‘Detroiters’
“Next time, when they ask you where you’re from / You gonna say Detroit city, when we get back on our feet.” There’s been a groundswell of interest in the historically moribund Detroit Lions franchise ever since the world was introduced to their fiery, musclebound head coach Dan Campbell in the 2022 season of Hard Knocks, but now the Lions are playing the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship Game this Sunday, January 28, marking the Lions’ first appearance in the game since … 1991! As a lifelong fan of the Lions — the least successful NFL franchise of the Super Bowl era — I’m ecstatic to see the team riding so high, but even more thrilled to see the way that the city is coming together to support the Honolulu blue & silver. Detroit area natives and burgeoning comedy icons Tim Robinson and Sam Richardson have been been spotted on the sidelines of the team’s playoff wins, which is as good a reason as any to recommend watching the gut-bustingly hilarious series they co-created together back in 2017, Detroiters. “You don’t know about The D…”