# Kevin Nalty

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American comedian (born 1969)

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Kevin Nalty Nalty in 2008 Born Kevin Hanemann Nalty (1969-05-12) May 12, 1969 (age 57) New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. Occupations Vlogging, comedian, blogger Years active 2006–present Notable work "Farting in Public" "Viral Video Genius -- Loses His Cool When Confronted" "N.A.P.P.Y." Website www.kevinnalts.com

**Kevin Hanemann Nalty** (born May 12, 1969 in [New Orleans, Louisiana](/source/New_Orleans%2C_Louisiana)), known professionally as **Nalts**, is an American Internet personality and [YouTuber](/source/YouTuber).[1]

Nalty began on [YouTube](/source/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.[2] By 2016, he had 297 million views on the site.[3][4]

He is the author of *Beyond Viral: How to Attract Customers, Promote Your Brand, and Make Money with Online Video* (2010).[5] Nalty speaks at marketing conferences and events,[6] and spoke about "viral video" in Boston at the 2011 International Society for Humor Studies conference in Boston.[7] He is listed in the "Who's Who in the World of Video Marketing."[8]

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](/source/Teenager) named depicted (Nalty's nephew's friend) using a [fart](/source/Fart) [machine](/source/Machine) in [public](/source/Public) places.[9] Another of his videos, "Crackberry Blackberry", was selected as an official honoree at the 11th Annual [Webby Awards](/source/Webby_Awards).[10]

Nalty made a video to announce his departure from his role as a Merck Product Director, and appears in many articles about memorable resignations.[11]

He is the voice of Knife in the popular web series *[Annoying Orange](/source/Annoying_Orange)*. He has been sponsored by [Fox Broadcasting](/source/Fox_Broadcasting_Company), [MTV](/source/MTV), [Logitech](/source/Logitech), [Microsoft](/source/Microsoft), [Holiday Inn Express](/source/Holiday_Inn_Express), [Crowne Plaza](/source/Crowne_Plaza), and [Mentos](/source/Mentos).[12][13]

## Media appearances

Buzzfeed covered Nalty's [history of pranks](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tanyachen/early-dad-youtuber-nalts-reflects-on-the-viral-prank-videos), he was on 2020 podcast [discussing his divorce](https://petermcgraw.org/kevin-2-0-a-divorced-man-learns-to-live-remarkably/), and his videos have appeared on [CNN](/source/CNN), [ABC Nightline](/source/American_Broadcasting_Company), [The Today Show](/source/Today_(NBC_program)), [Good Morning America](/source/Good_Morning_America),[14][15] [CBS News](/source/CBS_News), [Fox News](/source/Fox_News) and the [BBC](/source/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."[16] 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.[17]

## 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](/source/Rockville%2C_Maryland), [Maryland](/source/Maryland), has an undergraduate degree from Georgetown, and an MBA in marketing and entrepreneurship from [Babson College](/source/Babson_College) of Boston.[18][19]

## See also

- [List of YouTube celebrities](/source/List_of_YouTube_celebrities)

- [YouTube gatherings](/source/YouTube#YouTube_gatherings)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-The_Wall_Street_Journal_1-0)** Vascellaro, Jessica E. (October 12, 2006). ["Finding Tom Cruise (Not Cruise Missiles)"](http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20061113/news_lz1b11finding.html). Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2009-03-29.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["nalts"](https://www.youtube.com/nalts%3C!--). *YouTube*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-YT_3-0)** [Social Blade YouTube statistics](http://socialblade.com/youtube/user/nalts).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Marketplace"](http://www.tubemogul.com/marketplace).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Advertising_Age_5-0)** Bushnell, Dave (August 29, 2011). ["It's Time to Bury Viral Video"](http://adage.com/article/book-reviews/time-bury-viral-video/229533/). Crain Communications. Retrieved 2011-08-29.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Marketing_Magazine_6-0)** Brown, David (November 11, 2009). ["Marketing Week Begins With 'Viral is Dead' Declaration"](http://www.marketingmag.ca/news/media-news/marketing-week-begins-with-viral-is-dead-declaration-11923). Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2009-11-11.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Wired_Underwire_7-0)** Warner, Joel (July 13, 2011). ["The Humor Code: Deconstructing the Science of Funny"](https://www.wired.com/underwire/2011/07/international-humor-conference/all/1). Condé Nast. Retrieved 2011-07-13.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** "[Who's Who in the World of Video Marketing](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Who%27s_Who_in_the_World_of_Video_Marketing&action=edit&redlink=1)," Business to Business.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** nalts (24 March 2007). ["Fart Prank in Library (Farting in Public) by Nalts"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3ejlkzDCuc). [Archived](https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/O3ejlkzDCuc) from the original on 2021-12-21 – via YouTube.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-The_Webby_Awards_10-0)** ["Webby Honorees"](https://web.archive.org/web/20070928080709/http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/current_honorees.php?media_id=97&category_id=109). 11th Annual [Webby](/source/Webby_Awards) Awards. Archived from [the original](http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/current_honorees.php?media_id=97&category_id=109) on 2007-09-28.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** Memorable Ways of Saying Goodbye to That Job (MSN, March 1, 2013).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-The_Los_Angeles_Times_12-0)** Sarno, David (May 13, 2007). ["Fretting over product placement"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080504041204/http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-ca-webscout13may13,1,329132,full.story?ctrack=1&cset=true). *[The Los Angeles Times](/source/The_Los_Angeles_Times)*. Archived from [the original](http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-ca-webscout13may13,1,329132,full.story?ctrack=1&cset=true) on May 4, 2008. Retrieved 2009-03-29.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-[[Bob_Garfield]]_13-0)** Garfield, Bob (June 29, 2007). ["As Seen on YouTube!"](http://adage.com/garfieldtheblog/post?article_id=118726). [Bob Garfield](/source/Bob_Garfield)'s blog at [Advertising Age](/source/Advertising_Age). Retrieved 2009-03-29.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-[[Adweek]]_14-0)** Shields, Mike (October 30, 2006). ["User-Gen Video Turning Pro"](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). [Adweek](/source/Adweek). Archived from [the original](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) on September 30, 2007.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-[[ABC_News_(United_States)|ABC_News]]_15-0)** ["Are You Addicted to Your Gadgets?"](https://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=2347039). [ABC News](/source/ABC_News_(United_States)). August 23, 2006. Retrieved 2009-03-29.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** [Nalty on IMDB](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nalty_on_IMDB&action=edit&redlink=1)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-17)** ["Nalts in News « Will Video for Food"](http://willvideoforfood.com/nalts-in-news/). 12 June 2008.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-18)** ["Kevin Nalty Appointed Chief Strategy Officer—HitViews"](https://web.archive.org/web/20131203132154/http://www.newsguide.us/technology/multimedia/Kevin-Nalty-Appointed-Chief-Strategy-Officer-HITVIEWS/). News Guide. Archived from [the original](http://www.newsguide.us/technology/multimedia/Kevin-Nalty-Appointed-Chief-Strategy-Officer-HITVIEWS/) on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2010-02-03.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-19)** ["Kevin 2.0 - A Divorced Man Learns To Live Remarkably"](https://petermcgraw.org/kevin-2-0-a-divorced-man-learns-to-live-remarkably/). *Peter McGraw*. 2020-08-20. Retrieved 2020-10-18.

## External links

- [Nalts' Official Blog](http://www.willvideoforfood.com/)

- [Nalts' YouTube Home Page](https://www.youtube.com/user/nalts)

- [Nalts' MySpace Page](http://www.myspace.com/myspaceofnalts)

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