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Mr. Serious Presents

Corey Chapman’s column on life, love and technology
(Think John Tesh without all the Amway)

Ask Mr. Serious Volume II: 80s Target Acquired

January 19, 2013 Mr. Serious
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This week’s question comes from Brian via the UnderScoopFire comments:   If you were hired to assassinate your choice of 80s characters, who would you choose and how would you do it?   This question has the board game CLUE written all over it! I am going to go with Col. Mustard in the study [...]

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Ask Mr. Serious: Volume I

January 11, 2013 Mr. Serious
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This week’s question comes from Jaimiee via Facebook. Jamie asks:   Can god microwave a burrito so hot he himself could not eat it? -Homer Simpson. Let me know   I could just answer “Yes” or “No” and be done but I don’t think that’s fair to you and quite frankly, it’s the easy way out. After giving it [...]

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Mr. Serious Presents: The Ten Holiday Movies You Should Watch Every Year

December 8, 2012 Christmas
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The editor of UnderScoopFire asked me to put together a list of the Ten Best Christmas Movies for children of the 80s. I realized right away that all “Best Of” lists are controversial. You either rank something too high, too low, or leave obvious ones off the list all together. Instead of ranking these movies [...]

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Mr. Serious Presents: Confessions of a Black Friday Shopper

November 23, 2012 Mr. Serious
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It started out as nothing more than perfect timing. My fiancé and I had just moved into our first apartment, armed with hand-me-down furniture and two 13 inch color televisions we had from our college years. It was mid November 2000, and we desperately needed an upgrade on our home entertainment system. At Thanksgiving dinner [...]

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Mr. Serious Presents: 5 Actresses Better Looking Today (Than When We First Met Them)

October 16, 2012 Mr. Serious
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It’s tough getting old. You’re not as spry as you once were; it takes you a few extra minutes to remember where you left your keys and the stresses of life have taken a toll on your body, especially on your once flawless-skinned face. And like it or not, when we look back at photographs [...]

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John Tesh responds to ‘Mr. Serious Presents: A Love Letter to John Tesh’

September 21, 2012 Funny
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Dear Mr. Tesh-   Enough is enough. You need to go away and you need to do it now. Its not that I don’t think you are a multi-talented superstar that has conquered almost every facet of the entertainment industry. It’s just, you are exposing me for the fraud I am: uncool. Recently I sat at [...]

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Mr. Serious Presents: iPhone 5 – Worth the Upgrade?

September 20, 2012 Geeky
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It’s been a week since Apple announced the release of its latest game changer, the iPhone 5, to the general public. As a “junior” geek (just knows enough to be dangerous, not smart enough to know WHY I should have the latest gadgets), I was excited about all the possible innovations that would come with [...]

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Mr. Serious Presents: 6 Shows You Should Watch This Fall

September 11, 2012 Lists
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If you have listened to any of the UnderScoopFire podcasts in which the Voltron Roundtable discuss television shows, you will know that I generally wait out new series until they either make it to season 2 or they come highly recommended from someone I respect. I do this because I have been burned in the [...]

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Mr. Serious Presents: Why We Love Zooey Deschanel

January 17, 2012 Mr. Serious
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Muhammad Ali. Betty White. James Earl Jones. Andy Kaufman. Jim Carrey. All American Icons born on this day. That’s nice. Here at UnderScoopFire, we choose to celebrate the 32nd birthday of the quirky and cute Zooey Deschanel because that’s how we roll! Born in Los Angeles in 1980, “Zo” was named after the main male [...]

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Mr. Serious Presents: Scott Pilgrim’s Mary Elizabeth Winstead

November 28, 2011 Mr. Serious
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After gorging on turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, and Aunt Ginny’s homemade pumpkin pie, do you have any room left for cake? We hope so! Because the staff of UnderScoopFire.com are celebrating the 27th birthday of Mary Elizabeth Winstead today! The North Carolina native has had lead roles in Sky High, Final Destination 3, and this [...]

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Mr. Serious Presents: 5 Reasons You Should Be Watching the NHL

September 7, 2011 Mr. Serious
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The NBA lockout is in full effect, and experts believe that even if the 2011-12 season can be saved, the players wont be back on the court until at least January. As days grow into weeks, the likelihood that the season will be scrapped looms over basketball fans everywhere. Fans have alternate outlets to get [...]

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Mr. Serious Presents: A Love Letter to Eddie Murphy

August 17, 2011 Funny
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Dear Mr. Eddie Murphy- Hi! I hope you are well. My name is Corey and I am a huuuuuuge fan, from your early days on the small screen as a not ready for prime time player on “Saturday Night Live” to your break out theatrical performances in “Beverly Hills Cop” and “48 Hours”. Heck, I [...]

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