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Created byTrent Simonian
Jack Byrne
Location New York, NY
Years active2019–present
Genre(s) Comedy
Man-on-the-street
Followers1.5 million
(February 7, 2024)

Sidetalk is an American Instagram show created by Trent Simonian and Jack Byrne. [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. [4] [5]

Contents

History

Trent Simonian, a graduate of Malibu High School, and Jack Byrne, a graduate of Xavier High School, started the show in the fall of 2019 during their first semester as students at New York University. They had first met after being accepted into NYU during their senior year of high school through mutual friends. Prior to co-creating Sidetalk, Simonian hosted a similar interview-style show in high school called Shark TV, while Byrne interned for The Fat Jewish for five years beginning at age 14. [4]

The duo signed to Brillstein Entertainment Partners and WME in April 2021. [6]

The show received a nomination for the 2021 Streamy Awards in the Indie Show category and two nominations for the 2022 Streamy Awards in the Show of the Year and Unscripted Series categories. [7] [8]

Simonian and Byrne were selected to the Forbes 30 Under 30 2024 list for Social Media. [9]

Bing Bong

On October 21, 2021, Simonian and Byrne released an episode titled "Knicks Season Opener" featuring New York Knicks fans celebrating the team's opening night double-overtime victory over the Boston Celtics. One of the fans in the video, Jordie Bloom, [10] 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. [11] While the phrase itself had been previously popularized in earlier Sidetalk videos, by rapper Nems [12] and others in episodes from Coney Island, [13] [14] it quickly became a rallying cry for the Knicks after the "Knicks Season Opener" video went viral. [15] The phrase was picked up by the official New York Knicks Twitter account, Knicks announcer Mike Breen, and Knicks forward Evan Fournier, and was featured on the cover of the sports page of the New York Daily News. [16] [17] “Bing Bong” even received two write-in votes in the 2021 New York City mayoral election. [18] [19] The phrase was further popularized by the viral "Bing Bong" trend on TikTok where users would recreate various different quotes from Sidetalk. Celebrities including President Joe Biden, The Jonas Brothers, John Legend, Lil Nas X, Olivia Rodrigo, Jack Harlow, and Avril Lavigne joined in on the trend. [20] [21] [22] [23]

Notable guests

The following notable individuals appeared on the show as interviewees, unless otherwise noted:

