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.
Trump’s Cameo in ‘Home Alone 2’ Has ‘Become a Curse’ Trump insists he was begged to appear in the comedy Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 15, 2025
Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder Waged Epic Battles Over ‘Young Frankenstein’ Who almost gets into a fistfight with Gene Wilder? Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 15, 2025
The ‘Brady Bunch’ Kids Made A Lot Less Money Than You Think No wonder Eve Plumb auctioned off all her Brady stuff Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 15, 2025
This Was Jon Stewart’s Favorite Moment with George Carlin It happened at 10,000 feet above altitude Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 14, 2025
7 Very 2000s Jokes About TiVo As We Say Goodbye to the DVR Let’s fast-forward through the commercials to get to the good stuff Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 14, 2025
‘Conjuring’ Family Member Never Heard of Matt Rife Before He Bought Occult Museum But he’s terrified about what Rife might do with Annabelle Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 14, 2025
4 Intoxicating Moments in Drunken Talk-Show History There’s a reason they got rid of the bar on Jimmy Kimmel’s show Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 13, 2025
John Oliver Sounds Alarm Bells Over Bari Weiss Running CBS News Weiss’ work has been ‘at best irresponsible and at worst deeply misleading’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 13, 2025
How ‘Unfiltered’ Can An Authorized Chevy Chase Documentary Really Be? Can it be less ‘nauseating’ than his authorized biography? Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 13, 2025
Pam Bondi Shows Trump Administration How to Neuter Late-Night Comedy Laughing along works better than angry tweets Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 13, 2025
Who Had the Best Weekend Update Jokes This Week: Colin Jost or Michael Che? Who came out on top in the fake news battle? Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 12, 2025
Fred Mertz Hated Being Butt of Jokes on ‘I Love Lucy’ Nobody likes a pie in the puss Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 10, 2025
Eddie Murphy and Tom Petty Had A Bonkers Feud Somehow, Bob Dylan and Joe Piscopo were involved Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 10, 2025
Here’s the ‘SNL’ Sketch George Carlin Refused to Do ‘The jokes were so good, but Carlin didn’t want to do it’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 10, 2025
Fans Accuse Bill Burr’s ‘Hired PR Shills’ of Defending Him on Reddit Two can play the social media bot game Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 09, 2025
Tom Segura Starred in Subway Ads as Jared’s Derelict Brother Subway needed a slob to complement Jared Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 09, 2025
Jimmy Kimmel Says Late-Night Shows Cost ‘Crazy’ $120 Million A Year: ‘There Are Different Ways’ Late-night started as a cheap way for stars to promote projects Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 09, 2025
Bill Burr Blames Bots for Riyadh Comedy Festival Woes Mischievous software must be why everyone is so mad at Burr Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 08, 2025
Chevy Chase Posts Online Tribute to Chevy Chase on His 82nd Birthday 82 never felt so good Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 08, 2025
The 10 Most Iconic Fits From ‘Seinfeld’ If the Himalayan walking shoe fits, wear it Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 08, 2025