Matt Solomon
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.
Barney Balloon Collapsed During 1997 Thanksgiving Parade: ‘We Watched Barney Die’
‘The beginning of millennial trauma that continues to this day’
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David Letterman Auditioned for ‘Saturday Night Fever’
Sort of. Maybe. But blow dryers were definitely involved
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Give Thanks for Don Knotts’ Last Role: A Talking Turkey
The perfect way to stuff your holiday
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Is Bill Burr the Lost Member of Smashing Pumpkins?
Burr and Billy Corgan probably aren’t long-lost step-siblings
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Your Favorite Comedian, According to Your Astrological Sign
What do the stars say about your funny bone?
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Martin Short Is the GOAT of Roast Comics, According to Jim Gaffigan
One of the nicest guys in showbiz might be the meanest
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Rodney Dangerfield Gave Norm Macdonald Really Confusing Comedy Advice
Stand-up comedy is the best — except when it isn’t
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Pre-Frasier Kelsey Grammer Auditioned to Play Han Solo in ‘Star Wars’
We could have had the galaxy’s most neurotic antihero
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Dana Carvey Admits His Elon Musk Impression Stinks
‘He has an incredible accent — South Africa via Canada via Pennsylvania’
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Ben Stiller Says Making ‘Tropic Thunder’ Today Would Be ‘Incredibly Dicey’
Robert Downey Jr. compares the film to ‘All in the Family’
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Jack Nicholson Thought ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ Meant the End of His Career
Life moves pretty fast
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‘SNL’ Has a ‘Weird, Chaotic’ Holiday Party Tradition
You can thank Aidy Bryant and Kate McKinnon
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The 5 Most Frustrating Sitcom Cliffhangers
Mork and Mindy might still be spinning in another dimension
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The Complicated History of Billy Crystal’s Sammy Davis Jr. Impression
By 2012, many were no longer amused by Crystal’s blackface characters
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Spinal Tap Reveals What They’ve Been Doing Since the First Movie
Would you like some cheese with that amp?
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Funny Jim Gaffigan Hulu Special Breaks the ‘Skinny’ Comic Curse
‘I’m trying to enjoy being thin because I know I’m going to be fat again’
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‘The Brady Bunch’s Christopher Knight Wishes His Parents Worked Instead of Him
To make matters worse, Knight’s mom thought ‘The Brady Bunch’ was terrible
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Are We Sure Ellen DeGeneres Isn’t Leaving the Country Over Her Netflix Special?
She blames Trump, but are bad reviews driving her to Europe?
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‘Seinfeld’s Wayne Knight Says Weight Loss Tanked His Career
Won’t anybody give the skinny guy a shot?
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Will Ferrell Trolled Diddy When He Tried to Shut Down an ‘SNL’ Rehearsal
Diddy ‘did not roll with it’
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