DANBURY, Conn. — A Connecticut town’s officials are showing comedian John Oliver what they think about his expletive-filled rant about their city — they’re naming the local sewage treatment plant after him.page on Saturday that shows him at the plant.
The new name comes after a recent episode of HBO’s “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” in which he explored the racial disparities in the jury selection process, citing problems in a few Connecticut towns.In the segment, Oliver noted Danbury’s “charming railway museum” and its “historic Hearthstone Castle.”
It wasn’t exactly clear what prompted Oliver to go off on Danbury. A message seeking comment was left for his agent Sunday.
_Oddities iamjohnoliver if Danbury fucks this up... I feel like it's necessary for you to know Torrington sucks even more than Danbury.
_Oddities Hey! A lot of local charities are going to benefit from their wise decision. They didn't Danbury it up.
_Oddities Treatment plant will still be eating less shit per day than Oliver should.
_Oddities Get f*ked John Oliver !
_Oddities And he loves it. They're really cutting off their nose, to spite their face. Every day, Danbury citizens will see his name and be reminded, which is exactly what Oliver wanted LOL. Morons
_Oddities Funniest part of this is that a civilizations ability to process waste is the most basic critical factor to the success of said civilization.
_Oddities Not as good as the koala chlamydia ward also named after John Oliver
_Oddities No they didn't it was a big publicity stuff and you fell for it
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_Oddities The thing is: iamjohnoliver will love that.
_Oddities 😴 💤 🛏
_Oddities Why do these British people think we care about their political views?
_Oddities No shit...that's literally taking the piss.
_Oddities You say it like it's an insult, LastWeekTonight will take it as a badge of honor, I'm sure he'll feature it on his next show. iamjohnoliver
_Oddities Prefect! He's so full of shit he needed a sewage plant!
_Oddities I was a Democrat but voted then ‘16 Nominee Trump after I prayed to Holy Ghost to GUIDE ME WHO to VOTE.I ENDED VOTING TRUMP & STILL BELIEVE GOD WANTS ME to VOTE for HIM AGAIN! Registered DEMOCRATS CAN VOTE REPUBLICANS in your BALLOT!🙏MAGARED Holiness & 🇺🇸will be BLESSED!
_Oddities Lol. Next weeks show is going to be awesome.
_Oddities Make it a Memorial for his eventual death.
_Oddities Is the the pedo guy
_Oddities I've always called my toilet 'The John'. Now it has a surname.
_Oddities 😂 I can’t say I don’t appreciate the absurdity of our modern times.
_Oddities John's new name shit men
LextheTRex _Oddities LOL!!!
_Oddities He is going to love this
_Oddities The name Memorial implies that John Oliver is dead, which he isn’t. So once again Danbury can’t get it right.
_Oddities So when everyone uses the John, it goes to the John Oliver Sewage Plant. Brilliant!
_Oddities They are playing with fire
_Oddities At least they didn't name it after a pedophile trump...
_Oddities Shade........I'm impressed. 😉
_Oddities live look at the Danbury mayor's office
_Oddities Maybe the Danbury officials should have more important things to do
_Oddities they do NOT know John Oliver....😂
_Oddities Touché
_Oddities In 2002, Grand Forks, ND named a sewage lift station for humor columnist rayadverb for mocking the city and he showed up for the dedication. JohnOliver
_Oddities Rename it the DNC
_Oddities I think he would be honored, considering sewage plant is suppose to clean shit 😂 😂
_Oddities How stupid they are. He'll love this.
_Oddities dirtytorta
_Oddities So, one of these things is a toxic dump, and the other is a sewage treatment plant.
_Oddities Fitting.
_Oddities Happily paying $15 a month to HBO for LastWeekTonight and also RealTimers.
_Oddities If they to think this would upset him, the joke is on them.
_Oddities Will they rename the Streisand effect the Danbury Effect?
_Oddities ...And...John Oliver is now flattered.
