DANBURY, CT — If you thought Mayor Mark Boughton's joke about naming the sewage plant after the city's tormentor, comedian John Oliver, would give him the last word, think again.
The host of HBO's "Last Week Tonight" told his audience on Sunday night's show that he would donate $55,000 to Danbury area charities, including $25,000 to the Connecticut Food Bank, $25,000 to a Donors Choose fund for Danbury teachers and $5,000 to ALS Connecticut, if Boughton made good on his joke about naming the city sewage plant after Oliver. The comedian said he would even foot the bill to have the sign, bearing his name, made.
"I will happily do all of that if — and only if — your mayor makes good on his promise to officially name that sewage plant after me because I want this. I need this," Oliver said.
The comedian gave the mayor a one-week deadline to make his response, and entreated "I beg of you: Don't Danbury this one up!"
On Twitter Monday morning, Boughton appeared to acknowledge Oliver's offer:
Yeah. We are on it
@iamjohnoliver. Standby.. pic.twitter.com/UFZL7VD4yQ
— Mayor Mark Boughton (@MayorMark) August 31, 2020
The most recent dust-up between the Oliver and Boughton began two weeks ago when te HBO host swerved out of a segment on jury selection foibles in Connecticut to call out Danbury:
"If you are going to forget a town in Connecticut, why not forget Danbury because — and this is true — (expletive) Danbury. From its charming railway museum, to its historic hearthstone castle, Danbury Connecticut can eat my whole (expletive)," Oliver said.
Boughton delivered a much-promoted "payback" that weekend when he said he promised in a Facebook video to rename the city sewage plant the "John Oliver Memorial Sewage Plant"because "it's full of [expletive bleeped]."
Even the city's professional hockey team got some licks in at the comedian's expense, with the Hat Tricks' communications director Casey Bryant warning Oliver on YouTube that "We have a proud history of beating the tar out of people."
Oliver responded to Bryant's response in Sunday night's show as well:
In a later Facebook livestream, Boughton clarified that the plan to rename the plant was "just a joke," but Oliver is apparently not letting that go.
Danbury first made its way onto Oliver's radar back in 2017 when the comedian mocked the city's video entry into the Amazon HQ2 sweepstakes as humorously similar to the those of other cities.
August 31, 2020 at 09:58PM
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