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.
Michael McKean Disputes Dana Carvey’s Claim That Carvey Was Almost ‘Spinal Tap’s Drummer Carvey might have been up for a very different role Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 10, 2024
97-Year-Old Mel Brooks Promises Not to Sell Honorary Oscar ‘I feel so bad about the Oscar I got for writing the original screenplay for ‘The Producers.’ I never should have sold it’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 10, 2024
A.I. George Carlin Drops A Comedy Special Real George Carlin Would Despise Doesn’t A.I. have better things to do than dig up Carlin’s grave? Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 10, 2024
This Season’s Most Popular ‘Saturday Night Live’ Sketches So Far Which sketch has been watched more than 10 million times? Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 09, 2024
‘I‘m Not Accusing Jimmy Kimmel‘: Pat McAfee Sidekick Aaron Rodgers Attempts to Move On ‘I’m ready to move forward’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 09, 2024
The Movie Siskel and Ebert Called ‘The Worst Comedy Ever Made’ ‘As depressing an experience as I’ve ever had going to the movies’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 09, 2024
The Taylor Tomlinson Joke That Got Her Booted From Christian Comedy Circuit Get ready to clutch your pearls. Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 09, 2024
How ‘Between Two Ferns’ Saved Obamacare ‘What is it like to be the last Black president?’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 09, 2024
Mother God’s Co-Opting Robin Williams Might Be the Hardest Part of ‘Love Has Won’ The beloved comedian is ‘a very, very big part of this’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 08, 2024
4 Award-Show Hosting Debacles That Tanked Faster Than You Can Say ‘Jo Koy’ Uma? Oprah Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 08, 2024
In the 1980s, Corporate Humor Consulting Was A Thing Look out, corporate drones, here comes the Joy Squad! Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 08, 2024
6 Funny Things People Other Than Jo Koy Did at the Golden Globes Just because Koy tanked his monologue doesn’t mean the show was laugh-free Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 08, 2024
The Very Worst Dad Jokes We Could Find from the 1970s ‘Welcome Back, Kotter’ ended every show with a dad joke Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 08, 2024
Jo Koy’s ‘Dream’ to Host Golden Globes Turns Into Comedy Nightmare In HD, you can see the flop sweat Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 07, 2024
Seth MacFarlane Says Ted and Peter Griffin Allow Him to Push Whatever Boundaries He Wants ‘I have a little bit more of a safety net’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 05, 2024
Joe Rogan Is Ready and Waiting for Katt Williams ‘If he’s down, I’ll make it happen’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 05, 2024
If Classic ‘80s Comedies Were Remade Today Marty McFly would hit a little different Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 05, 2024
Emma Stone Praises Her ‘SNL’ Comedy Heroes Molly Shannon rocks, but Stone’s favorite was from ‘SNL’s original cast Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 05, 2024
Eddie Murphy’s ‘SNL’ Characters, Ranked Where does Gumby rank, dammit?! Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 04, 2024
The ‘SNL’ Episode That Steve Martin Considered the ‘Peak of Saturday Night’ and the ‘Peak of Me’ It was the night that bare breasts came this close to making their national TV debut Authors By Matt Solomon Published January 03, 2024
