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| - | '''Matthew Chapman''' (born November 1, 1976) is the younger of [[The Brothers Chaps]]. He and his brother [[Mike Chapman|Mike]] are the co-creators of the [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] body of work. Matt is the voice actor for almost all of the characters on the site. He is married to [[Jackie Chapman]], who had a brief cameo in [[Peasant's Quest Movie Trailer]]. They currently have one child.
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| - | ==General Information==
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| - | === Food of Significant Interest ===
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| - | *Egg salad sandwiches (with bits of bacon). [http://members.shaw.ca/kevinscott/Homestar/page4.html]
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| - | *When they were young children, Mike fed Matt cupcakes with toothpaste in them. [http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,59261,00.html] Matt retaliated by feeding Mike [[marzipan|vinegar toast]].
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| - | *Matt has a new-found enthusiasm for [[Wikipedia:Poutine|poutine]]. [http://www.thesheaf.com/newspub/comments.cgi?view=1062]
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| - | *He also likes Onion Straws. He describes them as "Dismantled Awesome Blossoms." [http://www.theinkhole.com/homestar1.htm]
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| - | === Careers ===
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| - | * Matt used to work for [http://www.earthlink.net Earthlink], an Internet company. [http://www.legionstudios.com/interviews/views/homestar/homestar.html]
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| - | * Matt also did voices for Preschool Protocops and some voices for webtoons and radio commercials for [[Mellow Mushroom]]. [http://www.retrocrush.com/homestar/index2.html]
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| - | * The first day Matt quit his job (as the sales of Homestar Runner merchandise were so high) he got jury duty. "It sucked. My first day of self-employment and I got put on a jury," he said. [http://www.legionstudios.com/interviews/views/homestar/homestar2.html]
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| - | ==== Film and Television ====
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| - | * The Brothers Chaps' friend, David Green, made a movie called ''[[IMDb:tt0299458|All The Real Girls]]''. Matt ended up being in it, but has no speaking part. He's in the background at one point, just sitting on a couch. In the credits, he's listed as [[Strong Bad]]. Mike and [[Craig Zobel]] were also involved in the movie.
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| - | *He has a [http://oracleofbacon.org/cgi-bin/oracle/movielinks?firstname=Bacon%2c+Kevin&game=1&secondname=Chapman%2c+Matt+%28II%29&using=1 Bacon Number] of 2.
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| - | *He has composed [[Songs#Songs_by_Matt_Chapman_from_Sealab_2021|music for Sealab 2021]].
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| - | === Favorite Music ===
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| - | *Matt's top 5 favorite records of all time (in no particular order):
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| - | **[[Wikipedia:Vince Guaraldi|Vince Guaraldi Trio]] — [[Wikipedia:A Charlie Brown Christmas (album)|A Charlie Brown Christmas]]
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| - | **[[Wikipedia:The Minutemen (band)|The Minutemen]] — [[Wikipedia:Double Nickels on the Dime|Double Nickels on the Dime]]
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| - | **[[Wikipedia:Neil Young|Neil Young]] — [[Wikipedia:Rust Never Sleeps|Rust Never Sleeps]]
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| - | **[[Wikipedia:De La Soul|De La Soul]] — [[Wikipedia:De La Soul Is Dead|De La Soul Is Dead]]
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| - | **[[Wikipedia:Sebadoh|Sebadoh]] — [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000035FO/ Bubble & Scrape]
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| - | === Misc. ===
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| - | *Matt can be seen as an audience member in an episode of ''[[IMDb:tt0163507|Whose Line Is It Anyway?]]''.
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| - | *Jackie helped write "[[Tis True, Pom Pom, Tis True]]".
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| - | *Matt and Jackie owned a cat named [[Mabel]] who was first featured in [[website]]. Mabel died in 2007 and was memorialized in [[hygiene]].
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| - | == See Also ==
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| - | *[[The Brothers Chaps' Fansite Acknowledgments]]
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| - | *[[HRWiki:Matt's 2006 birthday card|Matt's 2006 birthday card]]
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| - | == External Links ==
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| - | ''Videos and interviews are available at [[Interviews and Public Appearances]].''
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| - | *<!--[http://www.lsureveille.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/11/06/3fa9e1d30b7dd LSU Reveille Online, 6 Nov 2003] old link-->[http://media.www.lsureveille.com/media/storage/paper868/news/2003/11/06/Entertainment/Home-Sweet.Homestar-2047711.shtml LSU Reveille Online, 6 Nov 2003]
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| - | *[http://www.thedailyeasternnews.com/news/2004/04/23/TheVerge/holy-Crap-669677.shtml Daily Eastern News, 23 Apr 2004]
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| - | *[http://members.shaw.ca/kevinscott/Homestar/index.html Kevin Scott interviews the brothers, 20 May 2003]
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| - | *[http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,59261,00.html Wired Interview, 23 Jun 2003]
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| - | *[http://www.retrocrush.com/homestar/index2.html Retrocrush interview, date unknown (17 Jun 2004?)]
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| - | *[[IMDb:nm1480095|Matt Chapman's IMDb page]]
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| - | *[http://2005.sxsw.com/interactive/conference/panels/?action=bio&id=Z157891 SXSW Personal Profile with photograph]
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| - | *[http://www.fsufilms.com/filmmakers/peopledetail.cfm?peopleid=818 FSU Films page]
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| - | **[http://www.fsufilms.com/films/moviedetail.cfm?movieid=129 Perchance] BFA Thesis film Matt wrote and directed in 1998
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