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.
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
Bill Maher Plans to Quit Stand-Up, ‘Like Cutting Off A Limb’ ‘Well, or I could go back’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 07, 2024
Was ‘Sixteen Candles’ Racist? Gedde Watanabe Didn’t Think So At The Time ‘I didn’t think it was stereotypical or racist. Isn’t that weird?’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 07, 2024
Here Are The Jokes Nikki Glaser Didn’t Tell at the Tom Brady Roast ‘Proceeds from tonight’s show are going toward CTE research and the NFL’s coordinated effort to cover it up’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 07, 2024
Jon Stewart Tells Anti-Woke Comedians to ‘Shut the F*** Up’ Stewart complains: ‘I’m just so tired of it’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 06, 2024
All the Blowback and Drama from the Tom Brady Netflix Roast A lot of folks ended up on the injured list after this one Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 06, 2024
Bill Maher and Jerry Seinfeld Accuse Johnny Carson of Stealing Jokes ‘Johnny was a mean bastard’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 06, 2024
The 19 Most Devastating Burns at Tom Brady’s Netflix Roast, Plus the One That Went Too Hard Enjoy the taste of roasted GOAT Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 06, 2024
Jerry Seinfeld Almost Saved His Very Bad Week with a Weekend Update ‘SNL’ Guest Spot The surprise guest was no surprise at all Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 05, 2024
10 of the Angriest Letters Andy Kaufman Received About Wrestling Women ‘I’m gonna whoop your sissy-britchered, slick-haired body into a bloody pulp’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 03, 2024
Robin Williams Defended ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ Kid to Her High School Principal Could Williams deliver a Hollywood ending? Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 03, 2024
Jason Alexander Memorized George’s Famous Golf Ball Diatribe in Record Time ‘The sea was angry that day, my friends’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 03, 2024
Here Are All the Comedy Pilots Being Developed for Next Season Which of the 10 comedies will make the final cut? Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 02, 2024
John Cleese Cries That He Had to Cut All His Favorite Racial Slurs From ‘Fawlty Towers: The Play’ A funny guy just can’t spew racial slurs anymore Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 02, 2024
‘Freaks and Geeks’ Creator Hated ‘Revenge of the Nerds’ — And Not for the Reasons You Think As if we needed another reason to think ‘Revenge of the Nerds’ hasn’t aged well Authors By Matt Solomon Published May 02, 2024