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.
7 Pandering Times Stars Got Naked on ‘SNL’ A sketch idea for Raquel Welch: ‘The Planet of the Enormous Hooters’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published March 22, 2024
Five Keys to Finding Love, According to the Cupid of Stand-Up Comedy Martin Amini’s shows are basically like an episode of ‘The Dating Game’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published March 21, 2024
Sandra Bernhard Hated Female Comics' Self-Deprecating Humor Bernhard had no time for Joan Rivers’ ugly jokes Authors By Matt Solomon Published March 21, 2024
Matt Stone and Trey Parker Sicced Xenu on Tom Cruise Hail Xenu! Authors By Matt Solomon Published March 21, 2024
A Writer Sued ‘Coming to America’ for Stealing His Idea — And Won For once, Hollywood didn’t get away with swiping an idea Authors By Matt Solomon Published March 20, 2024
John Cleese Says He’s Been Contacted by the Ghost of Graham Chapman A psychic arranged a mini-Monty Python reunion Authors By Matt Solomon Published March 20, 2024
Sharon Stone Says Lorne Michaels Saved Her Life During Her ‘SNL’ Monologue She claims Michaels beat up protesters who tried to storm the stage Authors By Matt Solomon Published March 20, 2024
13 Great ‘90s Comedians That Are Still Out There Doing It Andrew Dice Clay didn’t make the cut Authors By Matt Solomon Published March 20, 2024
The First ‘Popeye’ Movie Made Robin Williams Miserable ‘Oh, God, when is it going to be over?’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published March 20, 2024
Jim Gaffigan Doesn’t Actually Eat Hot Pockets (falsetto sing-song) Hot Pockets! Authors By Matt Solomon Published March 19, 2024
Mick Jagger Didn’t Think John Mulaney’s ‘SNL’ Jokes Were Funny ‘No, I don’t like that,’ said the British billionaire Authors By Matt Solomon Published March 19, 2024
Sydney Sweeney Responds to Everyone Who Took ‘SNL’ Boob Jokes Way Too Seriously Have Sweeney’s boobs killed woke once and for all? Authors By Matt Solomon Published March 18, 2024
Bill Murray Started Second City on Same Day As John Candy: ‘We Were Both Lousy’ ‘No one would work with us,’ Murray claims Authors By Matt Solomon Published March 18, 2024
Jerry Seinfeld Got Canned From ‘Benson’ After Three Episodes Seinfeld found out when his character was no longer in the scripts Authors By Matt Solomon Published March 18, 2024
Tantruming Bill Maher Wishes Everyone Else Would Lighten Up Here’s another New Rule that doesn’t apply to Bill Maher Authors By Matt Solomon Published March 18, 2024
The Outrageous Comedy Will Ferrell and Adam McKay Couldn’t Get Made ‘Anchorman’ contains several laughs from Ferrell and McKay’s first screenplay Authors By Matt Solomon Published March 17, 2024
Emma Stone Says She ‘Butchered’ the Never-Aired ‘SNL’ Sketch She Really Wanted to Do She might have won a third Oscar for this one Authors By Matt Solomon Published March 17, 2024
‘Community’ Made Mini Study-Break Episodes for Short-Attention-Span Fans Did ‘Community’ accidentally invent Reels? Authors By Matt Solomon Published March 16, 2024
The 8 Best Straight Men and Women on ‘Saturday Night Live’ Straight characters are the yin to the Bowen Yang Authors By Matt Solomon Published March 16, 2024
Let’s Hope Bill Hader’s ‘Cat in the Hat’ Movie Is As Horny As This ‘SNL’ Sketch ‘Oh, the places she let me go ...’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published March 15, 2024