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.
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
Why Nick Offerman Intentionally Distanced Himself From the Ron Swanson Look Now he keeps getting mistaken for Antonio Banderas Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 23, 2024
Joe Piscopo and Eddie Murphy Made a Hip-Hop ‘Honeymooners’ Record No-No-No-No-No-No-No-Norton! Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 23, 2024
Ricky Gervais’ Campaign to Join Marvel Cinematic Universe Endorsed By No One Gervais to play Fantastic Four’s H.E.R.B.I.E.? Fans say N.O. W.A.Y. Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 23, 2024
The 5 Worst Podcasts Hosted by an ‘SNL’ Cast Member Don’t know if you’ve heard, but some comedians host podcasts. And some of them are lousy Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 22, 2024
The Best Big Keith Moments on ‘The Office’ in Honor of the Late Ewen Macintosh RIP, Big Keith Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 21, 2024
Jimmy Kimmel Is Threatening to Retire Again Two more years on his contract? ‘That seems like enough’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 21, 2024