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.
Judd Apatow Has Feeling He’s ‘Drifting Out of the Culture’ Apatow realizes popular comedy is quickly forgotten Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 14, 2024
Ali Wong Jokes About Bill Hader’s ‘Psychopath’ Dating Ritual Romantic gesture or psycho move? Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 14, 2024
Ellen DeGeneres Promises to Address Bad Boss Scandal in Final Stand-Up Special Expect half-apologies and excuses Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 14, 2024
Bill Maher Says He Speaks for the ‘Vast Middle’ Maher says he speaks for ‘the normies,’ just like a normal person would say Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 13, 2024
Hannah Einbinder Says ‘You Can Say Anything’ If You Write Good Jokes And if you write homophobic or racist material? You get to play stadiums! Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 13, 2024
Fans Claim Howard Stern Used Fake Callers to Clap Back at Jerry Seinfeld ‘Callers’ insist Stern is the greatest entertainer of all time Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 13, 2024
Bill Burr Tells Bill Maher Cancel Culture Is Over Burr’s take: ‘No one cares anymore’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 13, 2024
Henry Kissinger Tried to Impress His Daughter By Introducing Her to the Brady Bunch She really wanted to meet the Partridge Family Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 13, 2024
5 Legendary Sitcoms That Ended Up Nothing Like Their Pilots George Costanza was a stand-up comic? Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 12, 2024
Maya Rudolph Proves She’s the Maximum Mother of ‘Saturday Night Live’ ‘Bow down cuz I’m your Mama’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 12, 2024
John Goodman Begged Steven Spielberg to Let Him Out of the ‘Flintstones’ Sequel Yabba dabba don’t Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 10, 2024
Natalie Portman’s ‘SNL’ Rap Was ‘Mindbogglingly, Graphically Filthy’ ‘All the kids looking up to me can (bleep) by (bleep)’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 10, 2024
Eddie Murphy Improvised All of His Best Lines in the New ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ Movie It took 30 years to get a script right, but Eddie made up his lines anyway Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 10, 2024
Eric Idle Skips Monty Python Reunion After Spat With John Cleese It’s an ex-friendship. It’s bereft of life. It has ceased to be Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 09, 2024
Jerry Seinfeld Immediately Backtracks on Legit Criticism of Thin-Skinned Howard Stern Seinfeld’s newsflash: Professional comics are funnier than Stern Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 09, 2024
Bill Murray Told Dana Carvey to Leave the Country to Escape Bad Reviews The woods are another safe refuge from negative press Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 09, 2024
Bette Midler’s Biggest Regret About Her 2000 Sitcom Is Not Suing Lindsay Lohan Lohan bolted the show after filming the pilot Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 08, 2024
If Nikki Glaser Gets Canceled Someday, ‘I’ll Be Able to Forgive Myself’ When should comedians censor themselves? Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 08, 2024
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Still Winces When She Watches the Elaine Dance The irony: Louis-Dreyfus fancies herself a pretty good party dancer Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 08, 2024
The 10 Best Burns From the Unaired 1977 Roast of Richard Pryor ‘Some people were born with a silver spoon in their mouth. Richard was born with one in his nose’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 08, 2024