{{short description|American comedian (born 1969)}} {{BLP sources|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Kevin Nalty | image = KevinNalts.jpg | image_size = 250px | alt = | caption = Nalty in 2008 | birth_name = Kevin Hanemann Nalty | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|5|12}} | birth_place = [[New Orleans, Louisiana]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | relations = | years_active = 2006–present | notable_works = "Farting in Public" <br /> "Viral Video Genius -- <br /> Loses His Cool When Confronted" <br /> "N.A.P.P.Y." | occupation = [[Vlogging]], [[comedian]], [[blogger]] | website = {{url|www.kevinnalts.com}} }} '''Kevin Hanemann Nalty''' (born May 12, 1969 in [[New Orleans, Louisiana]]), known professionally as '''Nalts''', is an American Internet personality and [[YouTuber]].<ref name = "The Wall Street Journal">{{cite news |title=Finding Tom Cruise (Not Cruise Missiles) |url= http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20061113/news_lz1b11finding.html |publisher= Wall Street Journal| first= Jessica E.|last=Vascellaro|date= October 12, 2006|accessdate= 2009-03-29}}</ref>
Nalty began on [[YouTube]] as one of the top-20 most-viewed comedy channels, and was ranked as one of YouTube's Most Subscribed users during the site's early years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/nalts%3C!--|title=nalts|website=YouTube}}</ref> By 2016, he had 297 million views on the site.<ref name="YT">[http://socialblade.com/youtube/user/nalts Social Blade YouTube statistics].</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tubemogul.com/marketplace|title=Marketplace<!-- Bot generated title -->}}</ref>
He is the author of ''Beyond Viral: How to Attract Customers, Promote Your Brand, and Make Money with Online Video'' (2010).<ref name = "Advertising Age">{{cite news |title=It's Time to Bury Viral Video |url= http://adage.com/article/book-reviews/time-bury-viral-video/229533/ |publisher= Crain Communications| first= Dave|last=Bushnell|date= August 29, 2011|accessdate= 2011-08-29}}</ref> Nalty speaks at marketing conferences and events,<ref name = "Marketing Magazine">{{cite news |title=Marketing Week Begins With 'Viral is Dead' Declaration|url= http://www.marketingmag.ca/news/media-news/marketing-week-begins-with-viral-is-dead-declaration-11923 |publisher= Wall Street Journal| first= David|last=Brown|date= November 11, 2009|accessdate= 2009-11-11}}</ref> and spoke about "viral video" in Boston at the 2011 International Society for Humor Studies conference in Boston.<ref name = "Wired Underwire">{{cite news |title=The Humor Code: Deconstructing the Science of Funny |url= https://www.wired.com/underwire/2011/07/international-humor-conference/all/1 |publisher= Condé Nast| first= Joel|last=Warner|date= July 13, 2011|accessdate= 2011-07-13}}</ref> He is listed in the "Who's Who in the World of Video Marketing."<ref>"[[Who's Who in the World of Video Marketing]]," Business to Business.</ref>
Nalty first gained notoriety for a video featured on YouTube's front page the first week of January 2007 - "Viral Video Genius - Loses His Cool When Confronted" - where he plays a skivvy-wearing, geeky intellectual passionate about viral video making. His second featured video, "Farting in Public," showed a young [[teenager]] named depicted (Nalty's nephew's friend) using a [[fart]] [[machine]] in [[public]] places.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3ejlkzDCuc |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/O3ejlkzDCuc |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Fart Prank in Library (Farting in Public) by Nalts|last=nalts|date=24 March 2007|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Another of his videos, "Crackberry Blackberry", was selected as an official honoree at the 11th Annual [[Webby Awards]].<ref name="The Webby Awards">{{cite news|title= Webby Honorees|url= http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/current_honorees.php?media_id=97&category_id=109|publisher= 11th Annual [[Webby Awards|Webby]] Awards|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070928080709/http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/current_honorees.php?media_id=97&category_id=109|archive-date= 2007-09-28}}</ref>
Nalty made a video to announce his departure from his role as a Merck Product Director, and appears in many articles about memorable resignations.<ref>Memorable Ways of Saying Goodbye to That Job (MSN, March 1, 2013).</ref>
