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.
Here’s Why Ben Stiller Quit ‘SNL’ After Four Episodes ‘I knew that I couldn’t do well there’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 14, 2025
Eddie Murphy Says This Is His Worst Movie Move over, Norbit, you’ve got company Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 14, 2025
5 ‘SNL’ Hosts Who Were Their Own Musical Guests Just because they weren’t musicians didn’t stop them from crooning Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 14, 2025
The Three Bill Murray Comedies That Roger Ebert Hated the Most ‘The movie is simply not funny’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 13, 2025
The 10 Richest Comedians, 2025 Edition Who is best at turning chuckles into ka-ching? Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 13, 2025
5 Times People Refused to Perform in ‘SNL’ Sketches Comedians drew a line in the sand — but not always for good reasons Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 12, 2025
5 Sitcom Characters Who Went (Mostly) Unseen Their biggest laughs happened off-screen Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 12, 2025
The ‘SNL’ Cast Member Who Called Tina Fey the C-Word For reasons she still doesn’t understand, too Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 10, 2025
The Comedy Videos That Invented Yacht Rock All hail the legend of Michael McDonald Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 10, 2025
Bill Maher’s New HBO Special Proves He’s Nothing More Than Rob Schneider With A Thesaurus Maher is an equal-opportunity condescender Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 10, 2025
The 5 Oldest People to Host ‘Saturday Night Live’ Good news: Two of them are still alive Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 10, 2025
Christopher Nolan Had No Patience for Wisecracking Robin Williams ‘He could see I wasn’t receptive to his comedy’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 09, 2025
Seth MacFarlane Ridiculed for Offering Tone-Deaf Support to First Responders During Tragic L.A. Fires Doodles don’t mix with disaster Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 09, 2025
Here Are the Rejected Steve Urkel Catchphrases That Pale in Comparison to ‘Did I Do That?’ ‘Do you have any cheese?’ just doesn’t hit the same Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 08, 2025
Bill Maher Remembers All of His Failed Sitcoms Maher was perfect when sitcoms needed an office creep Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 08, 2025
Robin Williams’ Six Best Performances, According to Robin Williams Williams liked acting best when he didn’t have to be funny Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 08, 2025
People Shouting ‘Pivot!’ at David Schwimmer Might Be Best ‘Friends’ Joke Ever Here’s to the funniest way to harass Ross in real life Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 08, 2025
7 Sitcom Stars Accused of Serious Crimes Sometimes the funny business ain't so funny Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 08, 2025
The Funniest ‘Wheel of Fortune’ Guesses, According to Vanna White ‘I’d like to buy a clue, Pat’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 07, 2025
Bill Murray Launches Dad-Rock Concert Tour Murray leads the world’s most expensive cover band Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 07, 2025