The Brothers Chaps

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In 1999 Mike started learning Macromedia Flash and decided to practice on some of the characters from the original book. His younger brother Matt Chapman performed the voices for the cartoons and together they launched a website to show their close friends their cartoons. Word of mouth spread, and their website and characters have become a
In 1999 Mike started learning Macromedia Flash and decided to practice on some of the characters from the original book. His younger brother Matt Chapman performed the voices for the cartoons and together they launched a website to show their close friends their cartoons. Word of mouth spread, and their website and characters have become a
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== Fun Facts ==
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*Their father is [[Don and Harriet Chapman|Don Chapman]], a retired chief financial officer of an insurance firm. Their mother is Harriet Chapman.
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*They have 3 (other) siblings.
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*They were raised in a religious family.
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*They have a [[Little Girl|young niece]], who is featured in several [[Puppet Stuff]] films.
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*[http://www.emotioneric.com/ae/?adv=thefootballgame Click here] to see a collection of edited photographs from a football game where TBC use their superhuman abilities. Try to find the hidden characters!
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[[Image:youngtbc.jpg|thumb|As kids]]
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*They have appeared on G4TechTV three times — twice on the cancelled show "Pulse", and once over webcam (with Puppet Homestar) on "The Screen Savers". See [[Pulse Interview - 1 Aug 2003]] and [[Screen Savers Interview - 24 Jan 2005]].
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== External Links ==
== External Links ==

Revision as of 17:27, 1 June 2005

Left to right: Mike and Matt Chapman
The Brothers Chaps (often abbreviated as TBC) are Mike and Matt Chapman, the creators of HomestarRunner.com. Yes, the amazing, spectacular, incredibly awesome people who are behind the wonders of Homestar Runner.

History

In 1996 during the Olympics in Atlanta, Mike Chapman and his friend Craig Zobel created a children's book called "The Homestar Runner Enters the Strongest Man in the World Contest." They did this out of boredom and to satirize the poorly made children's books they saw at their local mall. After writing and drawing it, they copied about 10 books and gave them to some of their friends to read for fun.

Looking spiffy in black and white

In 1999 Mike started learning Macromedia Flash and decided to practice on some of the characters from the original book. His younger brother Matt Chapman performed the voices for the cartoons and together they launched a website to show their close friends their cartoons. Word of mouth spread, and their website and characters have become a


External Links

Video and radio interviews are available in the Links section.

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