_Oddities A water treatment plant takes sewage and makes drinkable water from it. It would have been more appropriate to name the town dump after him.
_Oddities How old is that Mayor ? 10 ?
_Oddities Nasty colonizers
_Oddities I love John Oliver and am on his side, but this is objectively funny as fuck
_Oddities Cc WiserMeany
_Oddities See also: Fred Durst Society of the Humanities and Arts
_Oddities He will legit be thrilled about this.
_Oddities And he’ll be honored. You’re 💩 at trolling, Danbury. Oliver:2 Danbury:0
_Oddities Dirty Danbury strikes again
_Oddities He's gonna love this! Can't wait how he trolls them back 10000%
_Oddities I'm thinking he won't be insulted
_Oddities Screw Danbury but I do like that they'll always have to think of iamjohnoliver
_Oddities This is honestly fucking hilarious kshsnsnsnsnvsh
_Oddities Proving John Oliver 100000% CORRECT. How to self-own, by Danbury CT 😂
_Oddities That’s because he’s full of....... Come on....you were all thinking it!
_Oddities that how you live in someones head full time
_Oddities Awesome can’t wait for his response
_Oddities You can't name something a memorial plant unless the person is dead. So this is either a thinly veiled death threat against John Oliver, or the mayor is one of those 'uneducated white men' lawyers love to stock juries with.
_Oddities Were they trying to insult him or honor him because he is going to love this
_Oddities Do they not realize how bad an idea it is to take a shot at a comedian? This is just their cue to return fire
_Oddities He’s going to love this
_Oddities So, instead of fixing the problems regarding jury duty and race, they decided to name their sewer after him? Y’all priorities are screwed up. If y’all think this is insulting him, it means you haven’t been watching his show🤣.
_Oddities This will be the second most interesting thing in Danbury now, right after the mall.
_Oddities Hilarious. He’s going to love this. 😹😹😹
_Oddities Ironic, the Danbury community behaving exactly how John Oliver mocked them for. 👍
_Oddities Is john oliver a comedian? The only thing that's funny about him is how dumb he looks
_Oddities
_Oddities Brilliant! Reaping everything his work has sown.
_Oddities benshapiro, glennbeck, michaeljknowles, andrewklavan, DavidJHarrisJr, DC_Draino
_Oddities If this is meant as an insult to John Oliver, they really don't get him. He's probably kicking himself that he didn't think of it first. LastWeekTonight
_Oddities darkfictionfan 😂
_Oddities John Oliver is correct. Danbury's thin skin Republican Mayor knows the truth hurts.
_Oddities Except John’s not dead, so using the term “Memorial” is dumb and incorrect. Damn, Danbury can’t even get their clapbacks correct 🤦🏻♀️😂
_Oddities Oh, boy. That mayor will be buried by Oliver next week😂
_Oddities Man a sewage treatment plant named after him? Some guys have all the luck.
_Oddities Danbury, CT just put itself squarely in the crosshairs of John Oliver's Proud Accomplishment Mentions.
_Oddities Nice try to troll him but he's from the British Midlands... This would be an upgrade
_Oddities Good job John Oliver! I'm with you!
_Oddities So they name something, after him, that takes in a lot of shite, and then turns it into something usable...cool.
_Oddities Hahaha. City level trolling.
_Oddities How about just focus on containing coronavirus, Danbury?
_Oddities And his comedy is shit so it seems to fit
_Oddities They should have kept quiet and hoped he forgot about them.
_Oddities Sounds like this Mayor bit off more shit than they could chew
_Oddities Appropriate name for something that is consistently full of shit.
_Oddities Oliver right now:
_Oddities You just know that he'll get a kick out of this. He won't be offended in the slightest.
_Oddities LastWeekTonight it’s always an honor to be recognized by the community sewagePlant
_Oddities John Oliver pretends to have a serious grievance against a place that shouldn't elicit any strong feelings as a joke, and Danbury's leadership didn't get it. Or maybe they did get it, and this is their contribution? (Seems more likely that they didn't get it.)
