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.
Creepy Ashton Kutcher Couldn’t Wait for Hilary Duff and the Olsen Twins to Turn 18 ‘She’s one of the girls that we’re all waiting for to turn 18’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published December 29, 2023
A Laugh-Track-Backed Timeline of Stand-Ups Starring in Their Own Sitcoms The stand-ups who walked so ‘Seinfeld’ could run Authors By Matt Solomon Published December 28, 2023
Joel McHale Got the Ultimate Revenge By Playing Chevy Chase I’m Chevy Chase, and you’re not ... well, okay, I guess you are Authors By Matt Solomon Published December 27, 2023
With Latest Netflix Special, Ricky Gervais Is More Troll Than Comedian ‘You can’t say anything anymore,’ says the comedian who gets paid millions to say it Authors By Matt Solomon Published December 27, 2023
The Late Tommy Smothers Was Canceled Back When That Meant Something CBS gave the ax to Smothers’ counterculture comedy Authors By Matt Solomon Published December 27, 2023
‘SNL’s Best Last-Minute Ideas, Rewrites and Punch-Ups It’s never too late to lift the laughs Authors By Matt Solomon Published December 27, 2023
The Best ‘90s Sitcoms That Weren’t ‘Seinfeld’ or ‘Friends’ And no, ‘Frasier’ doesn’t top the list Authors By Matt Solomon Published December 27, 2023
The Year in Comedian Death Hoaxes Did you know Steve Harvey bit the dust four times in 2023? Authors By Matt Solomon Published December 27, 2023
Milton Berle Was An ‘SNL’ Nightmare ‘Don’t worry about a thing,’ Berle told Lorne Michaels. ‘The standing ovation is all arranged’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published December 26, 2023
4 Comedies That Have to Be Watched More Than Once to Appreciate The more you watch, the more you laugh Authors By Matt Solomon Published December 25, 2023
The Secret Villains of Five Classic Christmas Specials Classic characters to hate for the holidays Authors By Matt Solomon Published December 22, 2023
It’s Official: John Stamos Has Now Talked Shit About Nearly Everyone on ‘Full House’ Stamos loves his TV family — except for all the times he doesn’t Authors By Matt Solomon Published December 22, 2023
7 Times Aquaman Was the Butt of the Joke — And That’s Not Counting ‘Lost Kingdom’ Reviews No one respects a hero who talks to tuna Authors By Matt Solomon Published December 22, 2023
Henry Kissinger’s Son Runs Conan O’Brien’s Production Company The Kissinger/Conan partnership has lasted more than 20 years Authors By Matt Solomon Published December 22, 2023
The Technicolor Insanity of Jay Leno’s 1980s Fits The cops on ‘Miami Vice’ were just copying Leno Authors By Matt Solomon Published December 21, 2023
The Guy Behind MattRife.com Isn’t the Jackass You Think He Is ‘If you’ve come here to yell at the comedian, you’ve come to the wrong place’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published December 21, 2023
If Trump Doesn’t Win, Roseanne Barr Says ‘They’re Going to Put My Ass in A Gulag’ The communists, Stalinists and fascist Nazis are coming for Roseanne Authors By Matt Solomon Published December 20, 2023
Jerry Seinfeld Is the Poster Boy for Comic Income Inequality, Says Gary Gulman The comics’ net worths are only about nine figures apart Authors By Matt Solomon Published December 20, 2023
Ricky Gervais Defends Make-A-Wish Joke: ‘What Do You Want Me to Change?’ ‘Ninety-nine percent of it is faux offense. They’re not really offended’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published December 20, 2023
Elon Musk Claps Back at John Oliver: ‘He Sold His Soul to Wokeness’ In Oliver’s Wokeland, says Musk, ‘comedy is basically illegal’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published December 20, 2023
