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.
Marlon Wayans Says No One Loves ‘White Chicks’ More Than White Chicks ‘It’s important that when you tell a joke, the people you’re making fun of laugh the loudest’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published March 15, 2024
The Fonz Inspired a 500 Percent Increase in Library Cards Fonzie got hooked on phonics, and America followed Authors By Matt Solomon Published March 15, 2024
19 ‘SNL’ Greats Who Have Never Hosted ‘SNL’ Thirty-nine former cast members have hosted the show, but these ‘SNL’ stars haven’t been asked back yet Authors By Matt Solomon Published March 14, 2024
Matt Rife Is Ready to Rock a Movie with Jamie Foxx ‘We were able to get dinner together, and it was just the coolest night of my entire life’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published March 13, 2024
Young Bill Murray Flamed On As The Human Torch in Fantastic Four Radio Show Attention, all True Believers! Marvel Comics is on the air! Authors By Matt Solomon Published March 13, 2024
Sam Kinison’s Advice Changed Norm Macdonald’s Approach to Stand-Up Comedy There was a reason Macdonald stopped telling dog jokes Authors By Matt Solomon Published March 13, 2024
Jason Alexander Mock-Threatened Patton Oswalt During ‘Seinfeld’ Acting Debut ‘He knew exactly what I needed as a comedian’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published March 13, 2024
Jerry Seinfeld’s Three Keys to Doing Virtually Anything Hint: They’re not available to everyone Authors By Matt Solomon Published March 13, 2024
Eddie Murphy Nearly Physically Assaulted John Landis While Making ‘Coming to America’ If Landis wouldn’t respect Murphy, then fear would have to do Authors By Matt Solomon Published March 12, 2024
Chris Farley Failed to Recreate College Hoops’ Most Iconic Moments ‘He was literally like a 10-year-old kid, and they just called recess’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published March 12, 2024
Did Scarlett Johansson Kick Off ‘SNL’s Insufferable Political Cameo Season? ‘SNL’ cast members can handle politics without Brad Pitt’s help Authors By Matt Solomon Published March 11, 2024
Mike Epps Claims Richard Pryor Biopic Didn’t Happen Because He Wouldn’t Sleep With Pryor’s Widow ‘She gonna sue me for this.’ You think? Authors By Matt Solomon Published March 11, 2024
Steve Martin Was A Total Crank During His ‘Playboy’ Interview Martin didn’t want to discuss the past. Or the future, for that matter Authors By Matt Solomon Published March 11, 2024
Frank Oz ‘Shocked’ That ‘Sesame Street’ Has Gotten Too Political ‘What has happened to the integrity of the character and the integrity of Sesame Workshop?’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published March 11, 2024
Josh Brolin Was An Out-of-Nowhere Great ‘SNL’ Host Like his Marvel uber-baddie Thanos, Brolin was inevitable Authors By Matt Solomon Published March 10, 2024
Why George Carlin Never Wanted to Be Compared to Lenny Bruce ‘It’s difficult enough for a young person to put his soul on the line in front of a lot of drunken people without having that hanging over his head’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published March 10, 2024
Early Craig Ferguson Comedy Was Hardcore Punk Probably the only comic who also was the drummer for Bastards From Hell Authors By Matt Solomon Published March 09, 2024
Janeane Garofalo Hated Her Puppet Character in ‘Team America’ ‘They had my character say things like, ‘I just repeat what I read in the newspaper as my own opinion’’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published March 09, 2024
One ‘SNL’ Cast Member’s Audition Made His Mom Take Up Smoking ‘You do your best stand-up that you’ve worked on so hard to zero laughs’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published March 08, 2024
5 Comedy Characters and Cast Members We Wouldn’t Miss If They Were Gone Time for some addition by subtraction Authors By Matt Solomon Published March 08, 2024
