![]() ![]() 1 The show utilizes a man-on-the-street technique to interview people across New York City with each episode being approximately one minute long, and is noted for its surreal 2 and/or humorous 3 interviews. The “bing bong” joke got added visibility in October, when a Sidetalk video of New York Knicks fans going bananas after a win against the Celtics went viral, featuring a fan looking directly into the camera and saying, “Bing bong. Sidetalk is an American Instagram show created by Trent Simonian and Jack Byrne. Since then, “Byron” and “bing bong” have travelled quickly to the heart of the meme machine. ![]() (Each Sidetalk video opens with a the signature “bing bong” that accompanies the New York subway doors opening and closing, and Nems released a song called “Bing Bong” in August.” Since it is a well-known Sidetalk reference and fans recognized us filming an episode outside of the Knicks game, Jordie saw us and threw in a ‘bing bong’ ad lib. One of the fans in the video, Jordie Bloom, says 'Bing Bong' into the microphone, a reference to the New York City Subway 'doors closing' warning sound which is used at the beginning of each Sidetalk episode. ![]() In a series of videos recorded in the Coney Island neighbourhood in September, rapper and content creator Gorilla Nems interviews a homeless man named TJ, who spouts the famous line about “Byron,” and a number of different people say “bing bong” into the camera. Jordie Bloom is the 26-year-old who said bing bong on the video. The audio in the White House clip comes from the viral web series Sidetalk, created by New York University students Trent Simonian and Jack Byrne, which features (often deeply NSFW) man-on-the-street style interviews with the many characters who call New York City home. If you’re wondering just what, in the infinite sea of the cosmos, explains the providence of such a video, you need to go to New York City. ![]()
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