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 and Andy Griffith Hated Sitcoms Knotts in particular bit the comedy hand that fed him Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 11, 2025
Exclusive Book Excerpt: How Two Unknown Kids Wrote ‘Superbad’ A new book does a deep-dive into the filthy, touching comedy Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 11, 2025
Tom Brady Proved During the Super Bowl That He's Still Terrible at Comedy Roasts You had eight months to write a short joke and this is all you got? Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 10, 2025
The 10 Best Burns From Chelsea Handler’s Critics’ Choice Monologue Winning is hard, but insults are easy Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 10, 2025
I Emailed Bill Murray and Took A Trip Down the Rabbit Hole David Lynch meets Bill Murray in an ad for what now? Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 10, 2025
Carol Burnett Was A Self-Taught Comedy Stuntwoman ‘I never broke a bone. I had a few bruises’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 07, 2025
‘Clean Slate’ Was Originally Pitched As ‘Sanford and Son’ Reboot The junkyard comedy was a ‘70s supersmash Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 07, 2025
Snoop Dogg Roasted Bill Belichick’s Girlfriend at the NFL Honors Ceremony Who knew a 24-year-old dating a 72-year-old would raise some eyebrows? Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 07, 2025
Amy Schumer Says Bad Reviews for ‘Kinda Pregnant’ Are Just for Clicks Schumer lauds critics for ‘bravery’ when they give her a thumbs up Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 07, 2025
5 Sitcom Episodes When It Was All Just A Dream Saying ‘it never happened!’ is a sitcom staple Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 07, 2025
The Real Star of ‘SNL50’ May Be John Lutz and His Goofy Selfies Pay attention, Lorne Michaels Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 06, 2025
Kate Berlant’s Mom Made the Stonehenge Prop for ‘This Is Spinal Tap’ Does that make Berlant the world’s funniest nepo baby, or just the saddest? Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 06, 2025
Kim Kardashian Fires Back at Tony Hinchcliffe on ‘The Kardashians’ ‘Am I supposed to sit there and be like, ‘How innovative, you called me a whore?’’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 06, 2025
The Night Bill Murray Mistakenly Told America It Was Entering World War III ‘It’s no joke, Jim. It’s real sad’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 06, 2025
Netflix Backlash Is Just Latest Chapter in the Amy Schumer Hate Saga Why did Amy Schumer become the Creed of comedy? Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 05, 2025
Eddie Murphy Found Out His Idol Hated Him ‘He thinks I’m the reason why his shit ain’t the way it used to be’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 05, 2025
‘The Brady Bunch’ Tried to DEI ‘Whitest Show on Television’ Remember the one when Jan had a Black friend? Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 05, 2025
Tommy Davidson Celebrates ‘In Living Color’ Mini-Reunion ‘The best thing I’ve done in 15 years’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 05, 2025
The Worst Passengers on ‘The Love Boat,’ According to the Crew Things occasionally got dark on ‘The Love Boat’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 04, 2025
The Night Tracy Morgan Got Kicked Out of Prince’s House Even Prince has to get some sleep Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 04, 2025
