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	~~<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:252px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=~~File:TwitterWashedUpActor.jpg~~" title="~~The actor that played Rather Dashing, himslef!"><img alt="" border="0" class="thumbimage" height="188" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/images/thumb/d/d9/TwitterWashedUpActor.jpg/250px-TwitterWashedUpActor.jpg" width="250"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a class="internal" href="/index.php?title=File:TwitterWashedUpActor.jpg" title="Enlarge"><img alt="" height="11" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15"/></a></div>The actor that <a href="/index.php?title=Peasant%27s_Quest_Movie_Trailer" title="Peasant'~~s Quest Movie Trailer">played</a> <a href="/index.php?title=Rather_Dashing" title="Rather Dashing">Rather Dashing</a>, <a href="/index.php?title=pizzaz" title="pizzaz">himslef</a>!</div></div></div>~~
	~~<p><b>~~Matthew "Matt" Alan Chapman~~</b>~~ (born ~~<a href="/index.php?title=%2411.01" title="~~$11.01">November 1~~</a>~~, 1976) is one half of ~~<a href="/index.php?title=~~homestarrunner.com~~" title="homestarrunner.com">homestarrunner.com</a>~~ creative duo ~~<a href="/index.php?title=The_Brothers_Chaps" title="~~The Brothers Chaps~~">The Brothers Chaps</a>~~. Alongside older brother ~~<a href="/index.php?title=Mike_Chapman" title="~~Mike Chapman~~">Mike Chapman</a>~~, he serves as one of the principal creators of the ~~<a href="/index.php?title=Homestar_Runner_%28body_of_work%29" title="~~Homestar Runner (body of work)">Homestar Runner~~</a>~~ body of work. Matt is the voice actor for nearly all of the characters on the site.		''The actor that played Rather Dashing , himslef !''
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	~~<span class~~=~~"toclimit-3">~~		'''Matthew "Matt" Alan Chapman''' (born [[$11.01\|November 1]], 1976) is one half of [[homestarrunner.com]] creative duo [[The Brothers Chaps]]. Alongside older brother [[Mike Chapman]], he serves as one of the principal creators of the [[Homestar Runner (body of work)\|Homestar Runner]] body of work. Matt is the voice actor for nearly all of the characters on the site.
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	~~<a id~~="Career~~" name~~=~~"Career"></a><h2> <span class~~=~~"mw-headline"> Career </span></h2>~~		== Career ==
	~~<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:152px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=~~File:Chapman_Matt_personal_photo.png~~" title="~~The young gun~~"><img alt~~=~~"" border~~=~~"0" class~~=~~"thumbimage" height~~=~~"200" src~~="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/images/thumb/b/ba/Chapman_Matt_personal_photo.png/150px-Chapman_Matt_personal_photo.png" width="150"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a class="internal" href="/index.php?title=File:Chapman_Matt_personal_photo.png" title="Enlarge"><img alt="" height="11" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width=~~"15"/></a></div>The young gun</div></div></div>~~
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	~~<p>~~Matt attended film school at ~~<a class="extiw" href="/index.php?title=Florida_State_University" title="wikipedia:~~Florida State University~~">Florida State University</a>~~, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1998. His ~~<a class="external text" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20041210033717/~~http://www.fsufilms.com/films/moviedetail.cfm?movieid=129~~" rel="nofollow" title="http://web.archive.org/web/20041210033717/http://www.fsufilms.com/films/moviedetail.cfm?movieid=129">~~thesis film ~~<i>~~Perchance~~</i></a>~~ was a 15-minute short about the adventures of a boy named Toby and his dog Marmalade.
