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]
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| Also known as | sidetalknyc |
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| Created by | Trent Simonian Jack Byrne |
| Location | New York, NY |
| Years active | 2019–present |
| Genre(s) | Comedy Man-on-the-street |
| Followers | 1.5 million (February 7, 2024) |
History
editTrent 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
editOn 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
editThe following notable individuals appeared on the show as interviewees, unless otherwise noted:
- Drake, as guest host
- Travis Scott, as guest host
- ASAP Rocky, as guest host
- Cardi B, as guest host
- Bobby Shmurda, as guest host
- Big Body Bes, as guest host
- Kai Cenat, as guest host
- Lil Uzi Vert
- Casey Neistat
- Ice Spice
- Jordan Clarkson
- Michael Rapaport
- David Dobrik
- Rowdy Rebel
- Curtis Sliwa
- Julia Fox
- Wayne Diamond
Episodes
edit| No. | Title | Location | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "New York Fashion Week" | SoHo | September 9, 2019 |
| 2 | "Making Friends" | SoHo | September 15, 2019 |
| 3 | "San Gennaro" | Little Italy | September 19, 2019 |
| 4 | "The Village Hemp Shop" | MacDougal Street | September 23, 2019 |
| 5 | "Fun in Times Square" | Times Square | September 29, 2019 |
| 6 | "New York Comic Con" | New York Comic Con | October 4, 2019 |
| 7 | "Climate Change" | Washington Square Park | October 9, 2019 |
| 8 | "SantaCon" | Midtown | December 14, 2019 |
| 9 | "Happy Birthday Jonah Hill" | Union Square | December 20, 2019 |
| 10 | "Squirrels!" | Washington Square Park | January 18, 2020 |
| 11 | "Leeky Bandz" | Union Square | January 25, 2020 |
| 12 | "The Park" | Washington Square Park | January 28, 2020 |
| 13 | "City So Nice They Named It Twice" | Midtown | January 30, 2020 |
| 14 | "Super Bowl Sunday" | Midtown | February 2, 2020 |
| 15 | "Introducing Strangers" | Chinatown | February 11, 2020 |
| 16 | "Valentine's Day" | Union Square | February 14, 2020 |
| 17 | "Bieber Fever" | Midtown | February 17, 2020 |
| 18 | "Leap Year" | Midtown | February 29, 2020 |
| 19 | "Plastic Bag Ban" | Midtown | March 9, 2020 |
| 20 | "Purim" | Williamsburg | March 11, 2020 |
| 21 | "Trap Talk" | Midtown | September 5, 2020 |
| 22 | "Glazed Donuts" | SoHo | September 10, 2020 |
| 23 | "The Travis Scott Burger" | McDonald's | September 13, 2020 |
| 24 | "Jesus Gets Attacked" | Union Square | September 17, 2020 |
| 25 | "Jokertyme" | Washington Square Park | September 20, 2020 |
| 26 | "Spider Cuz" | Union Square | September 23, 2020 |
| 27 | "ABG Neal" | Midtown | September 27, 2020 |
| 28 | "Rapaport Talks Trump" | Washington Square Park | October 4, 2020 |
| 29 | "New York Ain't Dead" | Times Square | October 9, 2020 |
| 30 | "Spider Cuz Part 2" | East Village | October 13, 2020 |
| 31 | "Spider Cuz Takes the Town" | Greenwich Village | October 25, 2020 |
| 32 | "Trump Rally" | Times Square | October 29, 2020 |
| 33 | "Halloween with Spider Cuz" | New York | November 1, 2020 |
| 34 | "Election Night in New York" | New York | November 4, 2020 |
| 35 | "Party in the Park" | Washington Square Park | November 9, 2020 |
| 36 | "Spider Cuz Shuts Down the Park" | Washington Square Park | November 13, 2020 |
| 37 | "Blakk Stakkz" | Lower East Side | November 20, 2020 |
| 38 | "Anti-Mask Rally" | Washington Square Park | November 25, 2020 |
| 39 | "Lil Mo Mozzarella" | Little Italy | November 30, 2020 |
| 40 | "Sidetalk Cribs: Jesus Edition" | Washington Square Park | December 6, 2020 |
| 41 | "Lil Agz" | East Village | December 13, 2020 |
| 42 | "Anti-Mask Rally Part 2" | Union Square | December 17, 2020 |
| 43 | "June Cancun" | Harlem | December 23, 2020 |
| 44 | "Blakk Stakkz Part 2" | Lower East Side | December 28, 2020 |
| 45 | "Truck Girl" | SoHo | January 3, 2021 |
| 46 | "Bitchin Styles" | Midtown | January 16, 2021 |
| 47 | "Yams Day with A$AP Rocky & A$AP Mob" | New York | January 18, 2021 |
| 48 | "LeBron" | Times Square | January 24, 2021 |
| 49 | "Wall St" | Wall Street | January 30, 2021 |
| 50 | "Snowball Fight" | Washington Square Park | February 3, 2021 |
| 51 | "Lil Mo for Mayor" | Little Italy | February 9, 2021 |
