John Oliver encased himself in plastic to accept Danbury, Connecticut sewage plant honor

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The Last Week Tonight host made good on Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton’s news that the Last Week Tonight host would show up in person to accept the honor of the sewage plant being renamed for him. Oliver was quoted by The Danbury News-Times as offering a profound statement during the ceremony: “Think about it, this place takes the worst that humanity can produce, and transforms it into something that we can live with. And now more than ever, there’s something inspirational in that, because at the end of this awful, awful year, what could be more important than evidence that, if we want to, we can come together, overcome our differences and sort our (expletive) out.”