Erie's John Oliver responds to Last Week Tonight's John Oliver
On the most recent episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, the host mentioned the canceled plans for a $300 million recycling plant for Erie, along with a historic anecdote about Mad Anthony Wayne and how his corpse was boiled in oil to have his skeleton shipped back to his home town, stating 'and thanks to the foiled recycling plant, remains the only thing I will ever know about Erie, Pennsylvania.'
In response, VisitErie posted a video to their social media featuring their own John Oliver standing in front of the kettle used to boil the general's corpse, which is on display at the Hagen History Center, inviting the TV host to come visit the site any time while also calling attention to the great things about Erie.
'But from John Oliver to another, we wanted to share some other things that you should know about Erie,' the Erieite said.
Oliver also pointed out Erie's renowned beaches on Presque Isle State Park, along with some notable figures who've called Erie home, including Train's Pat Monahan, Former Head of Homeland Security Tom Ridge and how Tom Hanks wrote and directed the movie That Thing You Do about a band from Erie.
Oliver also called attention to Erie's fishing scene, Waldameer and its massive grape growing industry for notable companies like Welch's, punctuating the video with an invitation for the two to have dinner.
'Consider this your official invitation to learn more about Erie, Pennsylvania and even join me for dinner here in Erie because what's better than one John Oliver, but two John Olivers,' he said.
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