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.
Harry Shearer Was Outraged Synchronized Swimmers Got Same Medals As ‘Real Athletes’ A classic ‘SNL’ sketch was born from Shearer’s disdain Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 06, 2024
‘SNL’s Ego Nwodim Is Just Latest Cast Member With ‘Daddy Lorne’ Issues ‘We thought he was Daddy when I was 25 and he was 30’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 06, 2024
The Dirtiest Joke in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Will Never See the Light of Day Ryan Reynolds says he’ll take the joke to the grave, where Deadpool will probably dig it up Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 06, 2024
The Online ‘Sleuth’ Who Believes Tom Segura May Be A Serial Killer If Segura brags he killed at a comedy club, is he confessing? Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 05, 2024
The Funniest Mean Tweets About Joe Rogan’s Live Netflix Special ‘Joe Rogan is the Cybertruck of comedians’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 05, 2024
Michael Ian Black Spent His Sunday Roasting Joe Rogan Rogan’s special featured ‘a lazy riff on naughty words’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 05, 2024
From Aliens to COVID to Cancel Culture: Every Joe Rogan Cliche Got Play in His Live Netflix Special Rogan admits he may have spread misinformation, but hey, he’s just a comic Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 03, 2024
Not Every Stand-Up Makes for a Great ‘SNL’ Cast Member Punkie Johnson is the latest in a long line of stand-ups who didn’t score on ‘SNL’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 02, 2024
‘Simpsons’ Writer Shares Five Stupid Pitches That Led to ‘Planet of the Apes’ Parody ‘Never shoot down an idea, no matter how crazy or stupid it may sound’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 02, 2024
Keanu Reeves/Alex Winter Reunion Will Test How Big of a ‘Bill & Ted’ Fan You Are Will Reeves’ Broadway debut be excellent or bogus? Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 02, 2024
Ego Nwodim Reveals What Eddie Murphy Whispered in Her Ear After ‘SNL’ And she is still waiting for Jason Momoa to fix her up Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 02, 2024
Did Punkie Johnson Leave ‘SNL’ After Losing Out on Getting to Play Kamala Harris? Punkie Johnson says so long to ‘Saturday Night Live’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 01, 2024
The Hawk Tuah Girl Would Like to Hawk Tuah Matt Rife If she can’t have Channing Tatum, Rife will do just fine Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 01, 2024
7 Comics Who Parlayed ‘SNL’ Fame Into Game Show Hosting Congratulations? Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 01, 2024
Jimmy Kimmel Reportedly Endorses This Comic to Replace Him As Oscar Host Hint: He’s hosted big award shows before Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 01, 2024
Jim Henson Had Two Surefire Ways to End a Comedy Sketch Both of them will make you run for cover Authors By Matt Solomon Published August 01, 2024
How Is Colin Jost the Guy With the Most Olympic Injuries? Jost’s goal: ‘Have as many infections as there are Olympic Events’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 31, 2024
Some Sarah Sherman ‘SNL’ Pitches Are Deemed ‘Far Too Gross for Television’ ‘SNL’ hiring Sherman was ‘the worst mistake they’ve ever made’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 31, 2024
Ellen DeGeneres Publicly Confronted Patrick Warburton for Bailing on Her Sitcom ‘You don’t expect the damn star of the show to walk up to you and call you out’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 31, 2024
Denis Leary’s 20-Year-Old Rant About the Summer Olympics Still Holds Up Synchronized diving is like watching four guys box Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 30, 2024
