About Nalts
PLEASE NOTE: THIS BLOG HAS MOVED FROM http://www.nalts.wordpress.com to http://www.willvideoforfood.com
- Kevin Nalts posts videos as “Nalts,” and has more than 450 short videos that have been viewed in excess of 15 million times (10 million on YouTube alone).
- He and his videos have appeared on CNN, ABC, BBC, Fox and CBS News. Click to see a Fox TV interview, a recent article on him by NewTeeVee or read a recent Q&A on iMedia Connections, and this piece and this one from AdAge.
- He is currently one of the top 10 “most subscribed” comedians on YouTube, and regularly ranks in the “most highly rated” YouTube comedy videos of the day because he practices hypnotic mind-control on his regular viewers (subscribers) causing them to involuntarily rate his videos “5 stars” even when they are rather poor. To subscribe to Nalts on YouTube click here.
- He has a viewer-created Wikipedia entry, so that makes him special. Here’s his UGCDB profile.
- He has been featured on such sites as YouTube, Google Video, Yahoo, AOLUncut, Break, Digg, Metacafe, Revver and TheDaily Reel (links take you to his videos on these respective sites).
- His best videos are in this YouTube Nalts playlist and in the Revver “Best o’ Nalts” collection (which contains some of his earlier work before he started getting popular and sucking).
By day Nalts is a Consumer Marketing Director for a Fortune 100 company, and by night he’s obsessed with online video.- Unlike many video creators, Nalts isn’t afraid to promote. Nalts is available for part-time (off hours) consulting in the online-video arena and produces entertaining commercial videos for such sponsors as Mentos, GPSManiac and DoMyStuff. To learn more, visit “hire Nalts.”
- His self-serving “Viral Video Genius” and “Farting in Public” (3.6 million views) were featured on YouTube’s homepage, and DIY Conference called him a “Viral Videologist.” The LA Times called him “YouTube Funnyman.” He really likes those titles because they help him cope with self-esteem problems.
He was selected as an “Official Honoree” in the 11th annual Webby Awards, and selected as a “hot vlogger” by Valleywag.- He is a serial “runner-up” in online-video contests. He was a first prize winner in the Butterfinger “FollowTheFinger.com” Everyday Moments contest. Nalts recently won a Steve Bocho Metacafe contest sponsored by American Apparel. was a first round winner of the BarterBee “Be the Bee” contest for consumer-generated promotional videos, and has been a finalist in such contests as Mentos, Dave Chappelle Show, KissKissBangBang and Panasonic. He also has created viral videos for Mentos that have been used in advertisements on such sites as Google Video and Break.com.
- In addition to creating videos, he covers the industry in this blog and as a writer for TheDailyReel and assistant editor for Politics & YouTube In Review. He also speaks at industry events to help video creators learn how to monetize their work, and marketers and advertisers effectively leverage online video.
Nalts also manages an online video site CubeBreak.com (logo here by Gage Skidmore).- To RSS his videos, use either the Revver or YouTube URL:
- Despite his videos’ low production value, Nalts has a background in video production and television. He attended Georgetown University, and Babson for an MBA in entrepreneurship. He lives in New Jersey with his wife and four children (and his cousin, a former Green Beret and NYPD cop… who kills stalkers for a living).
Nalts is working on a book on viral video. Be sure to nag him to complete the first draft, which was supposed to be complete by 4th quarter 2007.- He can be reached at the addresses below. Since his in-box is bloated with junk mail and e-mail newsletters, please use ALL CAPs to identify if your e-mail is regarding media inquiries, content licensing, advertising inquiries or to criticize his videos as being humorless, exploitative or boring. Don’t hesitate writing again.
He can be reached at this address. PLEASE use ALL CAPS for media or consulting inquiries.
Some Sample Viral Videos
- His “Viral Video Genius” was featured on YouTube and seen more than 3 million times.
- “Husband is Bored at the Mall” was ripped off and submitted to Break.com where it was viewed almost one million times. “Pennies for the Tollbooth Man” was ripped off four days later and submitted to Break.com where it was viewed more than a half million times.
- Meet Nalts’ writers and see how he abuses them (satire).
