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.
Vince Vaughn Says Comedies That Try Not to Offend Are A ‘Snoozefest’ ‘A responsible comedy feels like a time to take a nap’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 13, 2024
40 People Showed Up for Taping of First Matt Rife Comedy Special What did 40 people in 2021 know that the rest of us were missing? Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 13, 2024
John Mulaney Roasts New ‘Saturday Night’ Movie ‘Apparently, it’s high stakes’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 13, 2024
5 Times Chevy Chase Pissed Off ‘SNL’ Cast Members Before the Show Even Started Chase once got in a fistfight just minutes before his monologue Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 12, 2024
The ‘SNL’ Host Who Surprised the Hell Out of Cecily Strong ‘All the boys and all the girls were like, ‘Are we all in love?’’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 12, 2024
Ray Romano May Be Responsible for Giving Us Joe Rogan Walk with us through some comedy sliding doors Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 12, 2024
Elle King to Dad Rob Schneider: ‘You’re Talking Out of Your Ass’ What’s it like to have Schneider as your dad? ‘Very toxic’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 12, 2024
Kevin Nealon Paid Writers Out of His Own Pocket for ‘SNL’ Weekend Update Jokes Lorne Michaels offered donuts to anyone who’d write jokes for Nealon Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 09, 2024
Bob Newhart Refused to Have Sitcom Kids ‘I didn’t want to be the dolt of a father’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 09, 2024
Here’s Why Michael Keaton Quit Stand-Up Comedy As a prop comic, Keaton was no Carrot Top Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 09, 2024
Andy Griffith Dreamed That He Killed Don Knotts Could there be murder in Mayberry? Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 09, 2024
Bill Burr Is Headed to Broadway Look, ma, I’m actin’! I’m actin’! Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 08, 2024
Redditor Thinks They’ve Uncovered the Latest ‘SNL’ Cast Member If the rumor is true, here’s the latest comic to shout ‘Live from New York!’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 08, 2024
The Comedy World of Kelsey Cook, According to Kelsey Cook Funny fact #1: Never play her at foosball for money Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 08, 2024
Bill Maher Hates It When His Own Fans Are A-Holes Maher says enthusiastic audiences ruin comedy for everybody Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 08, 2024
Comedian Chad Daniels Inspired Classic Mitch Hedberg Joke When you saw Hedberg scribbling in his notebook, you knew you said something funny Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 08, 2024
Steve Martin Pokes Fun at Calls for Him to Play Tim Walz on ‘SNL’ Will Martin be ‘SNL’s latest political stunt cast? Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 07, 2024
Robin Williams Put Everyone at Ease With One Simple Nickname ‘Robin would go above and beyond to make people happy’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 07, 2024
The Mystery of Whether or Not Ricky Gervais Wrote His ‘Simpsons’ Episode Depending on who you listen to, Gervais either quit, co-wrote or killed it Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 07, 2024
How to Do a Joe Rogan Impression, According to TikTok Now you can do a better Joe Rogan stand-up special than the man himself Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 06, 2024
