After weeks broadcasting his passion for Dildo, N.L., late night comedian Jimmy Kimmel was named B次元官网网址渉onourary mayorB次元官网网址� Thursday night and made a commitment to visit the community.

A gaggle of residents and politicians appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live Thursday, offering the comedian a key to the community before setting off fireworks over the picturesque Dildo Cove.

Andrew Pretty, a committee member for the local service district, assured Kimmel that his new title will not involve any actual work, aside from an eventual visit to the province.

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The TV host accepted the deal, vowing to be a fair and kind mayor.

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Dildo has been bustling with visitors since Kimmel began running segments on the B次元官网网址渕agical placeB次元官网网址� that shares its name with a sex toy, declaring his intent to become mayor after learning the local service district does not have one.

Producers have been in Dildo this week to put up B次元官网网址淜immel for MayorB次元官网网址� signs and meet residents, with the host noting that the running joke has cost network ABC about $100,000.

Jimmy Kimmel Live correspondent Guillermo Rodriguez accepted the key to Dildo on behalf of the host after taking part in a Screech-in ceremony to become an honourary Newfoundlander by kissing a cod and taking a shot of rum.

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Dildo, located about 60 kilometres west of St. JohnB次元官网网址檚, is accustomed to jokes about its name. Its road signs have been photo destinations and targets of theft over the years. But residents share a certain pride in their homeB次元官网网址檚 unique name, rejecting proposals to rename the town, which has a population of 1,234 according to CanadaB次元官网网址檚 latest census.

KimmelB次元官网网址檚 televised campaign has thrust the community into an unprecedented limelight that residents seem to be basking in. Pretty said earlier this week that people were volunteering to display Kimmel signs on their properties in a show of Dildo pride, and some have cashed in on the surging Dildo frenzy by selling merchandise.

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Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Dwight Ball appeared on the show Thursday along with local politicians, boasting of his provinceB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址渁mazingB次元官网网址� people.

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Kimmel closed ThursdayB次元官网网址檚 segment by thanking residents for welcoming him and unveiling his gift to the town: a Hollywood-like Dildo sign, erected on a hilltop overlooking the community.

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Holly McKenzie-Sutter, The Canadian Press

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