Nalts collaborates with many YouTubers, and can be seen on iChannel, Renetto videos, with HappySlip, and on Dylan’s Couch. Here’s Nalts playing poker with Zipster08, Nutcheese and Xgobobeanx. He was featured on RabbitBites with Buns & Chou Chou. Nalts logo here by YouTuber Topicaltuber (Terry Locke).- His video, “Lay Me Off,” was featured on Yahoo.com’s homepage, where it was viewed by nearly 700,000 people in one day. It’s off the web now because some of the “actresses” freaked out about the attention, and were afraid they’d get in trouble.
- Nalts plays the neurotic weatherman on MediaMoGirl.com. His performance review was quite poor.
- He recently initiated a fictional scandal called GooTubeConspiracy that has since become a collaborative storytelling experiment among YouTube viewers across the U.S. and as far as Paris.
- “Crackberry” debuted the first-ever top-10 list of The Daily Reel and has appeared on numerous television shows.
- Several of his videos have been featured on Google Video Picks, including “Google Earth: Has It Gone Too Far?”
- Nalts is one of the top revenue earners Metacafe and Revver.com (sites that share online advertising revenue with amateur video creators).
- His site, CubeBreak.com. was featured in this “behind-the-scenes” video. CubeBreak identifies the best video content from Revver, and is designed to entertain bored cube workers. Like you. You’re bored, aren’t you? Then why are you reading this?
- Nalts’ portrayal of a bankrupt online video site (www.Chapter11TV.com) is a haunting foreshadowing of the future of many online video sites. He also satirized YouTube’s ailing financial model in this “YouTube Viral Video Broker” video featured on LoadedPun.
- Here are some of the most viral of his videos:
- The GooTube Conspiracy: A serialized drama spoofing the power of Google with YouTube. Viewers participate in the storyline and alter the plot based on their text and video responses.
- He produced “Sneaking Mentos Into Theater” with support from Mentos, and collaborated with MediaMoGirl in “Team Mentos,” a video he hopes his parents never see.
- Google Earth: Has it Gone Too Far?: Parody of Google Earth getting a little too close to home. Viewed more than 500,000 times and downloaded 5,000 times on Google Video alone.
- Crackberry: Highlighting the Blackberry addiction. Was featured as “Google Pick” in June 2006.
- YouTube Viral Broker: Connecting rich advertisers with needy viral-video creators
- Kids Steal Van: His four kids steal the car for a Chuck-E-Cheese road trip.
- GPS on PMS: A spoof on a GPS device arguing with him.
- Googlehead: Documenting a family obsessed with Google.
- Gum Tree: A 3-year-old plans chewed gum and discovers a gum tree.
- YouTube Crank Call: What happens when a clueless Southerner meets YouTube’s head of public relations.
- The Evil Fist: Featured as Revver “Editor’s Pick.”
- Revver Crank Call: What if fat, ugly women were excluded from posting their videos?
- Burger King Outsources: A look at the future of fast-food ordering through ex US call centers.
I’m working on a video manipulation startup - prelaunch, no site on the web yet. If you can send me or post your email address (couldn’t find it on your blog), I’d like to send you some sample output.
Cheers,
Sure- nalts at cubebreak dot com
Hi,
I just discovered your blog. Great stuff and right up my alley. I’m releasing an indie movie online a few minutes per day. It’s a comedy called “Working Stiff.” If you’re interested, the main web site is http://projectworkingstiff.com. There’s a blog/download site, too. It’s been less than a week but people seem to like it.
I’ve got a lot of reading to do on your site…
Best,
Greg
Just ran across this blog.. and i have a reever acocunt too..
but im totally iterested in making some money from my vlogs..
what do i need to do?
Nick Schmidt
http://www.schmult.com
How can I get a copy of the “Lay Me off” ?? I loved it !!! I can’t find it now. Not even in Nalts’ blog and video page. Help! I want to find it again!
I would llike to see it again as well.
Nick: Just upload your video to Revver.com and post the HTML they gave you (instead of serving your own videos). If your visitor clicks on the link (about 3-4 percent do) then you make money. That’s it.
