( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: THAT WAS ROMANTIC.
THAT WAS SEXY.
I DON'T KNOW WHO THAT WAS.
YEAH.
>> Jon: I DON'T WHO THAT WAS.
>> Stephen: I DON'T KNOW BUT I WOULDN'T LET MY GIRLFRIEND
TRAVEL AROUND WITH HIM.
( LAUGHTER ) MEANWHILE, TROUBLES CONTINUE TO
MOUNT FOR E.P.A. CHIEF AND GUY FANTASIZING ABOUT EATING A
PANDA, SCOTT PRUITT.
PRUITT IS CURRENTLY FACING AT LEAST 11 INVESTIGATIONS
EXAMINING HIS FIRST CLASS TRAVEL, PAY RAISES GIVEN TO HIS
STAFF, AND MONEY SPENT ON SECURITY AND OFFICE FURNISHINGS,
INCLUDING A $43,000 SOUNDPROOF PHONE BOOTH FOR HIS OFFICE.
IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT THAT, IT'S BECAUSE THE BOOTH IS
WORKING.
( LAUGHTER ) AND NOW WE JUST LEARNED THAT
THREE OF HIS TOP AIDES ARE LEAVING THE E.P.A. AND PRUITT
GAVE NO REASON FOR THEIR UNEXPECTED DEPARTURES.
"OKAY, MR. JOHNSON, WHAT WAS THE REASON YOU LEFT YOUR LAST
POSITION?
"OH, I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS TIME TO FOLLOW MY DREAM OF WORKING
SOMEWHERE THAT IS NOT UNDER 11 INVESTIGATIONS.
AND THIS PANERA SEEMS NICE.
DO WE CUT THE BREAD OR DOES THE BREAD COME PRE-CUT?"
BUT THAT'S ONLY ONE OF THE LATEST CONTROVERSIES SURROUNDING
PRUITT, BECAUSE HE'S ALSO UNDER FIRE FOR A $100,000 TRIP TO
MOROCCO, AND THE REVELATION THAT THE LOBBYIST WHO ORGANIZED THE
TRIP FOR PRUITT WAS THEN HIRED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF MOROCCO AS
A $40,000-A-MONTH FOREIGN AGENT.
40 GRAND?
FOR THAT KIND OF MONEY, YOU COULD JOIN THE SOUNDPROOF BOOTH
OF THE MONTH CLUB!
OF COURSE, THE E.P.A. INSISTS THAT HIS TRIP TO MOROCCO WAS A
LEGITIMATE EFFORT TO NAIL DOWN DETAILS OF A BILATERAL TRADE
AGREEMENT.
AND THANKS TO SCOTT PRUITT DENYING GLOBAL WARMING, WE'LL
SOON BE TRADING CLIMATES WITH MOROCCO.
( LAUGHTER ) SPEAKING OF SHADY BUSINESS, A
MUSEUM IN SOUTHERN FRANCE HAS DISCOVERED MORE THAN HALF ITS
COLLECTION IS FAKE.
YEAH, YEAH, THEY'RE PRETTY UPSET ABOUT THAT.
MORE UPSET THAN I THOUGHT.
( LAUGHTER ) IT'S THE BIGGEST SCANDAL TO HIT
THE FRENCH ART WORLD SINCE WE LEARNED THAT MIMES CAN TALK.
( LAUGHTER ) THEY'VE.
BEEN.
LYING.
TO.
US.
( LAUGHTER ) LOCATED IN A SMALL TOWN IN
SOUTHERN FRANCE, THIS MUSEUM IS CENTERED AROUND THE EARLY
20TH CENTURY PAINTER ETIENNE TERRUS.
NEVER HEARD OF HIM?
THEN BOY DO I HAVE SOME PAINTINGS TO SELL YOU.
( LAUGHTER ) BECAUSE WHEN A LOCAL ART
HISTORIAN REVIEWED THE COLLECTION, HE FOUND THAT 82 OF
THE 140 PIECES IN THE COLLECTION WERE COUNTERFEITS.
82!
LESS THAN HALF OF THE PAINTINGS ARE REAL?
YOU'RE A MUSEUM LIKE HOW GATORADE IS JUICE.
( LAUGHTER ) APPARENTLY, SOME OF THE
FORGERIES DIDN'T EVEN TRY.
ONE PAINTING INCLUDED A CASTLE TOWER THAT HAD BEEN BUILT IN THE
LATE 1950S EVEN THOUGH ETIENNE TERRUS DIED IN 1922.
( LAUGHTER ) EXPERTS WERE FURTHER TIPPED OFF
WHEN THEY NOTICED ONE LANDSCAPE THAT FEATURED THE SIX FLAGS
BATMAN RIDE.
( LAUGHTER ) I WOULDN'T BEHIND THAT.
I'D LIKE THAT FOR MY OFFICE.
>> Jon: BATMAN!
>> Stephen: WHEN ASKED FOR EXCEPT, THE MUSEUM'S CURATOR
SAID -- NOTHING!
BECAUSE IT TURNS OUT THE TERRUS MUSEUM HAD NEITHER A CURATOR
NOR A TEAM DEDICATED TO ACQUISITIONS.
WHO GAVE THE GO-AHEAD TO PURCHASE THESE PAINTINGS?
THE JANITOR?
(FRENCH ACCENT) "OUI, I FOUND THESE PAINTINGS, THEY LOOK
PRETTY GOOD, I SAY, "OKAY WHY NOT?"
NOW, EXCUSE ME, AN AMERICAN TOURIST HAS FLUSHED A FIDGET
SPINNER."
RIF( PIANO RIFF ) SO, PRO TIP: ALWAYS GET A
PROFESSIONAL OPINION BEFORE INVESTING IN ANY ARTWORK.
I DID, BEFORE SINKING A HEFTY CHUNK OF CHANGE INTO THIS RARE
LEONARDO SELF-PORTRAIT "COWABUNGA DUDE."
( LAUGHTER ) ITALIAN IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL
LANGUAGE.
WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU TONIGHT.