He is the voice of Knife in the popular web series ''[[Annoying Orange]]''. He has been sponsored by [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox Broadcasting]], [[MTV]], [[Logitech]], [[Microsoft]], [[Holiday Inn Express]], [[Crowne Plaza]], and [[Mentos]].<ref name="The Los Angeles Times">{{cite news |title=Fretting over product placement |url= http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-ca-webscout13may13,1,329132,full.story?ctrack=1&cset=true |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080504041204/http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-ca-webscout13may13,1,329132,full.story?ctrack=1&cset=true |url-status= dead |archive-date= May 4, 2008 |work= [[The Los Angeles Times]]| first= David|last=Sarno|date= May 13, 2007|accessdate= 2009-03-29}}</ref><ref name="[[Bob Garfield]]">{{cite news |title=As Seen on YouTube! |url= http://adage.com/garfieldtheblog/post?article_id=118726 |publisher= [[Bob Garfield]]'s blog at [[Advertising Age]]| first= Bob|last=Garfield|date= June 29, 2007|accessdate= 2009-03-29}}</ref>
==Media appearances== Buzzfeed covered Nalty's [https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tanyachen/early-dad-youtuber-nalts-reflects-on-the-viral-prank-videos history of pranks], he was on 2020 podcast [https://petermcgraw.org/kevin-2-0-a-divorced-man-learns-to-live-remarkably/ discussing his divorce], and his videos have appeared on [[CNN]], [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC Nightline]], [[Today (NBC program)|The Today Show]], [[Good Morning America]],<ref name="[[Adweek]]">{{cite news|title=User-Gen Video Turning Pro |url=http://www.adweek.com/aw/search/article_display.jsp?schema=&vnu_content_id=1003316046&WebLogicSession=RUFWkjDeFeKxw7SMxz70SBzyFsZEXt3xeNfzgTdTpCcjbODMrgdU%7C591496716662496553/168887091/6/7005/7005/7002/7002/7005/-1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930155503/http://www.adweek.com/aw/search/article_display.jsp?schema=&vnu_content_id=1003316046&WebLogicSession=RUFWkjDeFeKxw7SMxz70SBzyFsZEXt3xeNfzgTdTpCcjbODMrgdU%7C591496716662496553%2F168887091%2F6%2F7005%2F7005%2F7002%2F7002%2F7005%2F-1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 30, 2007 |publisher=[[Adweek]] |first=Mike |last=Shields |date=October 30, 2006 }}</ref><ref name="[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]">{{cite news |title= Are You Addicted to Your Gadgets? |url= https://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=2347039 |publisher= [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|date= August 23, 2006|accessdate= 2009-03-29}}</ref> [[CBS News]], [[Fox News]] and the [[BBC]] segment "Click", where one of his videos was featured on the program. He appeared as a guest judge on "Viral Video Showdown," was featured in the film "I Want My Three Minutes Back," and his videos have been featured on MTV's "Pranked."<ref>[[Nalty on IMDB]]</ref> He has also appeared on a live version of the digital talk show Tom Green Live, which was broadcast at the Digital Content NewFront in June, 2009. His blog, WillVideoForFood, lists media appearances in reverse chronological order.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://willvideoforfood.com/nalts-in-news/|title=Nalts in News « Will Video for Food|date=12 June 2008 }}</ref>
==Personal== Nalty, divorced in 2020, has four adult children: Katie, Patrick, Grant, and Charlie. He lives in rural Pennsylvania with his cat Oliver. Nalty highlights the children in most of his videos. He graduated from Georgetown Preparatory High School in [[Rockville, Maryland|Rockville]], [[Maryland]], has an undergraduate degree from Georgetown, and an MBA in marketing and entrepreneurship from [[Babson College]] of Boston.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.newsguide.us/technology/multimedia/Kevin-Nalty-Appointed-Chief-Strategy-Officer-HITVIEWS/ |title=Kevin Nalty Appointed Chief Strategy Officer—HitViews |publisher=News Guide |accessdate=2010-02-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203132154/http://www.newsguide.us/technology/multimedia/Kevin-Nalty-Appointed-Chief-Strategy-Officer-HITVIEWS/ |archive-date=2013-12-03 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-08-20|title=Kevin 2.0 - A Divorced Man Learns To Live Remarkably|url=https://petermcgraw.org/kevin-2-0-a-divorced-man-learns-to-live-remarkably/|access-date=2020-10-18|website=Peter McGraw|language=en-US}}</ref>
==See also== * [[List of YouTube celebrities]] * [[YouTube#YouTube gatherings|YouTube gatherings]]
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
==External links== * [http://www.willvideoforfood.com/ Nalts' Official Blog] * [https://www.youtube.com/user/nalts Nalts' YouTube Home Page] * [http://www.myspace.com/myspaceofnalts Nalts' MySpace Page]
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