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.
Chuck Lorre Continues to Milk ‘Big Bang Theory’ for All It’s Worth Like a Xerox machine churning out faded copies, Lorre duplicates inferior versions of old hits Authors By Matt Solomon Published March 06, 2024
Paul Mooney Believed Michael Richard’s Racist Rant Was a Godsend ‘Everybody wants to say that it’s just Michael Richards, but it’s everyone’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published March 06, 2024
‘Dumb’ Comedian Ike Barinholtz Takes Out Actual Brainiacs in ‘Jeopardy’ Tournament Down go the geniuses! Authors By Matt Solomon Published March 05, 2024
Here’s the Secret, Scene-by-Scene Breakdown of ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ An anonymous mole has posted the movie’s detailed plot Authors By Matt Solomon Published March 05, 2024
Bill Burr Has No Time for ‘Racist Morons’ The same people mad at affirmative action had no problem with segregation Authors By Matt Solomon Published March 05, 2024
Getting Rich Reinforced Everything Lewis Black Hated About People With Money ‘I look at my own business guys like, ‘What kind of scam are you running?’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published March 05, 2024
Nick Swarsdon Blames Stand-Up Meltdown On Edibles and High Altitude ‘I’ll make it up to you Beaver Creek!’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published March 05, 2024
Robin Williams Criticized the Iraq War, and the Troops Loved It Nobody loved anti-Bush jokes more than the soldiers Authors By Matt Solomon Published March 04, 2024
‘SNL’ Was More Interested in Sydney Sweeney’s Boobs Than Sydney Sweeney It was the breast of times, it was the worst of times Authors By Matt Solomon Published March 03, 2024
‘Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn’ Was Bill Maher’s ‘Politically Incorrect’ Except Smarter and Funnier ‘None of them are easy to (bleep)ing get along with,’ Quinn admitted Authors By Matt Solomon Published March 03, 2024
How Dana Carvey’s ‘SNL’ Impression Pushed Johnny Carson Out the Door That’s wild, wacky stuff Authors By Matt Solomon Published March 02, 2024
Joel McHale’s ‘Advanced Horseplay’ Dislocated Chevy Chase’s Shoulder ‘It was advanced horseplay. And then it would always turn into sex’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published March 01, 2024
The ‘Jackass’-Style Stunt That Made Sarah Sherman Swear Off ‘Jackass’-Style Stunts It starts with balloons filled with fake blood. Then it gets gross Authors By Matt Solomon Published March 01, 2024
Original ‘Naked Gun’ Creators ‘Totally Blocked’ From Liam Neeson Reboot ‘The unfortunate part of it is that Paramount owns it, so they can do what they (bleep)ing want’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published March 01, 2024
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