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	~~<p>~~After graduation, Matt moved back to his native ~~<a class="mw-redirect" href="/index.php?title=~~Atlanta~~" title="Atlanta">Atlanta</a>~~ but had difficulty finding film work in the city.~~<span class="reference"><sup class="plainlinks" id="ref_18a" style="line-height:1px;font-size:70%"><a href="~~#endnote_18a~~" title="">~~[18a]~~</a></sup></span>~~ Instead, he began working for internet company ~~<a class="extiw" href="/index.php?title=~~Earthlink~~" title="wikipedia:Earthlink">Earthlink</a>~~ (formerly MindSpring), in customer service and creating icons and banner ads.~~<span class="reference"><sup class="plainlinks" id="ref_14" style="line-height:1px;font-size:70%"><a href="~~#endnote_14~~" title="">~~[14]~~</a></sup></span><span class="reference"><sup class="plainlinks" id="ref_19" style="line-height:1px;font-size:70%"><a href="~~#endnote_19~~" title="">~~[19]~~</a></sup></span>~~		=== Education ===
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	~~<a id~~=~~"Homestar_Runner" name~~=~~"Homestar_Runner"></a><h3> <span class~~=~~"mw-headline">~~Homestar Runner~~</span></h3>~~		Matt attended film school at [[Florida State University]], graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1998. His [http://www.fsufilms.com/films/moviedetail.cfm?movieid=129 thesis film ''Perchance''] was a 15-minute short about the adventures of a boy named Toby and his dog Marmalade.
	~~<p>The <a href~~=~~"/index.php?title~~=~~Original_Book" title~~="Original Book">original Homestar Runner storybook~~</a>~~ had been co-created by ~~<a href="/index.php?title=Mike_Chapman" title="~~Mike Chapman~~">Mike Chapman</a>~~ and ~~<a href="/index.php?title=Craig_Zobel" title="~~Craig Zobel~~">Craig Zobel</a>~~ in the summer of 1996. Matt did not contribute to this book, later joking that "I worked in a movie theater that summer and they told me to shut up and to go away. NOW who's shutting up and going away?"~~<span class="reference"><sup class="plainlinks" id="ref_2" style="line-height:1px;font-size:70%"><a href="~~#endnote_2~~" title="">~~[2]~~</a></sup></span>~~ Later that year, he and Mike co-created ~~<a href="/index.php?title=Super_NES" title="~~Super NES">a ~~<i>~~Mario Paint~~</i>~~ animation~~</a>~~ featuring the Homestar characters as a Christmas gift for their older brother ~~<a href="/index.php?title=Donnie_Chapman" title="~~Donnie Chapman">Donnie~~</a>~~ — the first Homestar Runner cartoon.
	~~</p><p>~~In 1999, after both brothers had graduated from college, they moved into an apartment together in Atlanta. Wanting to create a project together, and fascinated by the possibilities of ~~<a href="/index.php?title=~~Flash~~" title="Flash">Flash</a>~~ animation, they decided on Homestar Runner and launched a site to host their animations in January of 2000.~~<span class="reference"><sup class="plainlinks" id="ref_3" style="line-height:1px;font-size:70%"><a href="~~#endnote_3~~" title="">~~[3]~~</a></sup></span>~~		=== Pre-Homestar ===
	~~</p><p>~~Matt briefly lived in New York in 2001,~~<span class="reference"><sup class="plainlinks" id="ref_a" style="line-height:1px;font-size:70%"><a href="~~#endnote_a~~" title="">~~[a]~~</a></sup></span>~~ recording audio for toons and emailing them to Mike for animation. ~~<a href="/index.php?title=Strong_Bad_Email" title="~~Strong Bad Email~~">Strong Bad Email</a>~~ became a weekly feature when he moved back to Georgia in 2002,~~<span class="reference"><sup class="plainlinks" id="ref_15" style="line-height:1px;font-size:70%"><a hre=""></a></sup></span></p>~~
	~~</html>~~		After graduation, Matt moved back to his native [[Atlanta]] but had difficulty finding film work in the city.[#endnote_18a [18a]] Instead, he began working for internet company [[Earthlink]] (formerly MindSpring), in customer service and creating icons and banner ads.[#endnote_14 [14]][#endnote_19 [19]]

