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.
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
Five ‘SNL’ Hosts Who Had Absolutely No Sense of Humor About Themselves Hosts found liable for the wrongful deaths of their spouses aren’t a laff riot Authors By Matt Solomon Published December 20, 2023
David Spade’s Best Jokes from ‘SNL’s Hollywood Minute ‘Hi, I’m Iggy Pop. Has anyone seen five quarts of blood?’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published December 19, 2023
The Best Sitcom Freakouts ‘Friends’ fans know: Don’t touch Ross’ turkey sandwich Authors By Matt Solomon Published December 18, 2023
The Annual ‘SNL’ Weekend Update Joke Swap Might Be the Cringiest One Yet Che and Jost tell the jokes no one is allowed to tell anymore Authors By Matt Solomon Published December 18, 2023
John Oliver’s Most Vicious Roasts of Elon Musk, 2023 Holiday Edition ‘(Musk) ended up looking like red-pilled Chip from Rescue Rangers’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published December 18, 2023
Matt Rife Defends Domestic Violence Joke: ‘I Didn’t Hit Anybody’ ‘I didn’t order the knuckle sandwich’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published December 18, 2023
Please Enjoy This Forgotten Norm Macdonald Christmas Track It’s 12 days of holiday insanity, Norm-style Authors By Matt Solomon Published December 18, 2023
Where Kate McKinnon Ranks Among ‘SNL’ Cast Members Who Returned to Host McKinnon proves you can go home again Authors By Matt Solomon Published December 17, 2023
Celebrity Monsters Who Are in Your Favorite Christmas Movies These real-life villains make the Grinch look like Santa Authors By Matt Solomon Published December 15, 2023
Five Famous Film Critics Who Hated ‘Willy Wonka’ When It Came Out in 1971 Beloved? Not by these critics — including the guy who invented Willy Wonka Authors By Matt Solomon Published December 15, 2023
Five Funny Things About Oblivious, Wealthy White Women with Leah Rudick Have you heard about this place called Costco? Authors By Matt Solomon Published December 15, 2023
The 23 Worst Jokes of 2023 So many terrible jokes, only 12 months to spew them Authors By Matt Solomon Published December 15, 2023
The Five Most Unintentionally Funny Moments of 2023 Stop it, Elon, you’re killing us! Authors By Matt Solomon Published December 14, 2023
Chris Rock: Everything I’ve Become, Eddie Murphy Told Me I Was Gonna Be Murphy saw a younger version of himself in Rock Authors By Matt Solomon Published December 13, 2023
Hugh Grant’s Crankiest Moments on ‘Wonka’ Promotion Tour, Ranked ‘I couldn’t have hated the whole thing more’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published December 13, 2023
Remembering André Braugher’s Funniest Moments on ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ Rest in peace, Captain Holt Authors By Matt Solomon Published December 13, 2023
The Year in Comedy Outrage Why get funny when you can just get angry? Authors By Matt Solomon Published December 13, 2023
