-Our first guest tonight is one of my favorites.
You'll be able to see him soon in the movie "North Hollywood."
Please welcome Vince Vaughn, ladies and gentlemen!
[ Cheers and applause ]
That's -- That's what I'm --
That's what I'm talking about, here.
Vince!
-Good to see you, man. -It is always --
-Congrats on being back in the studio.
-Oh, thank you, buddy. Yeah, we got an audience.
It's unbelievable. [ Cheers and applause ]
-It's amazing.
Like seeing a terrific dolphin released back into the ocean.
It's nice to see.
[ Laughter ]
-That's exactly how I'd describe it, yeah.
You were with us when we did our shows at home
and then in the other studio
and now back in our original "Tonight Show" with an audience,
so I appreciate you being a friend of the show.
Thank you for helping us out, buddy.
-Yeah, great to be with you.
Are you glad to be back?
-It's amazing.
I mean, to be honest, the first show we came back,
I was a little bit too emotional just coming out,
'cause I was like -- I wasn't ready for it.
I'm like, "Whew, I need to tell jokes."
[ Laughs ] But now it's the greatest.
It feels like we're slowly getting back to normal,
you know, so it feels good.
-Yeah, for sure. And it's nice to have a feeling about it
that you like, and I think that's a good thing.
-Yeah. Yeah, thanks. Yeah.
I was going to ask you, did you watch the Derby this weekend?
Kentucky Derby?
-You know, I usually always watch the Derby.
I never miss it.
But this year because of kids' sports, I did miss the Derby.
But I saw that Bob Baffert, who's a great trainer,
that he had kind of a long shot that won.
-Yeah, it was unbelievable.
Yeah, I know -- What, do you have to take the kids --
Are they playing baseball or something?
-Yeah. There was a baseball game and a soccer game,
and there was traveling involved.
We've talked about this.
For some reason, you have to drive 35 minutes
to play other 9-year-olds. It's a confusing process.
[ Laughter ]
I don't understand. I don't understand it,
but I'm on the train. It's not stopping,
but I don't understand.
-And of course, they're playing probably two different fields
and different times and all that stuff?
-And then you can't find --
I don't know which field is what.
There's a field behind the field and you didn't know about that.
And people are in tears, and you're late, and it's --
You know what I mean? It's all complicated.
But I'm glad we're playing.
I'm grateful the kids are back playing sports.
So, no complaints.
Now, did you enjoy the Derby? Was that an exciting --
What happened that made this memorable for you?
-I enjoyed it. I love -- I do --
For me, watching horse racing, it reminds me of my childhood,
'cause that was like a treat for us to go to like a smoky OTB
with a bunch of alcoholics,
and you just let the kids run free, and, yeah.
And Grandpa took me there, just bet on horses and just gambled,
bunch of people gambling, smoking cigarettes, and, yeah.
-I had the same childhood.
It was Arlington Park in Chicago.
And my dad would always take me, and there were a group of kids
that would play tag near the finish line.
My dad would let me pick horses. So there would be --
He would give me $2 a race.
And whatever we won, we would split, if I won.
And if I lost, we were even,
so I couldn't complain about the setup.
But, you know, you just pick the horses by name,
and every now and then, you'd hit a long shot.
It felt like a nice day.
-I don't know if I ever told you about my worst investment ever.
Did I ever tell you about this? -[ Laughs ] No. Please.
-So, this is not that far long ago.
But anyways, I was on "Saturday Night Live,"
and this was the first time I was actually making real money.
And some guy in my building said,
"Hey, Jimmy, do you want to invest in a race horse?"
And I go, "Yes. Of course."
And so he's like, "Alright, I'll get you details later."
And I go, "Oh, my God." I called my dad and my mom.
I go, "I'm going to invest in a race horse!
I'm going to own a horse."
It's going to be fantastic.
And it was a lot of money for me.
And I called my business manager.
He said, "Do not do this. This is a disaster.
This a waste of money. Don't even do this."
I go, "No, I got to do it. I was raised -- I have to."
So I go, I'm going to go to the stables every day.
I'm going to comb it. I'm going to brush its teeth.
I don't care. I'm going to say, "You are Sea Warrior,
and you're going to win the Kentucky Derby."
And so, I called my friend after I made the investment.
And he goes -- I go, "When do you name it?
He goes, "What do you mean? It's already named.
You don't name the horse.
It's named by like the sire of the," you know --
I go, "Oh, what's the name of our horse?"
He goes, "It's Poco Bueno."
-Oh. [ Laughter ]
-I go, "Poco Bueno?" I go, "What does that mean?"
He goes, "It means a little bit good."
-Little bit good. -I go, "Who --
Why didn't we get Mucho Bueno?
I mean, I would have been happy with Bueno,
regular Bueno."
I got Poco Bueno.
And I went to OTB to see his debut,
and I put some money on him with my friend.
And he came in last place, and I haven't seen him since.
-Did you put him in a claiming race,
or was it -- Did it get claimed?
-Yeah. It was in a real, actual race.
It was in the gate. I know that.
-See, you just picture like winning things
and in the circle and crying and dreams coming true.
But the reality is, someone's got to feed the horse,
and the horse has to be washed, and there's a lot of expenses
before Little Good -- Little Bit Good gets a chance to race.
Little Bit Good needs lots of food.
-Yeah. Yeah.
What I heard, right now, he's an Uber driver.
And that's what I heard. That's what he does now.
-But he's happy, Jimmy. He's happy. He's happy.
-Yeah, he doesn't like racing anymore.
It's not his thing, you know?
You have a movie coming out, "North Hollywood."
-Yes.
-This is -- Who -- Mikey Alfred.
-Mikey Alfred. Yeah, I did this movie.
I like this young filmmaker. He's a young kid,
and he comes from the skateboard culture,
and he had like a coming of age movie,
and I was just really impressed with him.
So I said that I would do the movie.
So, I'm glad that I did it.
It's a nice, little movie that he made.
He's a first-time director.
And it's, like, this whole skateboarding culture
that was very interesting.
-Is it about his life?
-It is. It's sort of based on his life, yes.
It's sort of based on his, kind of, growing up skateboarding
and making a decision to pursue that.
-Vince, I wanted to ask you --
You act in a lot of movies. You produce movies.
And I was wondering if you would play a game with me
that is about -- -Yes, I'll play a game
as long as it doesn't involve investing in horses
or things of that nature.
-We'll talk about that over the commercial break.
We'll discuss. -Okay.
-Alright. Good. More with Vince Vaughn.