			=== Homestar Runner ===

			The [[Original Book\|original Homestar Runner storybook]] had been co-created by [[Mike Chapman]] and [[Craig Zobel]] in the summer of 1996. Matt did not contribute to this book, later joking that "I worked in a movie theater that summer and they told me to shut up and to go away. NOW who's shutting up and going away?"[#endnote_2 [2]] Later that year, he and Mike co-created [[Super NES\|a ''Mario Paint'' animation]] featuring the Homestar characters as a Christmas gift for their older brother [[Donnie Chapman\|Donnie]] — the first Homestar Runner cartoon.

			In 1999, after both brothers had graduated from college, they moved into an apartment together in Atlanta. Wanting to create a project together, and fascinated by the possibilities of [[Flash]] animation, they decided on Homestar Runner and launched a site to host their animations in January of 2000.[#endnote_3 [3]]

			Matt briefly lived in New York in 2001,[#endnote_a [a]] recording audio for toons and emailing them to Mike for animation. [[Strong Bad Email]] became a weekly feature when he moved back to Georgia in 2002,

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	''The actor that played Rather Dashing , himslef !''		<p><b>Matthew "Matt" Alan Chapman</b> (born <a href="/index.php?title=%2411.01" title="$11.01">November 1</a>, 1976) is one half of <a href="/index.php?title=homestarrunner.com" title="homestarrunner.com">homestarrunner.com</a> creative duo <a href="/index.php?title=The_Brothers_Chaps" title="The Brothers Chaps">The Brothers Chaps</a>. Alongside older brother <a href="/index.php?title=Mike_Chapman" title="Mike Chapman">Mike Chapman</a>, he serves as one of the principal creators of the <a href="/index.php?title=Homestar_Runner_%28body_of_work%29" title="Homestar Runner (body of work)">Homestar Runner</a> body of work. Matt is the voice actor for nearly all of the characters on the site.
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	~~'''~~Matthew "Matt" Alan Chapman~~'''~~ (born [[$11.01\|November 1]], 1976) is one half of [[homestarrunner.com]] creative duo [[The Brothers Chaps]]. Alongside older brother [[Mike Chapman]], he serves as one of the principal creators of the [[Homestar Runner (body of work)\|Homestar Runner]] body of work. Matt is the voice actor for nearly all of the characters on the site.		<span class="toclimit-3">
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	== Career ==		<a id="Career" name="Career"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline"> Career </span></h2>
			<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:152px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:Chapman_Matt_personal_photo.png" title="The young gun"><img alt="" border="0" class="thumbimage" height="200" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/images/thumb/b/ba/Chapman_Matt_personal_photo.png/150px-Chapman_Matt_personal_photo.png" width="150"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a class="internal" href="/index.php?title=File:Chapman_Matt_personal_photo.png" title="Enlarge"><img alt="" height="11" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15"/></a></div>The young gun</div></div></div>
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			<p>Matt attended film school at <a class="extiw" href="/index.php?title=Florida_State_University" title="wikipedia:Florida State University">Florida State University</a>, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1998. His <a class="external text" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20041210033717/http://www.fsufilms.com/films/moviedetail.cfm?movieid=129" rel="nofollow" title="http://web.archive.org/web/20041210033717/http://www.fsufilms.com/films/moviedetail.cfm?movieid=129">thesis film <i>Perchance</i></a> was a 15-minute short about the adventures of a boy named Toby and his dog Marmalade.
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	=== Education ~~===~~		<p>After graduation, Matt moved back to his native <a class="mw-redirect" href="/index.php?title=Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta</a> but had difficulty finding film work in the city.<span class="reference"><sup class="plainlinks" id="ref_18a" style="line-height:1px;font-size:70%"><a href="#endnote_18a" title="">[18a]</a></sup></span> Instead, he began working for internet company <a class="extiw" href="/index.php?title=Earthlink" title="wikipedia:Earthlink">Earthlink</a> (formerly MindSpring), in customer service and creating icons and banner ads.<span class="reference"><sup class="plainlinks" id="ref_14" style="line-height:1px;font-size:70%"><a href="#endnote_14" title="">[14]</a></sup></span><span class="reference"><sup class="plainlinks" id="ref_19" style="line-height:1px;font-size:70%"><a href="#endnote_19" title="">[19]</a></sup></span>
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	Matt attended film school at [[Florida State University]], graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1998. His [http://www.fsufilms.com/films/moviedetail.cfm?movieid=129 thesis film ''Perchance~~'']~~ was a 15-minute short about the adventures of a boy named Toby and his dog Marmalade.		<a id="Homestar_Runner" name="Homestar_Runner"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline">Homestar Runner</span></h3>
			<p>The <a href="/index.php?title=Original_Book" title="Original Book">original Homestar Runner storybook</a> had been co-created by <a href="/index.php?title=Mike_Chapman" title="Mike Chapman">Mike Chapman</a> and <a href="/index.php?title=Craig_Zobel" title="Craig Zobel">Craig Zobel</a> in the summer of 1996. Matt did not contribute to this book, later joking that "I worked in a movie theater that summer and they told me to shut up and to go away. NOW who's shutting up and going away?"<span class="reference"><sup class="plainlinks" id="ref_2" style="line-height:1px;font-size:70%"><a href="#endnote_2" title="">[2]</a></sup></span> Later that year, he and Mike co-created <a href="/index.php?title=Super_NES" title="Super NES">a <i>Mario Paint</i> animation</a> featuring the Homestar characters as a Christmas gift for their older brother <a href="/index.php?title=Donnie_Chapman" title="Donnie Chapman">Donnie</a> — the first Homestar Runner cartoon.
	=== Pre-Homestar ~~===~~		</p><p>In 1999, after both brothers had graduated from college, they moved into an apartment together in Atlanta. Wanting to create a project together, and fascinated by the possibilities of <a href="/index.php?title=Flash" title="Flash">Flash</a> animation, they decided on Homestar Runner and launched a site to host their animations in January of 2000.<span class="reference"><sup class="plainlinks" id="ref_3" style="line-height:1px;font-size:70%"><a href="#endnote_3" title="">[3]</a></sup></span>
			</p><p>Matt briefly lived in New York in 2001,<span class="reference"><sup class="plainlinks" id="ref_a" style="line-height:1px;font-size:70%"><a href="#endnote_a" title="">[a]</a></sup></span> recording audio for toons and emailing them to Mike for animation. <a href="/index.php?title=Strong_Bad_Email" title="Strong Bad Email">Strong Bad Email</a> became a weekly feature when he moved back to Georgia in 2002,<span class="reference"><sup class="plainlinks" id="ref_15" style="line-height:1px;font-size:70%"><a hre=""></a></sup></span></p>
	After graduation, Matt moved back to his native [[Atlanta]] but had difficulty finding film work in the city.[#endnote_18a [18a]] Instead, he began working for internet company [[Earthlink]] (formerly MindSpring), in customer service and creating icons and banner ads.[#endnote_14 [14]][#endnote_19 [19]]		</html>

