Matt Solomon
Matt is the co-author of Deck Z: The Titanic and The Giant Smugglers, as well as a contributor at The Onion for 16 years. He has a master's degree in Communications Theory from Northern Illinois University.
Howie Mandel Is Ready for A.I. to Write His Jokes
Could Bing be Mandel’s new writer? ‘Well, that would be an honor’
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Tom Hanks Plays Bill Murray in New Wes Anderson Film
Hanks’ role in ‘Asteroid City’ is positively Murrayish
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‘New York Times’ Confirms: Racial Slurs Still Not Okay, Even When Repeating Jokes
When Michael Scott pulled this, they had to hold a Diversity Day
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Justin Theroux Stole a Mel Brooks Joke for ‘Tropic Thunder’
Dana Carvey insists that Theroux was only influenced.
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Max Has Crossed the Line By Cutting ‘Space Ghost: Coast to Coast’
Among a multitude of sins, axing ‘Space Ghost’ is the most grievous
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What ‘Great American Joke Off’ Taught Dulcé Sloan About Hosting ‘The Daily Show’
‘This was a lot harder than I thought it was going to be’
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Every Season, Henry Winkler Asked If Bill Hader Was Going to Kill Him
‘So many people have died on Barry that you never know who’s expendable’
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Niles or Frasier? Reddit Decides Who It Wants for a Therapist
The verdict is in, and ‘there will be no blaming mommy today’
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Football Legend Jim Brown Was Immortalized in Richard Pryor’s Greatest Comedy Concert
Brown was the only one with the guts to ask Pryor, ‘What you gonna do?’
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Bert Kreischer Has Competition in the Topless Comedy Department
Comedy plus nudity. What else do you need?
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All the Ways Nick Offerman Is Not Ron Swanson
Despite what you might think, Offerman is no ‘cigar-smoking shotgun enthusiast’
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The Most Essential Summer Comedy of 2023
Slap on that sunblock, it’s going to be a hot one
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‘Saturday Night Live’ Season 48 Winners and Losers
Our ‘SNL’ Fantasy League takes a look at the season-ending statistics
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Ghana Movie Posters Make American Comedy Classics Gloriously Violent
Ferris Bueller + mob-style murder = comedy perfection
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Larry David Told Bill Hader That ‘Barry’ Should Have A ‘Seinfeld’ Ending
A pretty, pretty good way to end ‘Barry’?
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Inside the Roseanne/Julia Louis-Dreyfus Blood Feud
Roseanne’s paranoid revenge schemes go back to the 1990s
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The Stand-up Special That Predicted Jim Carrey’s Imminent Movie Stardom
1991’s ‘Unnatural Act’ could basically be a trailer for ‘The Mask’
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Wanda Sykes Is Sick of Going High When Others Go Low in ‘I’m An Entertainer’
‘I want to go low. I want to have some fun’
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The Creator of Land Shark, the Only Thing Chevy Chase Couldn’t Screw Up, Has Died
Chase was good at playing three things: Himself, Gerald Ford and Land Sharks
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Jimmy Fallon Joins Bluesky, Is Immediately Dogpiled
Turns out Twitter imitator Bluesky is just as cruel as the original
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