Episodes

Sidetalk episodes list
No.TitleLocationOriginal air date
1"New York Fashion Week" SoHo September 9, 2019 (2019-09-09)
2"Making Friends" SoHo September 15, 2019 (2019-09-15)
3"San Gennaro" Little Italy September 19, 2019 (2019-09-19)
4"The Village Hemp Shop" MacDougal Street September 23, 2019 (2019-09-23)
5"Fun in Times Square" Times Square September 29, 2019 (2019-09-29)
6"New York Comic Con" New York Comic Con October 4, 2019 (2019-10-04)
7"Climate Change" Washington Square Park October 9, 2019 (2019-10-09)
8"SantaCon" Midtown December 14, 2019 (2019-12-14)
9"Happy Birthday Jonah Hill" Union Square December 20, 2019 (2019-12-20)
10"Squirrels!" Washington Square Park January 18, 2020 (2020-01-18)
11"Leeky Bandz" Union Square January 25, 2020 (2020-01-25)
12"The Park" Washington Square Park January 28, 2020 (2020-01-28)
13"City So Nice They Named It Twice" Midtown January 30, 2020 (2020-01-30)
14"Super Bowl Sunday" Midtown February 2, 2020 (2020-02-02)
15"Introducing Strangers" Chinatown February 11, 2020 (2020-02-11)
16"Valentine's Day" Union Square February 14, 2020 (2020-02-14)
17"Bieber Fever" Midtown February 17, 2020 (2020-02-17)
18"Leap Year" Midtown February 29, 2020 (2020-02-29)
19"Plastic Bag Ban" Midtown March 9, 2020 (2020-03-09)
20"Purim" Williamsburg March 11, 2020 (2020-03-11)
21"Trap Talk" Midtown September 5, 2020 (2020-09-05)
22"Glazed Donuts" SoHo September 10, 2020 (2020-09-10)
23"The Travis Scott Burger" McDonald's September 13, 2020 (2020-09-13)
24"Jesus Gets Attacked" Union Square September 17, 2020 (2020-09-17)
25"Jokertyme" Washington Square Park September 20, 2020 (2020-09-20)
26"Spider Cuz" Union Square September 23, 2020 (2020-09-23)
27"ABG Neal" Midtown September 27, 2020 (2020-09-27)
28"Rapaport Talks Trump" Washington Square Park October 4, 2020 (2020-10-04)
29"New York Ain't Dead" Times Square October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09)
30"Spider Cuz Part 2" East Village October 13, 2020 (2020-10-13)
31"Spider Cuz Takes the Town" Greenwich Village October 25, 2020 (2020-10-25)
32"Trump Rally" Times Square October 29, 2020 (2020-10-29)
33"Halloween with Spider Cuz" New York November 1, 2020 (2020-11-01)
34"Election Night in New York" New York November 4, 2020 (2020-11-04)
35"Party in the Park" Washington Square Park November 9, 2020 (2020-11-09)
36"Spider Cuz Shuts Down the Park" Washington Square Park November 13, 2020 (2020-11-13)
37"Blakk Stakkz" Lower East Side November 20, 2020 (2020-11-20)
38"Anti-Mask Rally" Washington Square Park November 25, 2020 (2020-11-25)
39"Lil Mo Mozzarella" Little Italy November 30, 2020 (2020-11-30)
40"Sidetalk Cribs: Jesus Edition" Washington Square Park December 6, 2020 (2020-12-06)
41"Lil Agz" East Village December 13, 2020 (2020-12-13)
42"Anti-Mask Rally Part 2" Union Square December 17, 2020 (2020-12-17)
43"June Cancun" Harlem December 23, 2020 (2020-12-23)
44"Blakk Stakkz Part 2" Lower East Side December 28, 2020 (2020-12-28)
45"Truck Girl" SoHo January 3, 2021 (2021-01-03)
46"Bitchin Styles" Midtown January 16, 2021 (2021-01-16)
47"Yams Day with A$AP Rocky & A$AP Mob" New York January 18, 2021 (2021-01-18)
48"LeBron" Times Square January 24, 2021 (2021-01-24)
49"Wall St" Wall Street January 30, 2021 (2021-01-30)
50"Snowball Fight" Washington Square Park February 3, 2021 (2021-02-03)
51"Lil Mo for Mayor" Little Italy February 9, 2021 (2021-02-09)
52"Lil Agz Valentine's Day Special" SoHo February 14, 2021 (2021-02-14)
53"Big Body Bes" East New York February 20, 2021 (2021-02-20)
54"Welcome Home Bobby Shmurda" Union Square February 24, 2021 (2021-02-24)
55"Knicks Break .500" Madison Square Garden March 5, 2021 (2021-03-05)
56"Trump Returns to NYC" Trump Tower March 14, 2021 (2021-03-14)
57"ABG Neal Hits the Park" Washington Square Park March 22, 2021 (2021-03-22)
