DANBURY, Connecticut -- Comedian John Oliver upped the stakes in a tongue-in-cheek spat with a Connecticut city, offering to donate $55,000 to charity if officials follow through on a joke to name its ...

Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton is firing back at John Oliver a week after the comedian took some shots at Danbury on his HBO show "Last Week Tonight." During a segment on his August 16 show on racial ...

After a playful feud that has gone on for months, the sewage plant in Danbury is now named after comedian John Oliver and the host of “Last Week Tonight” made the trip from New York City to Danbury ...

Oliver is best known as the host and producer of HBO’s “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” and his work on “The Daily Show.” The comedian is no stranger to the state of Connecticut. In 2020, Oliver ...