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.
Steve Harvey Says Game Shows Are the New Sitcoms We asked 100 Americans: What’s the cushiest job in comedy? Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 21, 2024
Rom-Coms Made Matthew McConaughey Take A Break From Hollywood Hey, Terry Bradshaw’s bare ass in ‘Failure to Launch’ made us take a break from Hollywood, too. Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 21, 2024
Three Iconic Comedies Starring Donald Sutherland Sutherland was an accomplished dramatic actor but made his mark in landmark laughfests Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 21, 2024
Anthony Michael Hall Say His ‘SNL’ Season Was the Worst in Show’s History And he might be right Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 21, 2024
Jon Hamm Was Wary of Bringing Back Don Draper for Jerry Seinfeld Hamm didn’t want to ruin his ‘Mad Men’ legacy. Did he? Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 20, 2024
Kelsey Grammer Reveals How He Got the Sideshow Bob Gig on ‘The Simpsons’ Sideshow Bob has been an obscure impression all along Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 20, 2024
Eddie Murphy Reveals the One Time He Bombed Doing Stand-Up Cut Murphy some slack — he was only 17 Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 20, 2024
Is This ‘Modern Family’ Reunion the Most Cynical Cash Grab Yet? New WhatsApp commercials make us long for the artistry of ‘Fuller House’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 18, 2024
Eddie Murphy Had No Clue ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ Would Be A Hit The surprise hit accidentally invented a whole new movie genre Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 18, 2024
Kenan Thompson Says ‘Black Jeopardy’ Opened ‘SNL’ to New Audiences The biggest ‘SNL’ change Thompson has seen in 21 years? A diverse cast Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 18, 2024
‘I Need You to Almost Taste It’: Ali Siddiq on the Comedy of Ali Siddiq The star of the ‘Domino Effect’ comedy specials tells all Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 18, 2024
The Patriots Cut This Bill Burr Joke at Tom Brady’s Team Hall of Fame Induction Were the Pats afraid of a little smashmouth comedy? Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 18, 2024
Nikki Glaser Fires Back at Bert Kreischer and Tom Segura’s Roast Criticism Kreischer and Segura were hardly the guys to say who killed at the Brady roast Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 17, 2024
‘Napoleon Dynamite’ Cast on Where Their Characters Are Today: ‘Not Looking Very Good’ Did Napoleon spend the last 20 years in Alaska with his uncle hunting wolverines? Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 17, 2024
When ‘SNL’ Stars Get Famous, Lorne Michaels Knows They’re ‘Going to Turn Into Assholes’ ‘No one can handle the fame’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 17, 2024
‘Terrified’ Jon Hamm Had to Touch Kristen Wiig’s Boobs During ‘SNL’ Sketch Ooh, Mama like Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 14, 2024
J.B. Smoove Calls Woke-ism ‘Very, Very Discouraging’ You better not let the boss catch you giggling Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 14, 2024
The Pope Says It’s Okay to Laugh at God According to Pope Francis, He can take a joke Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 14, 2024
The Vast Wealth Inequality of Late Night Should Seth Meyers step up to pay his fired band? Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 14, 2024
John Goodman Says His Biggest Careeer Risk Was Hosting ‘Saturday Night Live’ Based on his SNL audition, he was right to be scared Authors By Matt Solomon Published June 14, 2024