All my boys call me Bing Bong Guy now, he says. 'The phrase is derived from the subway doors closing: Stand. 'Bing bong' he shouted, tugging on his Knicks t-shirt. 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. ‘The Amount of Times I Got Bing-Bonged in My Face Was Hysterical’ Jordie Bloom said bing bong in a video outside Madison Square Garden. Sidetalk, meanwhile, is a verified account run by New York University students. Replaced by two simple words: 'Bing Bong. 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’ adlib. A man named Jordie Bloom shared his excitement and the rest is history.
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.” When asked by ESPN about the origin of Bing Bong, fan Jordie Bloom said that it comes from the sound of subway doors closing.
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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. He was also influenced by the introductory sound of Sidetalk’s videos and the renowned song Bing Bong by New York rapper Nem. 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.
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