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.
Great Scott! ‘Back to the Future’s’ Doc Brown Inspired a Generation of Scientists Fledgling 1980s nerds wanted to grow up to invent time travel Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 20, 2024
Dane Cook Says the Era of Silencing Comedy Is Over ‘I’m supposed to say the thing that’s wrong’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 20, 2024
Michael Keaton Promises That Beetlejuice Remains Debauched Sicko in Our More Enlightened Era The poltergeist is still perverted Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 20, 2024
7 of the Dumbest Kids Books Written By Comedians Just when you thought Ricky Gervais had run out of ways to annoy you Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 20, 2024
Arnold Schwarzenegger Credits Lucille Ball With Jump-Starting His Career Hey Lucy, Arnold’s eyes are up here Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 19, 2024
The Eddie Murphy Joke That Inspired Jordan Peele’s ‘Get Out’ Peele says Murphy’s riff on 'Amityville Horror’ is ‘one of the best bits of all time’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 19, 2024
Here’s Why Daytime Talk Pioneer Phil Donahue Was An ‘SNL’ Favorite Three generations of ‘SNL’ mimics paid loving tribute to Donahue Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 19, 2024
5 ‘SNL’ Hosts Who Got the Job Mainly Because They Were Hot If hot equaled funny, these hosts would be hilarious. Unfortunately... Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 18, 2024
5 ‘SNL’ Cast Members Who Had to Confront the Real People They Impersonated Jim Breuer was convinced Joe Pesci wanted to whack him Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 16, 2024
Rob Schneider Tries to Make Peace With ‘Saturday Night Live’ Schneider takes a kinder, gentler approach to his comedy alma mater Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 16, 2024
‘SNL’s Victoria Jackson Struggles With Inoperable Cancer Jackson believes she only has 32 months to live Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 16, 2024
5 Times Guests Wanted to Fight David Letterman Who kicked Dave in the face better — Crispin Glover or Chuck Norris? Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 15, 2024
Rob Schneider Apologizes to Daughter for Talking Out of His Ass, Proceeds to Talk Out of His Ass Schneider defending transphobic jokes probably wasn’t what Elle King had in mind Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 15, 2024
Rob Schneider Offers Asylum to Protect British Comics From 'Tyranny' Sweet refuge for edgy U.K. comics is just a Schneider away Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 15, 2024
Joe Rogan’s Initial Reaction to Live Netflix Special Offer: ‘F*** That’ Why would Rogan say no? He was terrified Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 15, 2024
Adam Sandler Was Afraid of Ripping Off Rodney Dangerfield Was ‘Billy Madison’ going back to school a sign of no respect? Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 14, 2024
Ellen DeGeneres Put Serious Effort Into Terrorizing An Employee with Snakes Secret panels, hidden buttons and an insatiable urge to terrify Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 14, 2024
‘Cheers’ Stars Called in Sick to Get Wasted on Shrooms ‘You looked like Woody the Skeleton in my eyes’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 14, 2024
The Meanest Roasts of Matt Rife’s New Netflix Special ‘That Matt Rife crowd work special sucked’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 14, 2024
‘Sometimes, ‘Saturday Night’ Is Awful’: What Critics Said About the First Few Episodes of ‘SNL’ Early reviews of ‘SNL’ sound eerily like today’s Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 13, 2024
