It wasn’t such a crappy deal after all: Danbury got money for charity and welcomed a celebrity during a pandemic, and comedian John Oliver got publicity, his name on the city’s sewage treatment plant and material for his show.
With a picture and two sentences, Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton announced on Facebook early Monday that Oliver had visited the plant. The secret, tongue-in-cheek ribbon-cutting took place last week and solidified a deal that ended a series of back-and-forth jabs that started with the potty-mouthed Oliver’s random cuts on Danbury during one of his summer shows.
The picture shows Boughton and Oliver, both wearing masks, next to a new sign proclaiming the plant the “John Oliver Memorial Sewer Plant, Danbury CT.