cue That Probably Cost This ‘SNL’ Cast Member His Job The sketch that proves ‘Saturday Night’ is ‘Live’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 24, 2025
Mel Brooks Was Proudest of A Scene From One of His Least Popular Comedies ‘It’s one of the biggest laughs I’ve ever gotten in any movie’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 24, 2025
Cindy Brady Nearly Died While Filming First Episode of ‘The Brady Bunch’ That’s no way to launch a family sitcom Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 24, 2025
Could These New Sitcoms Get An Emmy Nomination for Best Comedy? Step aside, ‘Bear’ — it’s time for some fresh blood Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 23, 2025
Carl Reiner Had to Tell ‘Dick Van Dyke Show’ Cast About JFK Assassination ‘Everybody stop. Just stop everything’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 23, 2025
Richie Cunningham’s TV Parents Didn’t Get Along on Set of ‘Happy Days’ ‘He didn’t think too much of me’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 23, 2025
Did Pope Francis Ever Forgive Mark Wahlberg for ‘Ted’? Wahlberg made a personal plea for comedy clemency Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 22, 2025
Frankie Muniz’s NASCAR Career Isn’t Going So Great His wife suggested, ‘Maybe you’re just not good’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 22, 2025
8 Times ‘SNL’ Cast Members Made Weirdly Unexpected Cameos in Music Videos Dan Aykroyd and Digital Underground is the team-up no one saw coming Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 22, 2025
These Are the Plotlines ‘Frasier’ Fans Hated During the Show’s Original Run A ‘Frasier’ producer has one idea; fans pick another cringe story Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 22, 2025
Led Zeppelin Sued Little-Known Band Over ‘Gilligan’s Island’/‘Stairway to Heaven’ Mashup Raise your lighter to the rafters, Skipper Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 21, 2025
Jim Gaffigan Says Furious Canadian Audiences Have Shifted: ‘We Hate You’ America’s neighbor to the north isn’t so neighborly these days Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 21, 2025
Marlon Wayans Says ‘Real Comedians’ Don’t Believe in Cancel Culture ‘I can tell any joke’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 21, 2025
‘The Munsters’ Theme Song Was Openly Trolling Another Classic Sitcom Plus, it’s a bop Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 21, 2025
Michael J. Fox Kept Shouting ‘Back to the Future’ Lines in This Horror Movie At least no one called him Calvin Klein Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 19, 2025
Rose Marie Had Beef With Mary Tyler Moore on ‘The Dick Van Dyke Show’ ‘We didn't laugh at each other’s work’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 18, 2025
Could Shawn Levy and Ryan Gosling Actually Make a Funny ‘Star Wars’ Movie? Let a farce be with us Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 18, 2025
