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.
Andrew Dice Clay Told Everyone That Trump Stole His Act Hickory dickory dock, Donald Trump stole my… stand-up act Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 18, 2024
4 Times ‘Saturday Night Live’ Showed Zero Courage Remembering the times ‘SNL’ backed far away from the cutting edge Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 18, 2024
The Comedy Store Wanted Nothing to Do With Young Jerry Seinfeld Frankly, Mitzi Shore didn’t like his attitude Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 17, 2024
Bill Maher Gets Even Creepier With Defense of Woody Allen “I just flat-out believe him." Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 17, 2024
When Larry David Was 12, His Worried Mom Wrote A Newspaper Psychologist About Him He wasn’t nuts about Halloween either Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 17, 2024
Seth MacFarlane Threatens to Never End ‘Family Guy’ ‘I don’t see a good reason to stop’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 17, 2024
Kids in the Hall Tried Not to Be ‘Monty Python’ or ‘SCTV’ KITH defined their comedy by what they were not Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 17, 2024
Rick Moranis Mercilessly Mocked Bruce Willis on ‘Saturday Night Live’ Paul Scheer says it’s the best middle finger of all time Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 17, 2024
Seth Meyers Says This Indignity Is Even Worse Than Bombing in Front of the ‘SNL’ Audience There’s failure — and then there’s failure in front of this guy Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 16, 2024
Desi Arnaz Ate Tomato Soup Loaded with Vodka for Breakfast Everyday ‘A couple of sips of it and he’s gone’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 16, 2024
Here’s Why Young Richard Belzer Couldn’t Get on ‘SNL’ or ‘The Tonight Show’ ‘I could have been my own worst enemy’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 16, 2024
Rob Schneider Has Indeed Been Canceled — By Prominent Republicans A Republican Senator called Schneider’s jokes ‘gross and vulgar’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 15, 2024
Bill Bellamy Remembers Inventing the Term ‘Booty Call’ ‘If I would have known what a trademark could be at in 1991, I’d probably be sitting on about 200 million right now’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 15, 2024
Ryan Reynolds Pulls Seductive Prank on ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ Star Rob McElhenney Hint: It featured McElhenney’s soft, delicate chest hair Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 15, 2024
Ryan Gosling Replaces Jimmy Fallon As King of ‘SNL’ Crack-Ups Gosling (insert giggle here) just can’t keep a straight face Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 14, 2024
Harold Ramis Was Furious When He Didn’t Get A Part in ‘Animal House’ Especially maddening? Ramis had written a part for himself Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 14, 2024
Why ‘SNL’ Hosts Should Never Bring Their Own Writers Tina Fey’s advice: ‘Don’t bring your own writers if you want people to love you’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 13, 2024
Sarah Sherman Immediately Regretted Clapping Back at ‘Ugly SNL’ TikTok ‘That’s what people want, they just want attention for one second’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 12, 2024
Andy Kindler Is Launching Merciless Personal Attacks on the Biggest Names in Comedy Kindler calls Bill Maher a ‘92-year-old fascist prune’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 12, 2024
All the Times Norm Macdonald Reached Out to O.J. Why not a round of golf between old friends? Authors By Matt Solomon Published April 12, 2024
