The phrase has not only taken over NBA Twitter, but it's also extended to other media outlets, with the Knicks postgame show using the rallying cry after wins and even local newspapers splashing the phrase on their sports pages.īing Bong appears here to stay, now it's time to find out if the 4-1 Knicks are too. In the past week, however, its use has exploded it’s. Bing bong has been a rallying cry of Knicks fans since October and it even received a few write-in votes in the NYC mayoral election in early November. We added it into the Knicks episode as a reference to our previous episodes and it has since caught on as the Knicks’ unofficial slogan for the start of the season.” Seemingly overnight, the pair of onomatopoeic words has become a catchphrase of plugged-in New Yorkers and sports fans everywhere. “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. is the sound heard in the Sidetalk intro. commonly said in our Coney Island episodes and was invented by Coney Island rapper Nems and 2. Trent Simonian and Jack Byrne went into further detail about the background of Bing Bong in the Complex Sports story. I’m in this to try and create something that’s bigger than me," Bloom says. The community is amazing #bingbong- BingBongGuy October 23, 2021 If you have watched Side Talk videos in the past, you will know they all start with the Bing Bong sound in reference to the New York City subway. Jordie Bloom is the man in the video, or as he recently told Complex Sports, he is now known as "Bing Bong Guy". What did I get myself into? ???? - Evan Fournier October 21, 2021 Newly acquired Knicks guard, Evan Fournier post one of the best responses to the video, quote tweeting the clip and asking, "what have I gotten myself into". In the middle of the jubilation is a second long cut of a Knicks fan uttering the now famous two words: BING BONG!! Knicks Season Opener /RkzFM5O1pi- Sidetalk October 21, 2021 SideTalk NYC posted this completely insane video outside the arena, which naturally went viral. What followed outside the Garden was one of the most hilarious celebrations and reactions from a fan base desperate for the Knicks to become a force in the league after two decades of struggles.
#SIDETALK BING BONG FREE#
NBA League Pass: Sign up to unlock live out-of-market games (7-day free trial) Let's take it back to opening night, where the Knicks shook off the Boston Celtics for a double-overtime win in front of a rabid home crowd at the Madison Square Garden.
The New York Knicks have won. The hilarious catch cry has taken over NBA Twitter, but how did it come about? Though it’s only a start, we can probably all say “Bing Bong” to that.Those two words signify one thing. But when that creativity reaches mainstream status-being lip-synced by glammed-up celebrities-there’s not yet an effective way for the creator to be compensated, and in some cases, their work can get forgotten altogether.Ī GoFundMe created for TJ, who is sober, to help him get off the streets has currently raised over $37,000 of its $5,000 goal. I go all kinds of ways on this, because the free flow of creativity and the way TikTok facilitates the easy building and adapting and changing of content is exactly the magic that makes the app so remarkable (that, and the recently-leaked algorithm). 7, author Kate Lindsay writes that maybe there should be a way of compensating viral creators, particularly when rich and famous celebrities are co-opting the content. In an Embedded newsletter published on Dec. For instance, TJ, the man who asks Biden to buy him dinner, is homeless.
However, with the viral notoriety, there has also been some controversy, given the financial straights of the characters involved.