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.
15 Jokes for the Hall of Fame from Larry David’s Stand-Up These jokes are pretty, pretty good Authors By Matt Solomon Published November 27, 2023
The Seven Most Important Relics in Comedy History Future comedy historians, take note — these artifacts belong in your laugh museum Authors By Matt Solomon Published November 23, 2023
5 Sitcoms That Should Have Packed It in After the First Season Why can’t some comedies quit while they’re ahead? Authors By Matt Solomon Published November 23, 2023
Matt Rife’s Stand-Up Star Turn Has Been Upended By Massive Backlash Remember the time he messed with Zendaya? The internet does Authors By Matt Solomon Published November 22, 2023
Robin Williams’ ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ Outtakes Could Stretch from Chicago to Cleveland You’d have to stack about 348,000 Robin Williamses on top of one another to get to two million feet of film Authors By Matt Solomon Published November 22, 2023
Awww — OG ‘Simpsons’ Director Shares First ‘Homer Strangles Bart’ Drawing ‘It won’t be the last time I draw this…’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published November 22, 2023
Give Thanks for the Best ‘SNL’ Thanksgiving Sketches Ever ‘Turkey for me, turkey for you, let’s eat turkey in a big brown shoe’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published November 22, 2023
Jon Lovitz Has Beef With Late Night: ‘It’s All Political, Except for Jimmy Fallon’ Lovitz longs for the days of Johnny Carson Authors By Matt Solomon Published November 21, 2023
Amy Poehler’s Thanksgiving Invite to Conan O’Brien Descends Into Madness ‘You listen up, Conan! Your words are cruel and they feel like shrapnel piercing my already broken heart!’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published November 21, 2023
Fox News Keeps Bleeping the Dan Aykroyd ‘SNL’ 'Ignorant Slut’ Joke It Says Cancel Culture Wouldn’t Allow Today ‘Hey listen,’ Aykroyd admits. ‘I’ve been a (bleep) myself’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published November 21, 2023
Roseanne Barr Almost Sang ‘Chanukah Song’ Instead of Adam Sandler That would have been much less funikkah Authors By Matt Solomon Published November 21, 2023
Matt Rife ‘Apologizes’ for Offensive Domestic Violence Jokes With Link to Special-Needs Helmet Store The too-handsome-to-be-funny one wants to make you cry Authors By Matt Solomon Published November 21, 2023
Tina Fey’s Worst Day at ‘Saturday Night Live’ No, it wasn’t the day she and Jimmy Fallon got the same Weekend Update haircut Authors By Matt Solomon Published November 21, 2023
Can Eddie Murphy’s ‘Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley’ Be the ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ of Comedy? Can ‘80s nostalgia supercharge another classic reboot? Authors By Matt Solomon Published November 20, 2023
The Time David Letterman Called Rosalynn Carter Fourteen-year-old Amy Carter never knew what hit her Authors By Matt Solomon Published November 20, 2023
Rob Schneider in Full Woke Panic: They’re Canceling the Dead! ‘They’re running out of people to cancel so they’re canceling dead people!’ Authors By Matt Solomon Published November 20, 2023
6 Comedy Legends Who Told Totally Lame Jokes — On Purpose Sometimes bad jokes are hilariously good Authors By Matt Solomon Published November 20, 2023
Jason Momoa’s Enthusiasm Doesn’t Translate to Funny on ‘SNL’ If only Momoa could punch his way to laughs Authors By Matt Solomon Published November 19, 2023
"What A Joy": Dana Carvey Shares Touching Tribute to His Late Son "We will miss him forever.” Authors By Matt Solomon Published November 17, 2023
Matt Rife Accused of Swiping Jokes From Ralphie May New online posts provide side-by-side evidence Authors By Matt Solomon Published November 17, 2023
