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.
We Almost Lived in A World Where David Lynch Directed ‘Fast Times at Ridgemont High’ We’re here for the Eraserhead/Spicoli mash-up. Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 21, 2024
4 Talk Show Hosts Who Made Even Chevy Chase Look Like He Knew What He Was Doing Pat Sajak’s first guest was Chevy, so he was pretty much asking for it Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 21, 2024
Ashlee Simpson Returned to ‘Saturday Night Live’ After Lip-Sync Humiliation ‘It was a humbling moment for me’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 21, 2024
5 People ‘SNL’ Hurt More Than It Helped Ashlee Simpson would like a do-over Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 20, 2024
A ‘Simpsons’ Clip Describes Your Favorite NFL Team’s Season Better Than Tony Romo Ever Could ‘Whatever, I’ll be at Moe’s’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 19, 2024
John Oliver Offers Clarence Thomas A Million Bucks A Year to Go Away If Thomas is going to be on the take, why not be upfront about it? Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 19, 2024
‘Boy, That Escalated Quickly’: The Skinny Behind ‘Anchorman’s News Team Rumble ‘There were horses, and a man on fire, and I killed a guy with a trident’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 19, 2024
4 of the Luckiest Moments in Comedy History Answering a call from a pay phone changed ‘Saturday Night Live’ forever Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 19, 2024
‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Producer Wishes Show Could Make Marjorie Taylor Greene ‘Go Away’ ‘Curb’ team was ‘thrilled that Marjorie Taylor Greene did not like it’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 19, 2024
Adam Sandler Is Not Sexiest Man Alive, But He Still Has Advice for Uglies ‘Embrace your chubbiness’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 19, 2024
5 Forbidden Words That ‘SNL’ Made Safe for TV So many body parts to name, so little time Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 18, 2024
5 Times Tracy Morgan Dunked on Walmart Walmart coughed up a huge settlement to Morgan and he’s paying them back in punchlines Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 17, 2024
7-Year-Old Drew Barrymore Wasn’t Nervous Hosting ‘SNL’ — Until She Met Robin Williams The youngest host ever got to meet Mork from Ork Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 16, 2024
4 Sitcoms That Got Better Over Time The Sitcoms subreddit shares the shows they hated at first but grew to love Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 16, 2024
Billy Joel Was Eyewitness to Chevy Chase/Bill Murray ‘SNL’ Fistfight We didn’t start the fire — it was Chase and Murray Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 16, 2024
Amy Schumer Appreciates All Your Input About Her Face “I’ve enjoyed feedback and deliberation about my appearance as all women do." Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 16, 2024
5 Rock Stars Who Desperately Want to Be Comedians Who wants to play arenas when you could be standing in front of a brick wall? Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 16, 2024
Myths About Stand-Up Comedy That Just Aren’t True (Or Are They?) Does it really take 10 years to get good? Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 15, 2024
Straight-to-Video Comedies That Took Us Straight-to-Hell The funniest movies for all the wrong reasons Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 15, 2024
This ‘SNL’ Mardi Gras Special Was the Biggest Disaster in the Show’s History Mardi Gras: The perfect place to be assaulted with beads on live television Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 15, 2024
