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.
Chloe Fineman Says She Was the ‘Pervert’ Behind Sydney Sweeney’s Hooters Sketch on ‘SNL’ The pitch was a joke Fineman didn’t know she’d have to write Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 23, 2024
The Noxious Origins of the 'Lion King' Farts How Pumbaa became Disney's first to pass the gas Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 22, 2024
Bob Odenkirk Says ‘They Shouldn’t Have Put Me on ‘Breaking Bad’’ ‘I didn’t audition for it!’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 22, 2024
Bill Maher ‘Joke’ Met With Silence on ‘The View’ The far left and far right agree: Maher's book tour is obnoxious. Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 22, 2024
New Clues to Who Started the Kim Kardashian Boos at the Tom Brady Roast Did you suspect Taylor Swift? Think again! Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 22, 2024
Paul Reiser Singing With Michael McDonald Weirdly Sorta Makes Sense The ubiquitous ‘80s stars are making beautiful music together Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 21, 2024
Everything You Need to Know About Rachel Feinstein, According to Rachel Feinstein ‘I joke about my mom wanting to be anything but white. In her mind, it gave her street cred’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 21, 2024
Bill Maher ‘Doesn’t See What the Big Crime Is” in Harrison Butker’s Speech Maher cherry-picks Butker quotes so he seems ‘fairly modern’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 21, 2024
Jon Stewart Wonders Why Everyone’s Coming for Jerry Seinfeld — Here’s Why Gee, what could Jerry have done to deserve mockery? Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 21, 2024
Nikki Glaser Calls Out ‘Self-Centered’ Ben Affleck for Bombing at Tom Brady Roast She hasn’t taken a second look because ‘I don’t like to watch people bomb’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 20, 2024
‘The Office’ Creator Stephen Merchant Says Left Has Replaced Right As Comedy Police The comedy police have undergone ‘quite a significant shift’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 20, 2024
Jerry Lewis Was Furious With Monty Python at the Cannes Film Festival Lewis was the king of France — until the new kids came to town Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 20, 2024
Jim Carrey Urged Jeff Daniels to ‘Go All the Way’ With ‘Dumb and Dumber’ Toilet Scene So you’re telling me there’s a chance... this will ruin my career? Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 20, 2024
Kenan Thompson Calls Out So-So ‘Saturday Night Live’ Season As ‘SNL’ seasons go, Season 49 definitely ranked up there as one of them Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 19, 2024
6 ‘SNL’ Hosts Who Played Their Most Iconic Characters on the Show Including pretty much all the Avengers Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 19, 2024
David Wells Threw a Perfect Game After Partying All Night with Jimmy Fallon Wells was up drinking with Fallon and Seth Meyers until 5:30 a.m. Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 17, 2024
Roy Wood Jr. Walks Back Jokes About Don Lemon ‘I needed a joke that gave him flowers too’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 17, 2024
‘SNL’s Darrell Hammond Wrote a Bill Clinton Sketch — With Bill Clinton Clinton ‘was a really good stand-up. This cat’s pretty good with the spoken word’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 17, 2024
This Guy Is the Real-Life Inspiration for ‘The Simpsons’ Comic Book Guy Matt Groening once said he was ‘every comic book store guy in America’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 16, 2024
An Irritated Buddy Hackett Once Told Joe Rogan to Shut the F*** Up Did the two almost come to blows over a recycled joke? Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 16, 2024