	=== Homestar Runner ===

	~~The [[~~Original Book\|original Homestar Runner storybook]] had been co-created by [[Mike Chapman]] and [[Craig Zobel]] in the summer of 1996. Matt did not contribute to this book, later joking that "I worked in a movie theater that summer and they told me to shut up and to go away. NOW who's shutting up and going away?"[#endnote_2 [2]] Later that year, he and Mike co-created [[Super NES\|a ''Mario Paint'' animation]] featuring the Homestar characters as a Christmas gift for their older brother [[Donnie Chapman\|Donnie]] — the first Homestar Runner cartoon.

	In 1999, after both brothers had graduated from college, they moved into an apartment together in Atlanta. Wanting to create a project together, and fascinated by the possibilities of [[Flash]] animation, they decided on Homestar Runner and launched a site to host their animations in January of 2000.[#endnote_3 [3]]

	Matt briefly lived in New York in 2001,[#endnote_a [a]] recording audio for toons and emailing them to Mike for animation. [[Strong Bad Email]] became a weekly feature when he moved back to Georgia in 2002,

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'''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, the older of whom is named [https://www.imdb.com/title/nm10172649 Ida].

During the extended [[Hiatuses|hiatus]] of Homestar Runner content, Matt moved out to Los Angeles for several years and [[The Brothers Chaps' Side Projects|worked on]] various children's television series in Los Angeles. He moved back to [[Georgia]] around 2014.

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* [#General_Information 1 General Information]
** [#Food_of_Significant_Interest 1.1 Food of Significant Interest]
** [#Careers 1.2 Careers]
** [#Film_and_Television 1.3 Film and Television]
** [#Favorite_Music 1.4 Favorite Music]
** [#Misc. 1.5 Misc.]
* [#See_Also 2 See Also]
* [#External_Links 3 External Links]

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=== <span class="mw-headline"> Food of Significant Interest </span> ===

* Egg salad sandwiches (with bits of bacon). <sup>[#shawlink [Page 4]]</sup>
* When they were young children, Mike fed Matt cupcakes with toothpaste in them. Matt retaliated by feeding Mike vinegar toast. <sup>[[Atlanta Journal-Constitution Interview - 21 Jul 2003|(Atlanta Journal-Constitution)]]</sup>
* Matt has an enthusiasm for [[Poutine|poutine]]. <sup>[#sheaflink [The Sheaf]]</sup>
* He also likes Onion Straws. He describes them as "Dismantled Awesome Blossoms." <sup>[#inkholelink [The Inkhole]]</sup>

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=== <span class="mw-headline"> Careers </span> ===

* Matt used to work for [[Earthlink]] (formerly [[MindSpring]]), an Internet company, in [[The Jeff Rubin Jeff Rubin Show Interview - 7 July 2014|customer service]] and [[Georgia Tech - 26 Apr 2007|creating icons and banner ads]]. [[Flashforward 2006 Seattle - 28 Feb 2006|In August of 2003, he quit]] in order to work on Homestar Runner full time.
* Matt also did voices for Preschool Protocops and some voices for webtoons and radio commercials for [[Mellow Mushroom]]. <sup>[#retrolink [Retrocrush]]</sup>
* 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. <sup>[#legionlink2 [Legion Studios (Matt)]]</sup>

