Editing Matt Chapman

[[Image:Chapman_Matt_personal_photo.png|thumb|250px|Fan of a man indeed!]]

'''Matthew Chapman''' (born [[$11.01|November 1]], 1976) is the younger of [[The Brothers Chaps]]. He and his brother [[Mike Chapman|Mike]] are the principal 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 two daughters.

Matt currently works for [[Wikipedia:Nickelodeon (TV channel)|Nickelodeon]] on the series ''[[Wikipedia:Yo Gabba Gabba!|Yo Gabba Gabba]]'' as a writer, director, and producer. He is also writing, directing, and acting in ''[[Wikipedia:The Aquabats Super Show|The Aquabats Super Show]]'', another show from the ''Yo Gabba Gabba'' creators.

==General Information==
=== Food of Significant Interest ===
*Egg salad sandwiches (with bits of bacon). [http://members.shaw.ca/kevinscott/Homestar/page4.html]
*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]].
*Matt has a new-found enthusiasm for [[Wikipedia:Poutine|poutine]]. [http://www.thesheaf.com/newspub/comments.cgi?view=1062]
*He also likes Onion Straws. He describes them as "Dismantled Awesome Blossoms." [http://www.theinkhole.com/homestar1.htm]

=== Careers ===
* Matt used to work for [http://www.earthlink.net Earthlink], an Internet company. [http://www.legionstudios.com/interviews/views/homestar/homestar.html]
* 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]
* The first day after 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]

=== Film and Television ===
*The Brothers Chaps' friend David Gordon Green made a movie called ''[[IMDb:tt0299458|All The Real Girls]]''. Matt ended up being in it, but is only seen making a passing comment to another person in the background at one point. Mike and [[Craig Zobel]] were also involved in the production of the movie.
*He has composed [[Songs#Songs by Matt Chapman from Sealab 2021|music for Sealab 2021]].
*He and [[Craig Zobel]] have been selected to write a stop motion animated feature for the The Jim Henson Co. called [[IMDb:tt1458170|''Monster Safari'']].

=== Favorite Music ===
*Matt's top 5 favorite records of all time (in no particular order): 
**[[Wikipedia:Vince Guaraldi|Vince Guaraldi Trio]] — ''[[Wikipedia:A Charlie Brown Christmas (album)|A Charlie Brown Christmas]]''
**[[Wikipedia:The Minutemen (band)|The Minutemen]] —  ''[[Wikipedia:Double Nickels on the Dime|Double Nickels on the Dime]]''
**[[Wikipedia:Neil Young|Neil Young]] — ''[[Wikipedia:Rust Never Sleeps|Rust Never Sleeps]]''
**[[Wikipedia:De La Soul|De La Soul]] — ''[[Wikipedia:De La Soul Is Dead|De La Soul Is Dead]]''
**[[Wikipedia:Sebadoh|Sebadoh]] — ''[[Wikipedia:Bubble and Scrape|Bubble & Scrape]]''

=== Misc. ===
*Matt can be seen as an audience member in an episode of ''[[IMDb:tt0163507|Whose Line Is It Anyway?]]''.
*Jackie helped write "[[Tis True, Pom Pom, Tis True]]".
*Matt and Jackie owned a cat named [[Mabel]] who was first featured in [[website]]. Mabel died in 2007 and was memorialized in [[hygiene]]. [[Image:Matt's Beard.jpg|thumb|Matt a beard guy now. Get it?]]

== See Also ==
*[[The Brothers Chaps' Fansite Acknowledgments]]
*[[HRWiki:Matt's 2006 birthday card|Matt's 2006 birthday card]]
*[[Twitter|Matt's Twitter]]

== External Links ==
''Videos and interviews are available at [[Interviews and Public Appearances]].''
*<!--[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]
*[http://www.thedailyeasternnews.com/news/2004/04/23/TheVerge/holy-Crap-669677.shtml Daily Eastern News, 23 Apr 2004]
*[http://members.shaw.ca/kevinscott/Homestar/index.html Kevin Scott interviews the brothers, 20 May 2003]
*[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?)]
*[[IMDb:nm1480095|Matt Chapman's IMDb page]]
*[http://2005.sxsw.com/interactive/conference/panels/?action=bio&id=Z157891 SXSW Personal Profile with photograph]
*[[wikipedia:The Brothers Chaps|The Brothers Chaps]] at Wikipedia
*[http://twitter.com/#!/ronginald Matt Chapman's Twitter]
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