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.
Jim Gaffigan’s New Special Reveals A Darker Shade of Pale Comedy The observational comic takes a subversive step forward Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 25, 2023
25 Offensive ‘SNL’ Characters Lorne Michaels Wishes You’d Completely Forget About Yep, Dana Carvey had a recurring Chinese character named ‘Ching Chang’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 23, 2023
New Survey Reveals Gen X Is Showing Trademark Indifference to ‘SNL’ ‘SNL’ is fine. Whatever Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 19, 2023
Norm Macdonald’s Unlikely Summer Jobs Included Logger, Furniture Mover and Hedge-Fund Manager Macdonald claims to have made $190,000 one summer. (It wasn’t from logging.) Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 19, 2023
The ‘48 Hours’ Scene That Got Eddie Murphy ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ A single scene in a redneck bar made Murphy a star Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 19, 2023
‘SNL’s Colin Jost Is the World’s Worst Wingman If you’re looking for romance in Helsinki, avoid help from Colin Jost Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 19, 2023
Patton Oswalt Thinks A.I. Will Get Better at Comedy Faster Than You Think Laugh it off at your own risk Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 18, 2023
Why Jim Carrey’s Joe Biden Impression on ‘SNL’ Didn’t Work, According to Reddit ‘It felt like Jim Carrey as ‘The Mask’ playing Clint Eastwood playing Joe Biden’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 18, 2023
Britney Spears and Amy Poehler Deconstructed Barbie Years Ago on ‘SNL’ In the 1970s, Barbie got nuts with a few Power Rangers Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 18, 2023
Precious Chong’s Teacher Blamed Her for Cheech and Chong Movies ‘I was like, it’s a character!’ she says. ‘What are you, nuts?’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 18, 2023
25 Cultural Events That ‘SNL’ and Late-Night Comics Beat Into the Ground Did you hear the one about Sarah Palin running for vice president? Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 18, 2023
Paul Feig Loves the Woke Movement ‘The people who get mad about it are people who just don’t want to think about it’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 17, 2023
Chevy Chase Is Selling Off Scraps of His ‘SNL’ Past You can’t take it with you so might as well chop your past into tiny pieces and make a few bucks while you can Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 17, 2023
How Much Do ‘SNL’ Cast Members Make? The answer: Not as much as you’d think Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 17, 2023
The Live Show of ‘SNL’s ‘Please Don’t Destroy’ Is Lovably Ragged How does a comedy group famous for video shorts deliver on stage? Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 17, 2023
Retracing Lorne Michaels’ Missing ‘Saturday Night Live’ Years Michaels has helmed ‘SNL’ for nearly 50 years — except for the mysterious missing five. Here’s where he went Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 16, 2023
15 Killer Jokes From the Time Norm Macdonald Hosted the ESPYs ‘Kickboxing is great. It combines the style and grace of boxing with, uh, kicking’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 15, 2023
Twitter Shares Ad Revenue With Comedy Writers (If They Work for the ‘Babylon Bee’) At least Elon Musk is paying SOMEBODY Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 14, 2023
Comics Say AI Comedy Writers Already Exist: "We Call Them Hacks" According to one comic, the only ones who will lose their jobs to AI comedy are dads. Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 14, 2023
Kathy Griffin: Male Comics Are ‘Pigs’ and ‘I’ve Seen All Their Penises’ Why are male comics pigs? Griffin says just look at Pete Davidson Authors By Matt Solomon Published July 14, 2023