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=== <span class="mw-headline"> Film and Television </span> ===

* The Brothers Chaps' friend David Gordon Green made a movie called ''[https://www.imdb.com/title/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|music for Sealab 2021]].
* He and [[Craig Zobel]] were selected to write a stop motion animated feature for The Jim Henson Co. called ''Monster Safari''.
* Matt worked for [[Nickelodeon]] on the series ''[[Yo Gabba Gabba!|Yo Gabba Gabba]]'' as a writer, director, and producer. He also wrote, directed, and acted in ''[[The Aquabats]]! Super Show!'', another show from the ''Yo Gabba Gabba'' creators.
* He has done voice acting and writing for the [[Disney]] series ''[[Gravity Falls]]'', including voicing the merman character Mermando and Soos' grandmother. He has also co-written several episodes of the series. This is the same for the [[Disney]] series [[Pickle and Peanut]], voicing Mr. Mjart.
* He wrote two episodes for ''[[Wander Over Yonder]]'', titled "The Bounty" and "The Time Bomb".
* One of the billed writers for the ''[[Mickey Mouse (TV series)|Mickey Mouse]]'' short "The Boiler Room".
* He voices Alfonzo in the Disney XD series ''[[Star vs. the Forces of Evil]]''.
* He voices Carl, Neil's father, in the Rooster Teeth web series ''Camp Camp''.
* Plays Clark Shaw, father of Cooper Shaw (Matt's daughter Ida Chapman), in [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7241954 her titular episode] of the Craig Zobel-directed [[Paramount+]] series ''[[One Dollar (TV series)|One Dollar]]''.

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=== <span class="mw-headline"> Favorite Music </span> ===

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

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=== <span class="mw-headline"> Misc. </span> ===

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<li>Matt can be seen as an audience member in an episode of ''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0163507 Whose Line Is It Anyway?]''.</li>
<li>Jackie helped write "[[Tis True, Pom Pom, Tis True]]".</li>
<li>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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== <span class="mw-headline"> See Also </span> ==

* [[The Brothers Chaps' Fansite Acknowledgments]]
* [[HRWiki:Matt's 2006 birthday card|Matt's 2006 birthday card]]
* [[@ronginald]] — Matt's former Twitter account
* [[Category:Matt Chapman Filmography|Matt Chapman filmography]]

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== <span class="mw-headline"> External Links </span> ==

* [[The Brothers Chaps]] at Wikipedia
* [https://www.imdb.com/title/nm1480095 Matt Chapman's IMDb page]
* [http://2005.sxsw.com/interactive/conference/panels/?action=bio&id=Z157891 SXSW Personal Profile (Archive)]
* [http://www.flashforwardconference.com/speakers?name=matt_chapman Flashforward Conference Speaker Biography (Archive)]
* [http://www.fsufilms.com/films/moviedetail.cfm?movieid=129 Perchance] — BFA Thesis film Matt wrote and directed in 1998 (Archive)

''Additional videos and interviews are available at [[Interviews and Public Appearances]].''

* [http://media.www.lsureveille.com/media/storage/paper868/news/2003/11/06/Entertainment/Home-Sweet.Homestar-2047711.shtml LSU Reveille Online, 6 Nov 2003 (Archive)]
* [http://www.thedailyeasternnews.com/news/2004/04/23/TheVerge/holy-Crap-669677.shtml Daily Eastern News, 23 Apr 2004 (Archive)]
* [http://members.shaw.ca/kevinscott/Homestar/index.html Kevin Scott interviews the brothers, 20 May 2003 (Archive)]
** <span id="shawlink">[http://members.shaw.ca/kevinscott/Homestar/page4.html Page 4 (Archive)]</span>
* <span id="retrolink">[http://www.retrocrush.com/homestar/index2.html Retrocrush interview, date unknown (17 Jun 2004?, Archive)]</span>
* <span id="sheaflink">[http://www.thesheaf.com/newspub/comments.cgi?view=1062 The Sheaf 12 May 2004 (Archive)]</span>
* <span id="inkholelink">[http://www.theinkhole.com/homestar1.htm The Inkhole Interview (Archive)]</span>
* <span id="legionlink2">[http://www.legionstudios.com/interviews/views/homestar/homestar2.html Legion Studios Matt Chapman Interview (Archive)]</span>
** <span id="legionlink">[http://www.legionstudios.com/interviews/views/homestar/homestar.html Legion Studios Mike Chapman Interview (Archive)]</span>

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