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.
This Chevy Chase/Michael O’Donoghue Movie Could Have Been Most Offensive of All Time The comedy would have been hilarious unless you were gay, Black or a woman Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 23, 2025
9 of the Most ‘90s Jokes in ‘Wayne’s World’ You know you’re Mike Myers’ age if you get all the gags Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 21, 2025
The Brutal ‘SNL’ Sketch That Paris Hilton Refused to Do Hey, I didn’t come to ‘SNL’ to joke about my sex tape Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 21, 2025
Victoria Jackson Denies Slamming Tom Hanks After ‘SNL50’ Sketch Jackson denies it all by admitting everything Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 21, 2025
George Carlin Couldn’t Understand Why He Was Never Asked Back for ‘SNL’ Anniversary Specials You could probably start with what Carlin called his ‘cocaine week’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 20, 2025
Ron Howard Discovers ‘Andy Griffith’ Co-Star Don Knotts Was Real-Life Cousin In Mayberry, everybody is your distant cousin Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 20, 2025
Dana Carvey Fought for the Dirtiest Church Lady Sketch This Church Chat went to a particularly naughty place Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 20, 2025
Dan Aykroyd Loved ‘SNL50’ Despite Not Bothering to Attend Aykroyd raised a glass or three to his alma mater Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 20, 2025
‘SNL’ Costs How Many Millions Per Episode? Eighty wigs a week aren’t just going to make themselves Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 19, 2025
Rosebud Baker’s New Special Proves That Mother Knows Best The Weekend Update writer talks about her innovative stand-up special Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 19, 2025
The Most Underrated ‘SNL’ Cast Member, According to Former ‘SNL’ Cast Members Forty-two different ‘SNL’ comics got votes Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 19, 2025
Firing Norm Macdonald From ‘SNL’ Came Back to Haunt NBC Exec Don Ohlmeyer ‘Time’ subscribers got ‘Save Norm’ postcards inside their magazines Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 19, 2025
Here’s Why Dana Carvey No-Showed at ‘SNL50’ Carvey has a note from his doctor, Mr. Michaels Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 19, 2025
John Cleese Explains Why He Thinks It’s Okay to Tell Ethnic Jokes Have you heard the one about about the Mexicans? Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 18, 2025
Ray Romano Applied to Write for Conan O’Brien — And Didn’t Get the Job What Romano really wanted to do was write monologues Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 18, 2025
Chevy Chase Wasn’t Welcome at Michael O’Donoghue’s Wake The two never made up after a screenplay battle Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 18, 2025
These Are the Two Subjects Dave Chappelle Wasn’t Allowed to Talk About When He Hosted ‘SNL’ Would the comic be able to restrain himself? Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 17, 2025
Despite No Airtime, Chevy Chase Did A Victory Lap Leading Up to ‘SNL50’ For once, it was a good week to be Chevy Chase Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 17, 2025
You Might Have Missed This Sweet Gilda Radner Tribute on ‘SNL50’ Jane Curtin and Laraine Newman made sure Radner wasn’t forgotten Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 17, 2025
5 Iconic Characters Who Should Have Never Come Back for ‘SNL50’ Enough already Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 17, 2025
