Do You Want 'Tonight Show' Host Jimmy Fallon to Slow Jam Detroit?

Jimmy Fallon tried out Detroit’s famous coney island restaurants in 2013. (Photo via Instagram)

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More than 20,000 people think Jimmy Fallon should bring his late-night talk show to Detroit.

That’s according to a Facebook page launched by a Greg Hummel of Rochester, who wants Fallon to tape a week’s worth of episodes of ‘“The Tonight Show’’ in Detroit.

“We are a proud city with a rich cultural side that should be focused on with the national spotlight that a show like ‘The Tonight Show’ could bring,” Hummel, 35, a longtime Fallon fan and a 2001 graduate of Oakland University, said in an email to The Oakland Press.

“Detroit is not often looked at positively on a national scale, and it should be,” he said.

The effort has gain some big names. Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, who tweeted his support, the Detroit Red Wings’ Darren McCarty posted a video on YouTube asking Fallon to visit, and others are tweeting using the #Tonightshowdetroit hashtag.

Fallon visited Detroit in late 2013 before replacing Jay Leno as “The Tonight Show” host and shared an Instagram selfie at one of Detroit’s famed coney island restaurants.

“There are so many great things in Detroit and the surrounding area,” he said. “The Motown Museum and Detroit’s museums in general, The Heidelberg Project, Greektown, the (Detroit) Riverfront, Corktown, Tigers games in the summer, the list goes on and on.”

Tells Us:

• Assuming the page is successful and persuades NBC executives to bring “The Tonight Show” to Detroit, what attractions in your town should be on Jimmy Fallon’s must-visit list? Go!

A spokesperson from “The Tonight Show” didn’t return return an email from The Oakland Press seeking comment.

The show airs weeknights at 11:30 p.m. on WDIV-TV in Detroit.

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