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.
All the Times Chevy Chase Got His Teeth Knocked Out How many ways can one man lose teeth? Apparently, five or six Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 09, 2024
Mitch Hedberg Believed This Was the Secret to Comedy No one knew Hedberg in Ireland, but he figured out how to get laughs Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 09, 2024
Dave Letterman Worried His ‘Late Night’ Shenanigans Might Have Killed Someone ‘People were looking up because shards of glass had rained down on the Avenue of the Americas’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 09, 2024
There Were Multiple Botched Attempts to Make A ‘Gilligan’s Island’ Movie They all sank faster than the S.S. Minnow Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 08, 2024
Steven Spielberg Flew to New York for Every Episode of ‘SNL’s First Season The original ‘SNL’ superfan Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 08, 2024
The Movie That Taught 'Saturday Night's Chevy Chase the Most About Chevy Chase Hint: It’s not ‘Oh Heavenly Dog’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 08, 2024
81 Scorching Burns to Light the Candles on Chevy Chase’s 81st Birthday Cake Happy birthday, Chevy, from all your friends and coworkers Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 08, 2024
5 Famous People Who Were Guest Writers on ‘Saturday Night Live’ Jason Reitman calls it ‘one of the greatest weeks of my life’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 07, 2024
The First Al Pacino Movie the Screen Legend Would Show His New Baby Is the One You’d Least Expect Here’s daddy having a real mental (and financial) crisis Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 07, 2024
Here’s What Gilda Radner and John Belushi Would Think of ‘SNL’ Today, Says Laraine Newman ‘I think they would have been really inspired’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 07, 2024
Monty Python’s Eric Idle Is 80 But Can’t Afford to Retire ‘I’d love to retire but, alas, I can’t’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 07, 2024
Last Night’s Nostalgia-Heavy ‘SNL’ Doesn't Show Much Faith in Its Future It’s hard to develop anything new when all you’re doing is looking backward Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 06, 2024
Matthew Broderick Wasn’t Sure He Wanted to Play a Premature Ejaculator on ‘Sex and the City’ Can you blame him? Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 04, 2024
Chevy Chase and Richard Pryor Sparred on ‘The Tonight Show’ Real-life animosity made an appearance on Carson Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 04, 2024
Lorne Michaels Was Almost the Original Host of ‘SNL’s Weekend Update I’m Lorne Michaels, and you’re not Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 04, 2024
David Letterman’s ‘Late Night’ Trick or Treaters Once Included Unknowns Lindsay Lohan and Macaulay Culkin Dave’s out of candy so here’s some Brasso Metal Polish Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 04, 2024
5 Times ‘SNL’ Cast Members Sang Along With Musical Guests Was ‘You’re So Vain’ about Chevy Chase? Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 03, 2024
Kevin Smith’s Daughter Turned Down Role in His New Movie: ‘I’ve Got Enough Nepo Baby Shit to Deal With Online’ But don’t worry — Smith kept casting in the family Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 03, 2024
Chevy Chase Says Animosity ‘Ruined My Performance’ When He Returned to ‘SNL’ ‘I wanted to kick the living daylights out of a few of the people there’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 03, 2024
Bill Maher’s Weed Was Too Strong for David Spade Particularly because it had been too long since he’d had any Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 02, 2024