MB/Chris: I had to yank it because some of the actors on “LAY ME OFF” got a bit worried about the publicity it was getting in our company after Yahoo.com.
Do you think you might post it some where again when things die down? These things pass (eventually). I really want to view it again!
Hi Nate.
It’s nice to find other people so strongly committed to breaking the internet as we are at The PAN - http://www.thepan.org . Kindred spirits, indeed. Keep up the good work.
I have written a post about WillVideoForFood and the impact of viral videos and YouTube on my blogg at http://www.usablogg.org. Since the post is in Swedish it may be somewhat difficult to read but the gist of it is that with YouTube we are entering a new era where videos distributed over the Web will play an increasingly crucial role on the Internet, not the least for blogs. Hardly an earthshaking discovery but not everyone in Sweden realizes that as yet.
Enjoy your videos, they’re great!
Great site, very informative….and I like your vids, particularly the youtube rave, very funny.
I´m an Aussie currently in Spain. I am setting up an online travel video site http://www.overlander.tv where I interview a local person at each location I visit.
Did you know Spain´s female to male population ratio is 7:1, fantastico!
chow
Mark
I say you should write the book. I don’t know any publishers though. But if you do get a book deal, here are some books I would like to write:
Intergalactic: How the Next World War Will Also Include Other Worlds
The Life of 3.14: Not Quite Pi, But Close
Shadows and Lies: How the Harrison Administration Destroyed the Constitution
Alternate Reality: How Time Travel Has Affected Us So Far
Hmm, I watched your video on this buyout thing on youtube. Then I came to your site and I can’t get any of your videos to play. So I’m going back to youtube now.
Don’t get me wrong, this corporate art blending does suck satans pecker!
Hey Kevin-
Just came across your site, and no, not because of an “Ego Search.” Nice work you’ve done. Very funny stuff.
Just getting into video myself, so I’m sure I’ll be around to pick up more pointers.
Later Days!
Chris “Nalts” Nalty
BTW: My nephew’s name is Kevin Nalty…but he’s only five years old.
Leggo ed imparo sul vostro luogo. grazie!
Hey Kevin,
just came accross your site. I think it’s fantastic. My company has just jumped into the online video world and your commentary helps to keep everyone here ‘in the conversation’. I’ll be launching a blog about online video with B5 media later this week. I’ll be sure to give you a shout-out when I get up and running.
It would be great to get your feedback on our show. The basic premise is that myself and a director (both of us are 23) brought two backpackers to Europe for the summer with one goal in mind: to live and capture the ultimate Euro-trip. We spent nine weeks travelling through 25 cities, partying it up and living the life. We’re telling our tales through 60 short episodes that are released bi-weekly through our site at http://www.endlesseurope.com . We’re in an akward position, because our episodes are a bit too long to take advantage of the true viral marketing strategies; that said, we have some ideas for how we might be able to get out there. If you’re interested, it would be great to throw these ideas off of you and see what you think .
Cheers,
Matt
Dear Kevin Nalts,
I heard you on the IFP panel at the Puck Building in September with the guy who started revver– (I’ve since very much enjoyed your REVVER’S INTERNS).
Now I’ve got one question– which I asked you from the mike in September but didn’t know how specific I had to be.
How do I get a 16mm short , transferred to DVD, onto the hard drive of the computer? Short of shooting it with a digital camera off the television screen, I’m at a loss.
Thanks for your help.
Anne Flournoy
Here are some sites that might help:
http://www.videoconversionexperts.com/transfer-16mm-to-dvd.html
http://www.mymovietransfer.com/
http://www.homemoviedepot.com/film/16mm.php
I haven’t worked with any of these, so you may want to Google around to see if they’re reputable.
-K
I like your blog. I liked it so much that I both subscribed to your blog and invited you to join my blog as a contributing writer.
It is at http://politicsandyoutubeinreview.wordpress.com/
I’ve just infected my iTunes with your feed. Let the joy begin
Iol, I too have only JUST found this blog of yourse through boredom
Quite interesting facts lol… Btw i’ll overtake your 250 vids in not long-a-time 
I need help! I love your blog and I used it to come up with some of my ideas for my video. I got on Fox News (national) because of my video and got on digg twice because of the video. I really need youtube to feature my video. If you have time please stop by my blog and give me some advice.
