Kevin Nalty

{{short description|American comedian (born 1969)}}

{{BLP sources|date=April 2020}}

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| name = Kevin Nalty

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| 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.

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| years_active = 2006-present

| notable_works = "Farting in Public"
"Viral Video Genius --
Loses His Cool When Confronted"
"N.A.P.P.Y."

| occupation = Vlogging, comedian, blogger

| website = {{url|www.kevinnalts.com}}

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Kevin 'Nalts' Nalty (born May 12, 1969 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American Internet personality and marketer better known under his YouTube username Nalts.{{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}} Nalts began on YouTube as one of the top-20 most-viewed comedy channels, and collaborates with many of today's top YouTube personalities.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/nalts%3C!--|title=nalts|website=YouTube}} He has more than 1,000 videos which, as of April 18, 2016, have been viewed more than 297 million times on YouTube alone.[http://socialblade.com/youtube/user/nalts Social Blade YouTube statistics]. He has been ranked as one of YouTube's Most Subscribed users.{{cite web|url=http://www.tubemogul.com/marketplace|title=Marketplace}} He is the author of "Beyond Viral: How to Attract Customers, Promote Your Brand, and Make Money with Online Video (Wiley & Sons, 2010).{{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}}

Nalty speaks at marketing conferences and events,{{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}} and spoke about "viral video" in Boston at the 2011 International Society for Humor Studies conference in Boston.{{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}} He is listed in the "Who's Who in the World of Video Marketing.""Who's Who in the World of Video Marketing," Business to Business.

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 Spencer (Nalty's nephew's friend) using a fart machine in public places, all the while seeming to be completely oblivious to the fact that he had done so.{{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}} Another of his videos, "Crackberry Blackberry", was selected as an official honoree at the 11th Annual 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|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}}

Nalty made a video to announce his departure from his role as a Merck Product Director, and appears in many articles about memorable resignations.Memorable Ways of Saying Goodbye to That Job (MSN, March 1, 2013).

He is the voice of the knife in popular web series "Annoying Orange." He has been sponsored by Fox Broadcasting, MTV, Logitech, Microsoft, Holiday Inn Express, Crowne Plaza, and Mentos.{{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}}{{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}}