-Welcome, welcome, welcome to "The Tonight Show."
You're here. You made it. Thank you for watching at home.
Well, guys, it was a beautiful day here in New York City.
Wasn't it beautiful? [ Cheers and applause ]
68 and sunny, not a cloud in the sky,
until Snoop Dogg opened his dressing room.
Then...
That's right -- Snoop Dogg is my guest tonight!
The one and only. [ Cheers and applause ]
I love him. I'm so happy he's here.
I'll never forget what he said to me backstage.
He will, but I won't.
Well, this is exciting.
Snoop will be an NBC correspondent
for the Paris Olympics.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Let's just say it's a good thing they drug-test the Olympians
and not the broadcasters,
because Tara Lipinski would be in prison.
Some political news.
Over the weekend, former president Trump held
a beachfront rally on the Jersey shore.
Trump said he spends a lot of time in Jersey,
and you could tell because he opened his speech by saying,
"At the Jersey shore, we don't pump our gas.
We pump our fists."
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At one point, Trump called Bruce Springsteen a wacko,
and he claims that he draws a bigger crowd than him.
I'm pretty sure if you're attacking Bruce in Jersey,
you're the wacko.
Who wins in that situation?
Yeah, apparently, 100,000 people showed up
for the rally in Jersey.
Here's the breakdown of the crowd.
People -- 100,000. Sleeves -- zero.
Barbed wire tattoos -- 200,000.
-Wow. -Barbed wire.
Yeah, Trump spoke for nearly two hours
and he covered a lot, including his thoughts on Hannibal Lecter.
Real. Let's see how that went down.
-"Silence of the Lambs."
Has anyone ever seen "The Silence of the Lambs"?
The late, great Hannibal Lecter is a wonderful man.
He oftentimes would have a friend for dinner.
Remember the last scene? "Excuse me.
I'm about to have a friend for dinner."
As this poor doctor walked by.
"I'm about to have a friend for dinner."
But Hannibal Lecter, congratulations.
The late, great Hannibal Lecter.
-What's going on? -What?!
-What is going on? What is going on?
I'm no political expert, but maybe don't keep saying
"the late, great Hannibal Lecter."
Well, it turns out that's not the only surprising person
who Trump said nice things about.
Listen to this.
It was a long speech. Two-hour speech.
-Two hours. -Two-hour speech.
Some more Trump news.
Today, his former attorney, Michael Cohen,
took the stand in the Stormy Daniels hush-money trial.
Yep, Trump hadn't been face-to-face
with Michael Cohen since last year.
Melania heard and was like, "Twinsies!"
That's right -- Today, Michael Cohen testified
at Trump's trial, And you could --
The whole outcome could hinge on what he has to say.
Here's what happened this morning when the defense learned
that Cohen was appearing.
Trump's attorney said...
Trump said...
Then he said...
Then Trump said...
Then he said...
Then Trump said...
Then he said...
Then, finally, Trump said...
So they're on the same page.
Well, switching gears, apparently,
Oscar Mayer could be sold for up to $5 billion.
-Ooh! -Yeah.
Which means somewhere, there's a heated negotiation
that includes the word "Wienermobile."
Well, this is going viral.
Here in New York City, an elevator security camera
caught a delivery driver eating toppings off
someone's Papa John's pizza.
-Oh!
-It's never good when you answer the door
and the delivery guy is chewing.
You know what I'm saying?
People in New York City were shocked.
They were like, "Who the hell is ordering from Papa John's?"
In New York City? -Yeah.
-And, finally, a postal worker in Ohio
was pulled over for allegedly driving over 100 miles an hour,
which is pretty impressive, because I've never seen
one driving over 8.
We have a great show.
Give it up for The Roots, ladies and gentlemen!
♪♪ -Uh-huh.
Hey!
-Oh, my goodness!
-Oh!
-Welcome to the show, everybody.
Oh, thank you very much.
Guys, last reminder, because it airs tomorrow night,
tomorrow night at 9:00 p.m., right here on NBC,
it is "The Tonight Show 10th Anniversary Special."
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Tomorrow at 9:00, it airs.
It's great.
It's really, really funny. It's fantastic.
It's all of the best moments. It's got everything on there.
I just saw -- We're still editing it today.
It airs tomorrow.
But the Taylor Swift video when she's on pain meds for --
I think she had LASIK surgery. -Oh, yeah.
-And her mom sent in the video to us.
It's the funniest thing.
And she's crying over a banana she's eating?
That's in it. It's all this stuff.
Like, I'm trying to remember all the memories
and all the things that we've done, but, like --
Kevin Hart -- scaring him on the roller coaster.
-Oh, that was good. -That was for real.
I mean, Kevin's a good actor, I think,
but this is good acting.
Yeah, I mean, this is -- He was actually scared.
He hates roller coasters.
Tariq, you and I ziplining.
-Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. In Puerto Rico.
-In Puerto Rico and almost dying.
-The zipline was called The Monster or something, right?
Like, the -- -It was just terrible.
It was a terrible thing.
Like, it was the most frightening thing
I ever did in my lifetime.
And then we went down the zipline.
This is in Puerto Rico.
And it is called The Monster or something.
It's 2 miles long or something crazy?