I have something there that you can get for free too.
Check it out.
http://www.8wishes.com
We will video for kids with LD!
Paul Sanchez
I also would love to talk to you about your post:
“How do I get on the Youtube Homepage”
Hi Kevin,
I’ve just started my viral video education. I’m very excited!! It’s a whole new world! I hope I’ll be left alone this weekend to begin.
The first thing I want to learn is protecting your videos from identity theft. Is a watermark or logo in a corner of a video good enough? And does the watermark have to be an official copyrighted name or company that I (currently don’t) own?
It would be great if you had any ideas!
Thanks,
Samantha
Hey,
I left a post about this on the youtube site, but I figured I’d ask
you a question about it directly. Thirty-two short films about Glenn Gould has this video Gould on Gould where he interviews himself, or rather, the guy playing Gould interviews himself with a transcript Gould wrote. It’s not intended to be funny so much as sardonic. I thought you might get a kick out of it, (or maybe have been influenced by it or something similiar.)
Very funny stuff,
Thanks alot,
Nolan
Hi Mr Nalty.
I would like to see a video reprimanding the indescriminate and thoughtless use of the term ‘lol’. This word is flung around by all and sundry in a way that is more akin to punctuation. I love the english language. I know it is a dynamic and living quality thing, I just reckon when a common phrase morphs into an acronym and then becomes meaningless…Well, it makes me want to power vomit. Incidently, the word ’synergy’ often makes my backside itch. And don’t get me started on rotfl etc. As you are such a prolific auteur, perhaps you would consider addressing these things in one of your talkies.
Absolutely love your work.
Regards,
Simon Gross
ps. It will fascinate you to know that I have made a film which can be seen on youtube.
Simon: Mark Day Comedy… he owns the LOL bashing.
Didn’t know abou tthat Gould thing. Also still trying to figure out why people say I’m being Malkovich.
You’re a beautiful person, your soul is as pure as the sanctuary of your confidence that keeps you pressing on through overwhelming odds.
I’m not sure what these odds are and I don’t REALLY know what your soul looks like, but I thought it looked deep and I think you’re a funny guy, particularly what I just watched on youtube. lol@internet
Hi - I work at the BBC and wanted to talk to you about some of your videos - could you email me so i can give you more info
josie.milani@bbc.co.uk
Thanks
Oh my! Nalts a BBC Person
WOW
Dear Mr. Nalty:
I saw the “Video Genius” piece in Youtube.com. Very funny!
“Je ne foie gras”! Indeed!
Thanks for making us laugh by reminding us of how pompous and self-important we can sometimes be.
Sincerely,
Chris Camacho
San Juan, PR
I like post 29 best. I’m going to read it each morning.
How do you make tabs in wordpress? I can’t even find how to make different pages without something screwing up.
Dear Mister Nalty, I think yore videos are gay. Esspeshally the one where yous reckon yous is a Virral Video Genus. Why doncha get a reel life?
Malcolm R. Lambe
Chef Exitkitif
Miserable Producshons
(makers of “FIZZER”
Gay Paree
I agree with 35
Mr. Nalty:
I discovered you when YouTube featured your video and have enjoyed everyone of your videos. You are a Viral Video Genius. I recommend you to all of my friends. Each day when I log onto YouTube I look for a new video from you. If there is not a new one, my entire day is ruined.
I found an awsome widget that lets me know when you have new videos up lol, So far it’s been slow in finding your videos, but it makes sure I don’t miss any
No. 35 is definately a good boost of inspiration. Maybe the “Chef Exitkitif of Miserable Producshons” could interview you as he seems to love you so much
Tripple Helix…
Can you share the widget tool? That’s a niec thing to know about.
Oh- talked to BBC. They’re using Viral Video Genius in a show. Can you TiVo it?
Arrghhh… You’ll need to tell me the time and day of the show… (That’s a must) I’ll try and record it on sky + or something then sift it onto dvd then onto here.
