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.
Anthony Jeselnik Says No One Has More Creative Freedom Than Beginning Comedians Fanbases and established comic personas come at a cost Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 01, 2025
Fred Flintstone Changed His Name So He Wouldn’t Get Sued ‘The Honeymooners’ wasn’t the only Flintstones ripoff Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 01, 2025
Meet the Seven New Writers for ‘Saturday Night Live’ Get busy, guys, we’ve got a show on Saturday Authors By Matt Solomon Published October 01, 2025
Conan O’Brien Roasts Cartoon: ‘Caillou Is A F***** Up Kid’ Caillou is French for ‘Please f****** help me’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 30, 2025
Rainn Wilson Begs Everyone to Stop Watching ‘The Office’ Your sitcom comfort watch is stifling new comedy Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 30, 2025
Sarah Sherman Says ‘SNL’ Writing Night Is ‘Hell,’ ‘Torture’ Cast and crew pray for good ideas at three in the morning Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 30, 2025
David Cross Says Playing Riyadh Comedy Festival Even Worse Than Doing ‘Alvin and the Chipmunks’ Cross condemns comics taking blood money for a fourth house Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 30, 2025
Original ‘National Lampoon’s Vacation’ Had Even More Gruesome Fate for Aunt Edna’s Dog ‘From the looks of his foot pads, I’d say this little guy kept up with you for half a mile or so’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 29, 2025
Debbe Dunning Didn’t Want to Share ‘Home Improvement’ Role With Pam Anderson Dunning’s anger was turned into an episode Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 29, 2025
Did Sinclair and Nexstar Accomplish Anything By Banning Jimmy Kimmel? Did the big losers in the Kimmel standoff win after all? Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 29, 2025
David Spade Has Complicated Feelings About Freedom of Speech ‘When I go on talk shows, I don’t say whatever I want’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 29, 2025
Here’s What Happened to Rob and Laura 40 Years After ‘The Dick Van Dyke Show’ Ended They finally got a king-sized bed Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 28, 2025
5 Sitcom Sequels That Were Doomed From the Start Too much of a good thing feels bad Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 27, 2025
Leslie Jones Says We’re Not Talking Enough About Racism Jones isn’t afraid to go there Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 26, 2025
Michael Richards Claims He Was Playing ‘Idiot Who’s A Racist’ During 2006 Tirade He sure was convincing Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 26, 2025
Homeless Beaver and Impotent Wally Starred in Depressing ‘Leave It to Beaver’ Reboot A made-for-TV movie was hard on the Beaver Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 25, 2025
Rick Moranis Is Officially Unretired It’s been a minute since Moranis shrunk himself Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 25, 2025
Jenna Bush Says Being the Butt of Comedians’ Jokes Is Part of A Politician’s Job Her grandfather befriended his impersonator, Dana Carvey Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 25, 2025
Jon Stewart Reminded Us in 2022 That They Come for the Comedians First Comics are the banana peel in the coal mine Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 25, 2025
Howard Stern Was Original Face of FCC Persecution ‘He’s been through all of this stuff and then some,’ says Jimmy Kimmel Authors By Matt Solomon Published September 24, 2025