-Yeah. -It's unbelievable.
And I did it, and I go, "It's all good.
It's good for the show."
And I got off and I go, "Alright, get me in a car.
Get me out of here, yeah."
And they go, "You can't just get in the car.
You have to take another zipline to the parking lot."
Another zipline.
I go, "You gotta be kidding me, man."
I felt like screaming. I felt like crying.
I didn't know what to do. Any emotion.
I'm in the jungle. They go, "You can't get --"
The only way you can get out is to zipline to safety."
And the first zipline was like this.
We're flying like that. -Right.
-And the fat on my face is going...
And then I get to the other one.
You kind of sit in a little harness
and you sit in the thing and you spin and it's awful
and it's embarrassing and I didn't like it.
And, Tariq, you went first, and it goes into, like, a cloud
or something and it goes like...
And I go, "Well, Tariq died. You know, he had a good life.
He had a good life."
And, you know...
And, so, then I go down and I go down and I go,
"Just get this over with."
I just -- Frightening.
I'm grabbing the thing and I'm, like, freaking out.
And I get there, and, of course, my thing stops.
Before the end, stops.
And Tariq is laughing because he's --
So, the instructor guy --
the guy has to shimmy himself over to me
and scissor me around.
And it's embarrassing.
And he's scissoring me to safety
and his legs are wrapped around me.
And Tariq's got his phone out, and I'm like,
"Put your phone -- Please put -- I'd rather --"
Anyway, that's in it. We have Paul McCartney.
We've got Neil Young, Jamie Foxx.
Man, Jamie Foxx is in it almost --
He's in almost half the special. He's so funny.
Miley Cyrus, Bradley Cooper.
Name anybody in the world,
and they're on the show tomorrow night.
Anyways, check it out. Bring the family together.
Everyone can get a good laugh.
Tomorrow night, 9:00, "The Best of The Tonight Show:
10-Year Special."
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Really good.
But first, what a great show we have for you tonight.
He's one of the most successful rap artists of all time,
and this summer, he'll be covering
the Paris Olympic Games for NBC and Peacock.
Snoop Dogg is here tonight.
[ Cheers and applause ]
One of my favorite dudes. We love him.
Plus, he is returning for the third season
of the hit Netflix show "Bridgerton."
The first four episodes are available this Thursday.
Jonathan Bailey is joining us.
Also in "Wicked." He's got a big...
Yeah, we're going to talk about some things he's into.
Plus, she is a golf icon and the subject of a new documentary,
"Dream Big: The Michelle Wie Story,"
which premieres this Saturday on NBC.
Michelle Wie West is here tonight.
[ Cheers and applause ]
And we got great music from Young Miko featuring Feid!
Young Miko.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Guys, I've been obsessed with this New York Times game lately.
Have you ever played "Connections"?
-Oh, yeah. [ Cheers and applause ]
-It's so fun. It's so fun.
But the day got away from me,
and I haven't done today's puzzle.
No spoilers.
But if you want, I think we could all do it together.
-Yeah. -Right?
It's time for "Tonight Show Connections."
Here we go. Let's do it.
-♪ "Tonight Show Connections" ♪
♪ Na, na, na, na, na ♪
♪ Oh, yeah ♪
-Alright, so, the way it works is that there's 16 random words
or phrases, and our goal is to find four groups of four words
that share a common theme.
Once we think we have one,
I'll click "submit" and see if we're right.
Higgins, you see anything there? -You know, I think I do.
-What? -Dirt, grass,
rosin, and pine tar.
-Uh-huh. Let's see what -- What is that, you think?
-I think it's, like, things on a baseball field.
-Oh, yeah, of course. Yeah, baseball.
Yep. Let's see it.
[ Ding ] Yeah.
Oh, in a -- ingredients in a baseball-stadium hot dog.
-Well, close. -Well, either way, we got it.
We got credit for it.
We got credit for it, but that's -- You got one, Quest?
-Yeah, I think so. -What?
-Let's see. There's 100%, definitely, for sure,
and always.
-And what does that mean?
-I guess words that mean, like, without any doubt.
-Yeah, yeah, that's probably good.
Alright, let's try that one.
[ Ding ]
Lies you tell your dentist when they ask,
"Do you floss every day?"
Yeah. Yeah, every day. Of course. Part of my routine.
I'm always -- Yeah. ABF -- always be flossin'.
Mark, you want to try this? -Yeah, let's go.
-Okay, bud.
-Silent, peaceful, quiet, and tranquil.
-This feels about right.
Let's see what that one -- What do you think it is?
-Words that mean no noise? -Yeah, of course.
Yeah, yeah, I got you. Let's try it.
[ Ding ] Oh, we got it right.
How all snorers describe how they sleep.
"What?! What do you mean?
Honey, I slept like a baby.
I slept like a baby last night."
Alright, so, we have this last one here, which I always --
This is the part of the game I go,
"Well, I'll try to figure it out."
We got boxing, we have wrestling,
fencing, and karate.
Let's see what those are.
I guess they're sports, right? Contact sports?
Things you see at a Waffle House after 2:00 a.m.
Oh. Fencing.
That's all for "Tonight Show Connections."
Stick around.
Snoop Dogg is joining us after the break.
That's my man.