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.
An Acting School Kicked Out Teenage Lucille Ball for Having ‘No Talent’ At least they refunded the tuition money Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 25, 2024
Sydney Sweeney Pranks Strangers With Horror-Movie Theatrics Don’t honk at Sydney Sweeney Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 25, 2024
George Carlin Refused to Do Sketches in the First-Ever ‘Saturday Night Live’ Why no sketches? ‘I’ll just f*** it up’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 25, 2024
Jennifer Lopez Thanks Nikki Glaser With Gift of Jennifer Lopez Foot Cream Gratitude comes in self-promotional packages Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 24, 2024
‘Full House’ Star Jodie Sweetin Says Bob Saget Would Love Her ‘Wildly Inappropriate’ Comedy Show ‘I actually out-Bobbed Bob at our wrap party’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 24, 2024
An Unaired ‘60 Minutes’ Interview Really Pushes Lorne Michaels on ‘SNL’s Early Drug Culture The famed producer’s original stance on drugs: Whatever gets you through the night Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 24, 2024
Ellen DeGeneres Is Unapologetic, Unrelatable and Totally Insufferable in Her New Netflix Special Once again, ‘canceled’ means getting the Netflix spotlight Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 24, 2024
‘Murphy Brown’ Became a Political Hot Potato During the 1992 Presidential Election J.D. Vance would have loved Murphy Brown Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 23, 2024
The Five Most Heartfelt ‘SNL’ Farewells Everyone eventually leaves ‘SNL’ — except for Lorne Michaels Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 23, 2024
Keegan-Michael Key Says It’s a ‘Tragedy’ That He No Longer Works with Jordan Peele Don’t worry, they still love each other Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 23, 2024
Carlos Mencia Says Joe Rogan Has Been Accused of Stealing Jokes, Too: ‘This Is What You Started’ Mencia says he’s sorry to be the one to bring it up. Sure, Carlos Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 23, 2024
Jay Pharoah Gets Real About His Name, His New Comedy Special and His Place in ‘SNL’ History Pharoah’s new comedy special ‘Jared’ premieres September 22nd on YouTube Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 21, 2024
Kenan Thompson Got Scammed Out of Childhood Nickelodeon Earnings The kid’s accountant certainly wasn’t All That Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 20, 2024
John Mulaney Roasts Tech Geeks Who Hired Him to Speak at Conference Thank you, sir, can I have another? Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 20, 2024
Nikki Glaser Fumbles ‘Thursday Night Football’ Jokes Glaser looked like a rookie quarterback adjusting to the speed of the pro game Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 20, 2024
Woody Harrelson’s First Movie Included a Vicious Burn of Ted Danson Danson called it a ‘stab in the heart’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 19, 2024
When Jim Breuer Opened for Metallica, the Band Asked Him Not to Do Stand-Up Metallica was thinking less jokes, more T-shirt cannons Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 19, 2024
John Cleese Managed to Stay Off Twitter for Eight Days Before Resuming His Feud With Eric Idle I wish I could quit you Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 19, 2024
98-Year-Old Mel Brooks ‘Very Involved’ in Production for ‘Spaceballs 2’ May the Schwartz be with you Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 19, 2024
5 Funny Women Who Did ‘SNL’ While Pregnant What to expect about ‘SNL’ when you’re expecting Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 18, 2024
