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.
Fired Stars Norm Macdonald and Adam Sandler Clapped Back When They Hosted ‘SNL’ ‘How did I go from being not funny enough to be even allowed in the building to being so funny that I’m now hosting the show?’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 07, 2024
The First Time ‘SNL’ Apologized for a Joke During a Live Show What’s so funny about cease-and-desist letters? Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 07, 2024
The ‘Wayne’s World’ Joke That Got Edited Out of ‘SNL’ Reruns It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that schwing Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 07, 2024
5 Lessons of Failed Romance with ‘The Daily Show’s Dulcé Sloan Sloan prefers in-person encounters to dating apps: ‘That’s usually how I catch my prey’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 06, 2024
The Most Important Sitcoms with the Fewest Number of Episodes Six sitcom episodes inspired an all-time comedy movie franchise Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 06, 2024
The Five Lowest-Rated Sitcoms, According to Rotten Tomatoes A 0 percent rating on the Tomatometer is its own kind of perfection Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 06, 2024
Three Things Grammy Voters Must Be Thinking in Order to Award Dave Chappelle Yet Again The three kinds of voters behind Chappelle’s Grammy dominance Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 05, 2024
Little-Known Comedians Who Made a Huge Impact on Today’s Comedy Minimal fame, maximum comedy influence Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 05, 2024
7 Sitcom Crossovers That Weren’t Satisfying to Either Shows’ Audience When one plus one equals terrible Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 05, 2024
Nikki Haley Is Just the Latest Bad Politician Lorne Michaels Has Happily Welcomed to ‘SNL’ Is an ‘SNL’ appearance just part of everyone's campaign trail now? Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 04, 2024
8 Comedy Spin-offs You Forgot Were Spin-offs ‘The Simpsons’ is even older than you think Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 04, 2024
Why Lorne Michaels Can’t Quit Shane Gillis The ‘SNL’ producer sees a kindred comedy spirit in Shane Gillis Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 04, 2024
How ‘SCTV’ Kept Canada’s Comedy Elite From ‘Saturday Night Live’ ‘Wait a minute,’ said Canada. ‘Why are they going somewhere else?’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 04, 2024
Ayo Edebiri Proves Female Stand-Ups Rule on ‘SNL’ Edebiri crushes her hosting debut Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 04, 2024
Dana Carvey and David Spade Should Get Their First Podcast Right Before Starting Another One Aren’t these guys stretched thin enough already? Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 02, 2024
5 Dark ‘Seinfeld’ Moments Not Related to Susan Remember that time Jerry killed a guy with an axe? Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 02, 2024
The Most Memorable Sets Ever At the Comedy Cellar, According to Comics Here are the comics that impressed the comics Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 02, 2024
Mark Normand Breaks NDA, Sort of Explains Comedy Club Stunt ‘I cannot tell a lie’ — except that one night at the comedy club Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 02, 2024
Every Grammy Winner for Best Comedy Album, Ranked Counting down the laughs from P.D.Q. Bach to Chris Rock Authors By Matt Solomon Published February 01, 2024
Rob Lowe’s First ‘SNL’ Monologue Somehow Joked About His Underage Sex Tape From the vantage point of 2024, all we can say is ‘oof’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 31, 2024
