Alex Paras

Alex Paras (born: ), is an American YouTuber that founded his channel on November 1st, 2009. Paras' YouTube channel primarily focuses on a variety of content such as MSAgent videos, game shows, gameplay videos, vlogs, livestreams, and update videos.
==Early Life==
Alexander Ray Paras was born on January 30th, 1996 in Los Gatos, California, and currently resides in Campbell, California. When Paras was in his childhood years, he loved watching game shows, playing on the computer, and going to Livermore where his grandparents used to live until 2003. Paras graduated from Westmont High School on June 5th, 2014, then attended De Anza College studying Video Production for a couple of years. While in his senior year of high school, Paras attended a trade school called, Silicon Valley Career Technical Education Center, where he got his certificate in Video Production. 
Throughout the years, he has used various video editings software such as Windows Movie Maker, Sony Vegas Pro, Magix Movie Edit Pro, Adobe Premiere Pro, Avid Studio, and Final Cut Pro X which he currently uses to edit videos. Paras founded his own business on Etsy named, Paras Production Group, which specializes in video editing for customers and selling flash game show controls which is another hobby of his. He currently works as a service clerk at Costco.
==YouTube Beginnings==
On November 1st, 2009, when Paras was coming home from school, he decided to create a YouTube channel by the name of Larry4009, which originally came from BigJon PC Games Forum back in 2008. He came up with the name Larry4009 because he liked the name Larry as a country name, and the numbers where just random. Originally, his channel was going to be mainly him showing off his homemade Wheel of Fortune wheel that he and his neighbor made. But then he discovered YouTubers making their own game show series using Legos, therefore, creating his first game show in January 2010 titled, Wheel of Pain. 
Since he was still new to the system, his video quality was poor because he wanted the videos to be uploaded on time. Later on in 2010, he started to upload videos in better quality as time went on. Before it was officially called L4GS-TV and The Larry4009 Company, his original company name was Larry4009 Productions, until May 2010 when he changed it to The Larry4009 Company, and then also calling it L4GS-TV Channel 90 in early 2011.
==Rise in Popularity==
When Paras entered high school, he started to upload videos more frequently, a couple more WOF wheel videos, then later he introduced Larry4009 shorts, Trivia Masters Quick Questions, and some other stuff too. He did a face reveal sometime in September or October while giving an update video. When 2011 rang in, he started creating new game shows such as Gaming with Larry4009, Spin For a Million, The Hidden Envelope, The Brian and Steve Show, and many other videos which caused his popularity to rise, and made new friends that had similar personalities.
==What's airing on his personal channel now==
As of January 10th, 2024, Alex's main channel is now mainly used for K1 Speed racing videos. He mainly uploads arrive & drive races, and the monthly GP Challenge series from his local K1 Speed center.
==Programming on L4GS-TV 90 (2010-2019)==
The Mega Spin (January 4th, 2014 to October 5th, 2019) - A lottery game show hosted by Robert Filmore and Alex Paras, where contestants from all over the globe can win big money cash prizes by either spinning the Mega Wheel for up to $5,000,000, $250,000 in Disk Droppers, or $100,000 in The Home Stretch.
Wheel of Pain (January 2010) - A stunt game show where contestants spin a wheel to earn money, and give their opponents stunts, and win a bigger prize in the bonus round. This was Paras' first game show ever created, and has no plans to reupload them because he said they are cringe-worthy to watch. Hosted by Dan Willow.
Trivia Masters Quick Question (August 2010 to February 2011) - Viewers would be given a question, and they would have a couple of days to come up with the correct answer. If at least one viewer came up with the right answer, Paras would upload a video which was usually a Larry4009 short.
Gaming with Larry4009/Alex Paras - February 2011 to May 2011, September 24th, 2014 to November 13th, 2014) - Hosted by Alex Paras, he would play an arcade like game to win points, (later dollars), and if he earned enough points, he would recieve a prize. Getting the maximum amount of points which was done one, he would recieve the grand prize.
Spin For a Million! - (February 22nd, 2011 - January 26th, 2012) - Contestants spin a wheel to win a cash prize from $0 to $1,000,000. (Later a grand prize which started at $3,000,000, and increased by $50,000 when not won). Hosted by Robert Filmore.
