Dildo loves Jimmy: late-night TV host named honorary mayor if he visits

After a week-long campaign, American late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel has been named mayor of Dildo, N.L., but there's a catch.

Kimmel has yet to visit the Avalon Peninsula community, but Dildo's committee was willing to choose him for the job should heagreeto visit.

"We've ruled conditionally that you will be made honorary mayor," Andrew Pretty told Kimmel on Thursday's episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live.

I will be a fair mayor, I will be a kind mayor.- Jimmy Kimmel

Pretty, a member of the local service district committee, has been front and centre in most of Kimmel's segments.

"We're going to give you the honour, but you've still got to come to Newfoundland at some point," he told the TV host.

Successful campaign

Kimmel was thrilled and agreed to the conditions.

"That goes without saying," he said.

"I will be a fair mayor, I will be a kind mayor."

After Premier Dwight Ball formally invitedKimmel to Dildo on Monday, with the host responding he had sent his "emissary," Guillermo Rodriguez, Ball made a trip to Dildo to appear on Thursday's show as well.

"We have some of the most amazing people on Earth," Ball told Kimmel.

The "Kimmel for Mayor"running gag started on his show Aug. 8 when he said he learned of the town's unique name and announced he wanted to be its mayor.

Of course, Kimmel's election is only an honorary title Dildo is a local service district and doesn't have a mayor.

Nominal title

But Kimmel wasn't bothered by being mayor in name only.

"I won't have to do any work as mayor, will I?" he asked.

"No, that's why it's honorarythat means you won't have to do anything," Pretty said.

The committee of the local service district also presented Kimmel's sidekick, Guillermo Rodriguez, with a key to Dildo.

Rodriguez had been campaigning onKimmel'sbehalf since Monday, shaking hands and smiling for selfies in the Newfoundland community.

Good press for Dildo

Kimmel'sjokehas been a boon for the community, with bars, restaurantsand shops bustling with visitors.

Wanda Lee Poole says Dildo is having fun with the joke and taking advantage of all the attention.

"I think the publicity works both ways, and I think it's wonderful," she said.

"We're proud of our little community, and it is getting a lot of show right now it's just a beautiful thing."

Randy Sooley says he hasnever seen Dildo so busy.

"Dildo's received more exposure in the past two weeks, perhaps, than it ever has before, so it's wonderful," he said.

"Certainly, the business community are nothing but winners out of all this."

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