The widget is ‘http://www.sport-monkey.com/’ “The YouTube Widget v2″ Sadly you can only use one as everytime you reset it’ll set your last assigned youtuber to them all, I did have nalts, gootubeconspiracy and wifeofnalts. Only to find nalts on all three the next day.
Do you have AIM or anything?
Lol You’ll need to tell me when it’s gunna be on
saw your video bored at the mall…that it was hilarious…i knew the mall looked familiar….go to the one all the time i believe…all in all..you just spoke for the entire male population..
First time I’ve seen this posting. That might be where to cubebreak.com address came from.
I could write a book out of this one posting. Course it would be short. And dull.
But don’t sell yourself short. Heck, you GRADUATED from GU.
Hey I volunteer to start a forum at viralvideology.com if anyone is interested let me know. email me at collinwarner@yahoo.com…
You have a great blog! Check out mine and we can be friends!
http://digitalgeek.wordpress.com/
Hiya,
I came accross your site after my ponderings of a small web project fabricated dreams of a themed video hosting site.
During thse ponderings, I basically asked myself “What do I have, or what can I do, that makes me an interesting person, or a more knowledgeable person, than someone else out there”. I listed the things that made me, ‘me’, on a piece of papaer, and then went back over my own list.
As well as realising I was a very shallow and un-interesting and un-educated person, I did learn that I was extremely fascinated by the bizzarre and intriguing taste created when mixing 3 special ingredients: Humour, Sex and violence.
Delving into my uneducated past, I remembered back to the days of my 8 week business course, and how a good business strategy targets the right audience, while maintaining a high enough level of ‘mainstream’ to keep a large customer base. So while my visitors would not be consumers, I would still need something thats interesting enough to make people stay in my little world, yet vague enough to tempt ‘wanders by’ to browse around inside.
And so came up the idea of Fight-Vids.co.uk
Actually I just really liked the fact that the domain had not been taken! If I could mix subtle violence, with subtle sex, with subtle humour, perhaps the dish I would prepare would be tasty and unique?
With these exciting business ideas still fresh in my head, I finished peeing on my neighbours lawn and came inside to e-mail a close friend.
Now I wont bore you with the further details that came inbetween… however http://www.fight-vids.co.uk is been created as we speak (my ‘web development team’ happen to enjoy certain recreational activities a little too often, and hence technical progress is slow) and I would hope that the posts within your blog, and your excellent Revvver videos, will continue to guide us on our mis-guided journey to Online Video Entertainment!
Kind Regards Nalts
Liam Gooding
Soon-to-be owner of http://www.fight-vids.co.uk
Have just installed my blog at http://www.fight-vids.co.uk/blog
Regards
Liam Gooding
Mr. Nalty,
Wow,I didn’t realize you were this big on the internet. I just thought you made videos and posted them different places for the fun of it. I’ve always thought I would like a part time job to make some xtra money (if it turned into a full time job all the better) but I haven’t come up with anything yet. I’ve heard a lot of people talking about making money off of Blogs but I’ve never heard how much (I realize it depends on how many hits you get). I’m not sure there is actually a question in here. I like your videos I guess I was wondering how big you would have to be to actually make a living at it?
I enjoyed #29 also.
Sincerely,
Jim
Mr. Nalty,
I realize there is a great deal of talent involved in what you do.
Sincerely,
Jim
In obsessively searching around this blog for something I haven’t already seen or read, I discovered the revver prank call. I lol’ed, LMFAO, then ROFL.
Commenter #26 — prepare to power vomit.
Nalts…here’s your 10 day reminder to finish the draft of the book.
Nalts… Crackberry is Hilarious! Just stumbled across it again on Revver.
You’re Funny!
did you finish the book yet? and where will it be sold?
yo nalts, was that stratford library in the farting in public? lol
our home is fine we love where we live its a nice area
lol, I like the video where Spencer uses his fart machine to create “farts”, then pretends to not hear them.
Farting will ALWAYS be funny, no matter WHO you are!!!