The Hidden Envelope! (September 2011, October 5th - March 1st, 2018) - Similar to Treasure Hunt, contestants would pick an envelope from the 30 envelopes to win a prize, no prize at all, or the grand prize of $100,000. Hosted by Alex Paras in the 2011 version, then Gerald Harold in the 2015 version.
Card Sharks (April 16th to 18th, 2012, October 12th, 2015 - April 23rd, 2019) - Two contestants compete for control of a row of oversized playing cards by answering questions posed by the host and then guessing if the next card is higher or lower in value than the previous one. Hosted by Alex Paras in the 2015 version, and Londo Filmore in the 2012 verison.
Lucky Numbers! (June 22nd, 2013 to March 2nd, 2018) - A contestant would pick five numbers from a roulette table from 0 to 36, and a 00, then would spin a roulette wheel to match their numbers. The contestant earns money for matching their numbers, and can double their winnings if they wished to do so by going for Red or Black. Hosted by Alex Paras. Upon reacting to this series a few years ago, Alex said that this was one of this least favorite game shows he's ever created.
The Shady Cove Movie Series (July 31st, 2013 - November 30th, 2018) - Similar to The Mariposa Trip movie series, Alex would go up to Shady Cove, Oregon every summer to visit his grandparents, Papa Nick Barbato, and Granny Judy Barbato. Due to the passing of Nick on October 22nd, 2018, the series ended on November 30th, 2018 with a tribue to his grandfather. However, Paras still goes up to Oregon every summer because that is his favorite place to go to.
Alex vs The Money Cards (December 3rd, 2018 - October 7th, 2019) - Based off of the Money Cards on the Card Sharks game show, Paras plays a game of the Money Cards where he can win up to $160,000 on a turn of a single card.
On The Road with Alex Paras (June 2nd, 2012 - Sep 8, 2019) - Paras takes his fans on a road trip to a location to an event, or when he's on vacation. Most of the episodes that he produced are car shows.
The Mariposa Trip Movie Series (October 2011 - Jul 15, 2023) - A trip film series that stars Alex Paras and his grandfather, Bill Peterson, as they vlog about the vacation up in Mariposa, California working on the ranch, going to Burger King to see if Paras gets ripped off, and giving viewers laughs. Originally called My Mariposa Trip before changing it to The Mariposa Trip in the 21st movie. The 30th installment was the final movie in the series, and aired on The 25.
==Returning as Larry4009returnz==
February 2012, Alex closed down his Larry4009 channel due to less frequent uploading, and having an argument with a friend of his. A few weeks later, he returned as Larry4009returnz, and reuploaded most of his videos from his old Larry4009 account, and continued where he left off. Paras started to create new content on L4GS-TV like drivelapse videos, reviews of products, and more vlogs. As time went on, Alex's editing improved, and gained more subscribers.
==End of L4GS-TV Channel 90, and the beginning of The 25 KAPR-TV==
On December 15th, 2019, Alex officially ceased production of L4GS-TV Channel 90 after 10 years on the air due to personal reasons, but continued to make videos ever since. On November 1st, 2020 while celebrating his 11th year on YouTube, Alex announced a brand new YouTube channel that would be launching June 25th, 2021 called, The 25 KAPR-TV. The 25 launched on June 25th, 2021, and it consists much of the same thing that L4GS-TV produced, which are game shows, tv shows, and livestreams.
==Current Programming on The 25==
Plinko: The Game Show (Premiered June 28th, 2021) - Contestants drop Plinko chips to win big, just like it's real life counterpart from The Price is Right. Hosted by Alex Paras
Bonzi's Jungle Challenge (Premiered June 28th, 2021) - Based off of Press Your Luck, three contestants compete each other with a big board containing cash prizes while trying to avoid getting Bonzifed, and winning the most amount of money to take on Bonzi's Banana Challenge for the chance to win a huge prize package. Hosted by Alex Paras
Spin For a Million (Premiered July 3rd, 2021) - Based off of the L4GS-TV series, three contestants compete each other for the chance to spin a wheel and win up to $1,000,000. Hosted by Alex Paras
BonziBUDDY - A purple gorilla vlogs about his life in Modesto, California, and goes through things which causes him to rage such as, not getting things his way, getting ripped off, etc.
The Brian and Steve Show - An animated comedy where two friends, Brian Castpero, and Steve Peters prank each other with pranks, along with their friend, Jeremy Martinez. They would also sometimes would get into situations they would need to figure something out to get out of it.
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