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.
Every ‘SNL’ Movie Ranked By How Tired the Main Character Was When They Finally Made It to the Big Screen Fifteen sketches later, who needs a Ladies Man movie? Authors By Matt Solomon Published March 01, 2024
Bill Hader Grabbed Vanessa Bayer’s Arm During ‘SNL’ Sketch Because He Was Having a Panic Attack ‘It was like, ‘Wait, what am I supposed to do?’’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published March 01, 2024
The ‘SNL’ Cartoon That Gave the Middle Finger to NBC Owner General Electric Saying ‘my boss gives you cancer’ isn’t a great way to get on the air Authors By Matt Solomon Published March 01, 2024
Dramatic Remakes of Comedies, Ranked What happens when the Fresh Prince gets flipped upside down for real? Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 29, 2024
Ana Gasteyer’s Topless Martha Stewart on ‘SNL’ Tapped Into ‘Weird Hot Mom Factor’ As Martha would say, it’s a good thing Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 28, 2024
5 Weirdly Awesome Ways Working in Netflix HR Helped Leslie Liao Blow Up in Comedy Watch out for Liao’s performance reviews Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 28, 2024
All the F-Bombs Dropped on ‘SNL’ Ever The mother of all swear words has a long ‘SNL’ history Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 28, 2024
Matt Rife Says Crowd Work Is Why ‘the Comedy Community Does Not Like Me at All’ Fans who want to be part of the show? Rife fears ‘I’ve created this monster’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 28, 2024
Rick Moranis Was A Toronto Disc Jockey Before Making It in Comedy ‘Rick Allan’ stayed up all night bringing you the hits Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 28, 2024
Some of the Kids in the Hall Wrote for ‘SNL’ — And Failed Miserably ‘I didn’t really want to be them,’ remembers Bruce McCulloch Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 27, 2024
Aidy Bryant Roasted the Hell Out of Hollywood Last Night — Here Are Her Best Burns Hollywood might have a new Queen of Mean Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 26, 2024
Mike Judge ‘Had to Fight’ Not to Cast Matt Damon and Ben Affleck in ‘Office Space’ Sounds like Damon and Affleck got a case of the Mondays! Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 26, 2024
‘Modern Family’ Stars Lament Sagging Careers at SAG Awards Reunion ‘Things are really great for me, guys,’ insisted a weeping Eric Stonestreet Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 26, 2024
Louis C.K. Called Shane Gillis With ‘SNL’ Monologue Advice When in doubt, play the hits Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 26, 2024
The Bill Burr Rant That Trashed Alt Comedy Alt comedy, says Burr, was performing stand-up with training wheels Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 26, 2024
Skittish Shane Gillis Worked Overtime to Skirt Controversy on Last Night’s ‘SNL’ If you were looking for fireworks, you were going to be sorely disappointed Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 25, 2024
15 Teenagers Who Hosted ‘Saturday Night Live’ ‘SNL’ hosting advice: Watch out if you’re an attractive female teen Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 25, 2024
The Best ‘SNL’ Short Films Not Made By Lonely Island or Please Don’t Destroy They’re not live from New York, but they’re still hilarious Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 24, 2024
Monty Python May Have Inspired Mel Brooks to Make a Musical Eric Idle says it was his idea; Mel Brooks begs to differ Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 24, 2024
Aidy Bryant Reveals Why Coffee Was a Bad Idea on ‘SNL’ Yeah, we’ll stick with tea Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 23, 2024