_Oddities cringe
_Oddities Awesome
_Oddities Oh no
_Oddities I assume this is a dream come true for a comedian of iamjohnoliver 's caliber
_Oddities While they are about it, rename the town, shitsville.
_Oddities Love it. Conservatives do TRUE comedy.
_Oddities First off, they need to learn how to take a joke. Second, they do NOT realize how much of an ego boost that is gonna be for him
_Oddities You're going to make him come down there...and celebrate.
_Oddities Danbury has been renamed Streisand Effect, Connecticut.
_Oddities Well played, All.
_Oddities iamjohnoliver What a success!! What‘s next Aim higher. We are watching with glee.
_Oddities Well, John Oliver does perform the public service of taking society’s shit and making it easier for all of us to see through it.
_Oddities Imagine the stink in the city if 'John Oliver' fails to do his job.
_Oddities Love this
_Oddities Dear iamjohnoliver LastWeekTonight, in case you missed, an essential environmental treament plant is now in your name! Why would Danbury officials think this is an insult to John? Without sewage treatment plant the whole town will be in deep💩Republicans are not smart 🤦🏼♀️
_Oddities They’ll be reminded of John Oliver all day long, every day - when they go to from work, go to and from lunch, write an email, answer the phone, give directions, when they talk about their work... ^Rent Free^ LastWeekTonight
HotlineJosh _Oddities I've heard of Boughton, but who the f*** is John Oliver?
_Oddities Bravo! Vote
_Oddities The funny thing is, this will probably lead to them being made fun of more.
_Oddities Very funny. I love to watch John Oliver. He can take it.
_Oddities A sewer plant will be in good company, John also has a koala bear chlamydia treatment plant named after him in Australia.
_Oddities He's probably either gonna ignore it, or exploit the FUCK outta it.
_Oddities 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
_Oddities He will consider it an honor. It’s right up his alley.
_Oddities Wouldn't name my toilet and all that is in it after this idiot
_Oddities Can’t stop laughing. That’s pretty hilarious
_Oddities
_Oddities Looking forward to Mr. Oliver’s comment.
_Oddities Kgfromri
_Oddities realhecklerbrad
_Oddities John Oliver will be honored and no they won't. Sewage treatment plants are always named after the area locale. Sure, possibly for a week but really who cares? John is loving the publicity I'm sure. This is America.
JimLaPorta _Oddities Why is it the John Oliver Memorial? He’s alive. Seems weird
_Oddities Nice self-own, Danbury.
_Oddities No only am I convinced he will take this as an honor, they just picked an unwinnable fight. He will milk this FOR MONTHS AND YEARS. We will never see the jokes coming either, they get sneaked into other jokes, just like his jabs at AT&T and they fact we don't know maps.
_Oddities 🤣😂🤣🤣
_Oddities I'd bet John Oliver loves this. 100%
_Oddities the funniest part is he was making a throwaway joke and doesn't actually give a shit about danbury. the second funniest part is this will just lead to him making fun of them again, but probably a little mean this time.
_Oddities I
_Oddities “Connecticut town criticized for prejudicial public policy performs knee-jerk reaction in retaliation to said criticism”
_Oddities John Oliver doesn’t care what you think about him
_Oddities Its a notable improvement to the town
_Oddities They're too stupid to know he'll love that and make a whole segment about it.
_Oddities Well then it will be the most well known sewage treatment plant in the country if not the world. HookLineSinker
_Oddities 😆
_Oddities Be careful, that works both ways. Burned acres in CA named Trumpville
JimLaPorta _Oddities News Flash: The entire city of Danbury, CT is a Sewage Treatment Facility.
_Oddities LastWeekTonight iamjohnoliver I am first in line for John’s t-shirt sale that will benefit some great charity!
