Kevin Nalty

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Kevin “Nalts” Nalty
Background information
Birth name Kevin H. Nalty
Born May 12, 1969 (1969-05-12) (age 39)
New Orleans, Louisiana
United States
Spouse(s) Jo Nalty
Internet activity
Web alias(es) Nalts
Period active January 15, 2006-present
Host service(s) YouTube, revver
Genre(s) Vlogging
Notable work(s) “Farting in Public”,
“Viral Video Genius --
Loses His Cool When Confronted”,
“NAPPY.”
Official site www.willvideoforfood.com
www.kevinnalts.com

Kevin Nalty (born May 12, 1969 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a YouTube comedian and partner out of Doylestown, Pennsylvania better known under his YouTube username Nalts.[1] His YouTube Channel has been viewed more than 1.5 million times and he has 640 videos, as of May 23, 2008, that have been viewed more than 20 million times.[2] He is ranked as one of YouTube's Most Subscribed users.[2]

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," in which a young teenager named Spencer (Nalty's nephew's friend) uses a fart machine in public places, all the while seeming to be completely oblivious to the fact that he had done so, has been wildly popular with over 3.5 Million views. [3] Another of his videos, "Blackberry Crackberry," was selected as an official honoree at the 11th Annual Webby Awards.[4]

GPS Maniac and Mentos have paid Nalty for product placement in his videos.[5][6]

Nalty, as of February 21, 2008 has 29,822 subscribers.

There have been over 150 YouTube usernames with the phrase "ofNalts". Example : Cultofnalts, or MugofNalts.[3] or WikiPageOfNalts.

Nalty is also well known for his theme song, scored by fellow YouTuber "MysteryGuitarMan" and has been sung by many different YouTube users, including MysteryGuitarMan himself.

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[edit] The NAPPY Campaign

After being passed over by YouTube’s Partnership Placement program in May 2007, Nalty posted a video called NAPPY on June 1, 2007, in which he asked his fans to send messages to YouTube executives suggesting he be re-considered. As of July 1, 2007, the video has received 39,393 views, 6533 comments, 6 honors, and 617 video responses, making it the 8th most responded to video of all time. NAPPY stands for “Nalts Advocates for Partnership Placement on YouTube.”

On June 6, 2007, The NAPPY campaign was a success and Nalty became a YouTube Partner, allowing him to earn revenue from advertisements placed next to videos.

[edit] The Gootube Conspiracy

On December 4, 2006 Nalty started his "Gootube Conspiracy" video series where Google and Youtube (or Gootube) are trying to disinermediate major TV newtorks (Fox, ABC, NBC, etc.). Nalty originally made about 32 videos of it on his channel in December, 2006. There were usually 2 video posted a day and about 1 - 2 minutes long. There have been many responses to this series from users such as cfhworld, CIAOfilms, and CQVFilms. Then he and the user Loquesto made a channel separate for the Gootube Conspiracy in January, 2007. They posted fairly often from January, 2007 - August, 2007. In Summer, 2007, Nalts quit the conspiracy and it has remained fairly active ever since, although users like CQVFilms are trying to resurrect it.

[edit] Cameo appearances

Nalty has appeared with other YouTube users on his own and other channels. He has appeared in videos with:

  • ZackScott
  • MediaMogirl
  • ChristopherMast
  • Spricket24
  • Zipster08
  • Momofzipster
  • Charles Trippy
  • TheMightyThor1212
  • Podcasting101
  • Majestia19
  • Italianguyfromny
  • Skooterx
  • SxEPhil
  • OnlyBlackManOnYoutube
  • MuggleSam
  • Leah Kauffman
  • Cory Williams
  • AmazingHolly
  • IanCrossland
  • Sign543
  • Andy Dick
  • Wogsland
  • Sarrycrey
  • Fallofautumndistro
  • Rabbit bites
  • MabusPwns
  • Reubnick
  • mastergunner99
  • 1938superman
  • riverbasil
  • StylistBrighton
  • Edbassmaster
  • FNShenanigans
  • MattandCory
  • SevenAwesomeKids
  • jawharp1992
  • TheWineKone

Nalty has also appeared on CNN, ABC Nightline, Good Morning America,[7][8] CBS News, FOX News and the BBC segment “Click”, where one of his videos was featured on the program.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Vascellaro, Jessica E.. "Finding Tom Cruise (Not Cruise Missiles)", The Wall Street Journal, October 12, 2006. 
  2. ^ a b You, Tube. "Most Viewed (All Time)", YouTube, July 2, 2007. 
  3. ^ a b Nalty, Kevin. "Farting in Public", Kevin Nalty, March 24, 2007. 
  4. ^ "Webby Honorees", 11th Annual Webby Awards. 
  5. ^ Sarno, David. "Fretting over product placement", The Los Angeles Times, May 13, 2007. 
  6. ^ Garfield, Bob. "As Seen on YouTube!", Bob Garfield's blog at Advertising Age, June 29, 2007. 
  7. ^ Shields, Mike. "User-Gen Video Turning Pro", Adweek, October 30, 2006. 
  8. ^ "Are You Addicted to Your Gadgets?", ABC News, August 23, 2006. 

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