| 52 | "Lil Agz Valentine's Day Special" | SoHo | February 14, 2021 |
| 53 | "Big Body Bes" | East New York | February 20, 2021 |
| 54 | "Welcome Home Bobby Shmurda" | Union Square | February 24, 2021 |
| 55 | "Knicks Break .500" | Madison Square Garden | March 5, 2021 |
| 56 | "Trump Returns to NYC" | Trump Tower | March 14, 2021 |
| 57 | "ABG Neal Hits the Park" | Washington Square Park | March 22, 2021 |
| 58 | "Stimmy Special" | SoHo | March 26, 2021 |
| 59 | "Weed is Legal" | Union Square | April 3, 2021 |
| 60 | "Coney Island's Finest" | Coney Island | April 10, 2021 |
| 61 | "Chippi Chippi" | Harlem | April 16, 2021 |
| 62 | "4/20" | Washington Square Park | April 21, 2021 |
| 63 | "RIP DMX" | Barclays Center | April 25, 2021 |
| 64 | "Anti-Vax Rally" | Union Square | May 8, 2021 |
| 65 | "BkTidalWave" | Union Square | May 21, 2021 |
| 66 | "World of T-Shirts" | Times Square | May 28, 2021 |
| 67 | "Knicks Lose" | Madison Square Garden | June 3, 2021 |
| 68 | "Ray-Dizzle" | Union Square | June 11, 2021 |
| 69 | "Juneteenth Cookout" | Harlem | June 22, 2021 |
| 70 | "Water Balloon Fight" | Central Park | June 27, 2021 |
| 71 | "Coney Island Glizzy Eating Contest" | Coney Island | July 4, 2021 |
| 72 | "4th of July in Dyckman" | Dyckman Street | July 6, 2021 |
| 73 | "World of T-Shirts Part 2" | Times Square | July 13, 2021 |
| 74 | "Pop Smoke Day" | Canarsie | July 21, 2021 |
| 75 | "Bronx Dominican Day Parade" | The Bronx | July 31, 2021 |
| 76 | "Blakk Stakkz Part 3" | Lower East Side | August 7, 2021 |
| 77 | "Bye Bye Cuomo" | Union Square | August 11, 2021 |
| 78 | "Stoney Mama" | The Bronx | August 21, 2021 |
| 79 | "Rich Rhymer Cookout" | Harlem | August 25, 2021 |
| 80 | "Ferris Wheel in Times Square" | Times Square | September 3, 2021 |
| 81 | "Coney Island Ski Club" | Coney Island | September 10, 2021 |
| 82 | "Little Italy with Kai Cenat" | Little Italy | September 18, 2021 |
| 83 | "Lil Mo at San Gennaro" | Little Italy | October 1, 2021 |
| 84 | "The End of the Bandemic" | Harlem | October 9, 2021 |
| 85 | "Comic Con with Spider Cuz" | New York Comic Con | October 16, 2021 |
| 86 | "Knicks Season Opener" | Madison Square Garden | October 21, 2021 |
| 87 | "Glizzy Patrol with ABG Neal" | Little Italy | November 12, 2021 |
| 88 | "A Coney Island Thanksgiving" | Coney Island | November 25, 2021 |
| 89 | "Movie Moe" | East Harlem | December 14, 2021 |
| 90 | "Big Girl Winter" | Rockefeller Center | December 25, 2021 |
| 91 | "Meals by Cugine" | Midtown | January 15, 2022 |
| 92 | "2nd Annual Sidetalk Snowball Fight" | Washington Square Park | January 30, 2022 |
| 93 | "Spider Cuz Hits Little Italy" | Little Italy | February 5, 2022 |
| 94 | "June Cancun Takes SoHo" | SoHo | March 6, 2022 |
| 95 | "Boogie Down Bronx" | The Bronx | April 9, 2022 |
| 96 | "4/20 Meetup" | Union Square | April 21, 2022 |
| 97 | "ABG Neal hit the LES" | Lower East Side | May 7, 2022 |
| 98 | "Bobby for Governor" | Lower East Side | June 12, 2022 |
| 99 | "Puerto Rican Festival" | Spanish Harlem | June 18, 2022 |
| 100 | "2nd Annual Sidetalk Water Balloon Fight" | Central Park | June 28, 2022 |
| 101 | "4th of July in Coney Island" | Coney Island | July 6, 2022 |
| 102 | "Meals by Cugine Part 2" | Lower East Side | August 4, 2022 |
| 103 | "Subway Series" | Yankee Stadium | August 24, 2022 |
| 104 | "Lil Mo & Stace Take the Feast" | Little Italy | October 1, 2022 |
| 105 | "Halloween Meetup" | Union Square | November 2, 2022 |
| 106 | "Chippi Chippi Takes Times Square" | Times Square | December 1, 2022 |
| 107 | "Valentine's Day with Movie Moe" | Lower East Side | February 14, 2023 |
| 108 | "2nd Annual Sidetalk 4/20 Meetup" | Union Square | April 21, 2023 |
| 109 | "Knicks Win" | Madison Square Garden | May 11, 2023 |
| 110 | "Drake Week" | Madison Square Garden | July 27, 2023 |
| 111 | "Starlets with Drake" | Queens | July 30, 2023 |
| 112 | "Blakk Stakkz vs. Taylor Swift" | Lower East Side | February 11, 2024 |
| 113 | "Phuck Philly" | Madison Square Garden | May 3, 2024 |
| 114 | "Kai Cenat & AMP Take NYC" | Greenwich Village | July 20, 2024 |
| 115 | "Utopia with Travis Scott" | MetLife Stadium | October 11, 2024 |
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