Matt Bates is best known for the story collection Accidentally Clever. Prior to the book, he was best known for being tall and skinny. Matt has written stories and sketches and songs, but is often distracted by bright lights or butterflies. Sometimes people tell him he should do stand-up comedy. These people are sadly mistaken. He is the founder of the Commercial Parodies comedy website which might still be online somewhere, but it just as likely might not. Matt currently lives in Yucaipa, California, a city you have never heard of and have no idea how to properly pronounce. Matt also wrote th...