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Alan Chikin Chow, creator of the YouTube series Alan’s Universe, at his production studio in Burbank, California.
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Matt Stevens
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BURBANK, California – To understand why Alan Chikin Chow is one of the most successful creators on YouTube, watch the first 18 seconds of My Boyfriend Is A Werewolf?!
The video, part of his series Alan’s Universe, opens with paper airplanes zipping around a classroom whose pastel colours and clean-cut teenagers radiate the aesthetics of American teen sitcom Saved By The Bell (1989 to 1992).
