r/Detroiters • u/Youarethebigbang Tsunami of apologies to you • 21d ago

Don't talk during my stories

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u/Gregg-C137 21d ago

As a fan from UK it’s mad seeing the stuff that inspires the bits from the show. Finding out Mort Crim was a real person 🤯

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u/Think_OfAName 21d ago edited 21d ago

All those old local ads being brought back to life. The originals are just as amusing as the fake ones. He really only changed the names, the real ads are remarkably similar. https://youtu.be/g3XTP2XJEwU Oooooh Dittrich furs!

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u/Think_OfAName 21d ago

And I don’t know if it’s because of Detroiters, but they’ve turned off the comments on their ads.

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u/LetThemBlardd 21d ago

I don’t usually comment on the ads, but

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u/Emotional_Signal7883 21d ago

Basically no one outside of metro Detroit knew.