^_^
Entertaining bored cube workers? Like me? I don’t even have a cube - but CubeBreak.com is now one of my favorites. And this blog is hilarious. Let me know when your book is available. BTW, how do you find time for all these after work and family activities? I’m truly impressed!
Hey Nalts,
Did you finish the book yet my friend?
Much love from the woman who’s office is next door to the trucker’s bathroom!
Amanda- good reminder. I’m a week past my deadline!!!!
hey naltz,
longtime fan first time sender of a message. I’m curious, along with your great thoughtout videos comes along the music that complemenates it, so my question is, where do you get the music?
thankyou for reading, hope to hear from you
…CIAO
jay
yo wassup i’m from england and i saw your ‘farting in public’ video on youtube. omg your guys are so funny i gave my whole school the address and you are a legand great site btw
i aint giving u my name lol but keep in touch on message board
hey its me again just wanted to say you should get siome stik bombs or something or fart gas (all can be gotten on ebay) and then set the stink off and do the noise at the same time
watch em sqirm!
muahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
*cough* hahahahahahahahahaha *cough, cough* hahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!! lol i am bored
i’m sweating like a monkey eating fried grapes
btw i completed 3 nintendo wii games and then i threw the controller and brock my mirror! now thats bad
Oh man Nalts, now I realize why one out of five Austin bands I request permission to record give me a dirty look and say NO!!
I don’t know which is worse, those who reject my purely altruistic efforts or the ones who tell me about every gig they have booked for the next three months in hopes that I’ll show up with my camera in hand and feed the tip bucket. My wife commented just yesterday that all I have succeeded in doing is getting people to boss me around for free. I don’t think she likes the competition.
hey guys, does spencer have instant messenger or some sort of email address, id love to talk to him about his stunts, and get to know him a lil better. badge
Hey Great Vidios!!! Make More With Both Spencer And Dylan( They Are Sooooo Sute)
I like the one with both of you.
Hey Nalts, I am an idealistic pre-pubescent with a heart of gold. Your whimsome videos set my soul aflutter! Truly this is the modern-day Peter Pan, the hero to lead us all in the fight against the innocence-robbing, soul-crushing laws of accepted adult behavior
then I realized that you’re some kind of salesman advertsing dude who does commercials for mentos and is only in it for the money and I said momy my soul just broke
sincerely
lil’ olly
Hey Nalts,
You are an inspiration in my life. Every day while I am at school I think of suicide, but then I think of what new stupidly funny yet entertaining video you will have posted next. You are my hero
From the one with no name,
~Nameless
How do you do such great graphics on your videos? Please teach me!!
Oh gee!! Obsessive fans! I kinda like olly’s message lol.
NALTS!!! NALTS!!!! there’s no place you can hide that i cant find you in this virtual playground. hee hee haa haa ho ho Willie ownka, willie wonka, the amazing chocolate king.
I love ur videos! charlie is so adorable! thanx for accepting my friend invite =)
Nalts, Nalts, I know it’s not your fault… but you’re awesome. Thanks for all the entertainment, commercial or otherwise. If you ever need an online extra for a video, hit me up, I love collaborations.
Hey nalts,
i was wondering how many kids do you have? it seems you have more in each video…
Hannah Jo
Hey Nalts,
I just wanted to say that I love what you are doing for the rest of us video people. Thanks for all the advice, links and general information. Keep us the good work.
Lonedog
4 kids but I rent a few
Kevin, you also need to put on the blog that you are an Assistant Editor for Politics & YouTube In Review.
hello from israel
like your videos
you should come visit here sometime .
Reminds me somehow of “The Incredible World of Horace Ford”
Hello Nalts,
Hello Nalts,
Your videos have become very inspirational for me. I studied film in school and it’s been hard to maintain the same flare and drive. I can see that there’s a lot more going on in your videos than meets the eye; you’ve unleashed a new form of video-art, broken down stereotypes of what “adults” should be, and made the world a better place with some of the most hysterical extravaganzas on the internet.
Keep up the great work! I look forward to each new video and will always cherish the classics!
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nalts has the best videos
I think you should do a viral video about viruses doing videos.
Kevin:
Call me so we can discuss the contest we’ve been talking about. I sent you a message on your YouTube email.