58"Stimmy Special" SoHo March 26, 2021 (2021-03-26)
59"Weed is Legal" Union Square April 3, 2021 (2021-04-03)
60"Coney Island's Finest" Coney Island April 10, 2021 (2021-04-10)
61"Chippi Chippi" Harlem April 16, 2021 (2021-04-16)
62"4/20" Washington Square Park April 21, 2021 (2021-04-21)
63"RIP DMX" Barclays Center April 25, 2021 (2021-04-25)
64"Anti-Vax Rally" Union Square May 8, 2021 (2021-05-08)
65"BkTidalWave" Union Square May 21, 2021 (2021-05-21)
66"World of T-Shirts" Times Square May 28, 2021 (2021-05-28)
67"Knicks Lose" Madison Square Garden June 3, 2021 (2021-06-03)
68"Ray-Dizzle" Union Square June 11, 2021 (2021-06-11)
69"Juneteenth Cookout" Harlem June 22, 2021 (2021-06-22)
70"Water Balloon Fight" Central Park June 27, 2021 (2021-06-27)
71"Coney Island Glizzy Eating Contest" Coney Island July 4, 2021 (2021-07-04)
72"4th of July in Dyckman" Dyckman Street July 6, 2021 (2021-07-06)
73"World of T-Shirts Part 2" Times Square July 13, 2021 (2021-07-13)
74"Pop Smoke Day" Canarsie July 21, 2021 (2021-07-21)
75"Bronx Dominican Day Parade" The Bronx July 31, 2021 (2021-07-31)
76"Blakk Stakkz Part 3" Lower East Side August 7, 2021 (2021-08-07)
77"Bye Bye Cuomo" Union Square August 11, 2021 (2021-08-11)
78"Stoney Mama" The Bronx August 21, 2021 (2021-08-21)
79"Rich Rhymer Cookout" Harlem August 25, 2021 (2021-08-25)
80"Ferris Wheel in Times Square" Times Square September 3, 2021 (2021-09-03)
81"Coney Island Ski Club" Coney Island September 10, 2021 (2021-09-10)
82"Little Italy with Kai Cenat" Little Italy September 18, 2021 (2021-09-18)
83"Lil Mo at San Gennaro" Little Italy October 1, 2021 (2021-10-01)
84"The End of the Bandemic" Harlem October 9, 2021 (2021-10-09)
85"Comic Con with Spider Cuz" New York Comic Con October 16, 2021 (2021-10-16)
86"Knicks Season Opener" Madison Square Garden October 21, 2021 (2021-10-21)
87"Glizzy Patrol with ABG Neal" Little Italy November 12, 2021 (2021-11-12)
88"A Coney Island Thanksgiving" Coney Island November 25, 2021 (2021-11-25)
89"Movie Moe" East Harlem December 14, 2021 (2021-12-14)
90"Big Girl Winter" Rockefeller Center December 25, 2021 (2021-12-25)
91"Meals by Cugine" Midtown January 15, 2022 (2022-01-15)
92"2nd Annual Sidetalk Snowball Fight" Washington Square Park January 30, 2022 (2022-01-30)
93"Spider Cuz Hits Little Italy" Little Italy February 5, 2022 (2022-02-05)
94"June Cancun Takes SoHo" SoHo March 6, 2022 (2022-03-06)
95"Boogie Down Bronx" The Bronx April 9, 2022 (2022-04-09)
96"4/20 Meetup" Union Square April 21, 2022 (2022-04-21)
97"ABG Neal hit the LES" Lower East Side May 7, 2022 (2022-05-07)
98"Bobby for Governor" Lower East Side June 12, 2022 (2022-06-12)
99"Puerto Rican Festival" Spanish Harlem June 18, 2022 (2022-06-18)
100"2nd Annual Sidetalk Water Balloon Fight" Central Park June 28, 2022 (2022-06-28)
101"4th of July in Coney Island" Coney Island July 6, 2022 (2022-07-06)
102"Meals by Cugine Part 2" Lower East Side August 4, 2022 (2022-08-04)
103"Subway Series" Yankee Stadium August 24, 2022 (2022-08-24)
104"Lil Mo & Stace Take the Feast" Little Italy October 1, 2022 (2022-10-01)
105"Halloween Meetup" Union Square November 2, 2022 (2022-11-02)
106"Chippi Chippi Takes Times Square" Times Square December 1, 2022 (2022-12-01)
107"Valentine's Day with Movie Moe" Lower East Side February 14, 2023 (2023-02-14)
108"2nd Annual Sidetalk 4/20 Meetup" Union Square April 21, 2023 (2023-04-21)
109"Knicks Win" Madison Square Garden May 11, 2023 (2023-05-11)
110"Drake Week" Madison Square Garden July 27, 2023 (2023-07-27)
111"Starlets with Drake" Queens July 30, 2023 (2023-07-30)
112"Blakk Stakkz vs. Taylor Swift" Lower East Side February 11, 2024 (2024-02-11)
113"Phuck Philly" Madison Square Garden May 3, 2024 (2024-05-03)

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