JimLaPorta _Oddities And John could not be prouder
_Oddities POWER MOVE
_Oddities The key which apparently Danbury mayor forgot is the problems with Danbury jury system. Your angry at the wrong thing. Oliver speaks truth unequivocally.
_Oddities Brilliant. John will both take it well and never stop taking Danbury down a peg. Handling hecklers / trolls is comedy 101. Way to attack the messenger and prove that Oliver is right that Danbury is full of shit.
_Oddities …is that a bad thing…?
_Oddities Does anyone know if they are organizing a big shit in before he cuts the ribbon?
_Oddities Fuck Danbury,CT This is why there is mass incarceration of POC!!! unaccptable
_Oddities I bet he is proud as if he was knighted.
_Oddities Sounds like Oliver touched a nerve or two. It’s not going to bother him one bit either. If anything, it’s a notch on bow strap.
_Oddities This is how he should be doing news conferences: announce a major decision and a few actions being taken by the government, answer a few questions and then hit the road
_Oddities It’s a shithole town. SorryNotSorry
_Oddities He’s doing it right
_Oddities Brilliant...
_Oddities How sensitive lol
_Oddities He's going to LOVE this😆
_Oddities Lol so now the only thing anyone will know Danbury for is it’s sewage. Excellent move.
_Oddities Sounds about right. Sewage treatments plants may not sound pleasant but communities rely on them. Wishing the **** away doesn’t work. It has to be dealt with.
_Oddities So, they want the Streisand effect? They want MORE scrutiny?
_Oddities Lol
_Oddities i didn’t know i could have preemptive schadenfreude for an entire town
_Oddities Dude is about as funny as a rubber crutch.
_Oddities First, he gets a Koala Chlamydia Ward named after him, now a sewage plant. This is not an insult.
_Oddities I’m sure John Oliver will take it as a compliment.
_Oddities Lol love it
_Oddities So the OPINION piece is mostly about how wealthy the late night hosts are comparatively. But shouldn’t our system reward those best and brightest? As for the taxes, same hypocrisy.
_Oddities My stomach hurts. I need to take a massive John Oliver.
_Oddities Boy, this is going to backfire completely.
_Oddities Oh oh, do me next.
_Oddities Does he know what happened to Bob Murray?
_Oddities Is he showing up for the dedication?
_Oddities So yall really think he not finna troll the shit outta yall?!?! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
JonMIPol _Oddities He will literally love this 😂 iamjohnoliver
_Oddities 😂😂😂 I cant wait to hear what he says about this on his next episode. LMFAO!
_Oddities
_Oddities Good fuck John olivier
_Oddities Just give him more fuel you assholes!
_Oddities As his commentary is excremental, seems appropriate
_Oddities My guess is that he couldn’t be more honored.
_Oddities LOL
_Oddities All sewage plants should be named after Trump. And garbage dumps!
_Oddities He will love it
JoshMankiewicz _Oddities Beautiful!
_Oddities This is supposed to be an own? 😂
_Oddities Haha yes!!
_Oddities Shots fired. I can’t wait for the response.
_Oddities The entire 20-minute “Last Week Tonight” segment on jury duty is on YouTube. Danbury is mentioned about 6 minutes in.
_Oddities I lost all respect for John Oliver after reading this article. Using loopholes to avoid paying your taxes to the New York City, but pretending to care for those struggling and a just society. Hypocrite.
_Oddities The rest of New England watching iamjohnoliver rip CT:
_Oddities Pretty sure this is some good viral marketing to boost local tourism, and well done to both parties 👍
_Oddities I love iamjohnoliver ❤️
_Oddities Good old Yankee ingenuity.
_Oddities How fitting.
_Oddities This is awesome!!!!
_Oddities lol I'm sure he'll get a kick out of it.
_Oddities He's got a koala chlamydia ward named after him. A shit plant from a shit town is nothing
_Oddities Fuck Danbury, Connecticut!
_Oddities playing right into his hands
_Oddities julyth12