Aaron Berg Joins The Carton Show to Talk Fitness, New Special & the Jets

Craig Carton (0:00)

Yo, yo, 4-5-5-5-5, 545, Carton Show Big Mac.

A little late, but better late than never. My dear friend, I love him to death, one of the best touring comics in America, Mr. Aaron Berg joins us in studio AB. How you been, buddy?

Aaron Berg (0:15)

Amazing, man, I feel great. I'm so sorry.

Craig Carton (0:18)

You look, I don't know what you're doing over there. A little swole. When I considered a Zep Bound, they didn't say I was gonna all of a sudden grow muscles.

Aaron Berg (0:26)

Oh, I'm doing a different type of Zep Bound. You see, I got my Zep Bound from the back of a guy's Ford Mustang off of Route 46

Craig Carton (0:35)

I know that guy.

Aaron Berg (0:36)

It's amazing.

Craig Carton (0:37)

That guy used to be my bookie.

Aaron Berg (0:38)

Dude, we look great.

Craig Carton (0:41)

Yes, we do.

Aaron Berg (0:42)

The two of us on this side of the table look phenomenal.

Craig Carton (0:46)

I agree.

Aaron Berg (0:46)

I'm kidding, you look fantastic. The transition went so smoothly, all the way from Rachel Maddow to you. Dude, it's so good to be here.

Craig Carton (0:55)

It's good to see you. It's all good. I told you a long time ago, anytime you want to come, that door is always open for you.

Aaron Berg (1:02)

Thank you.

Craig Carton (1:03)

Five minutes, 50 minutes, don't matter to me, you're my guy.

Aaron Berg (1:05)

So nice to come to the floor where the most important show is where you walk past the asbestos and I'm just waiting for John Stewart to start giving a speech outside that elevator. I mean, this floor is hazardous to your health.

Craig Carton (1:18)

Year and a half of construction is what's happening, which means three years of construction. Yeah, exactly. They burst a pipe the other day, and now in the men's room, because it's all dropped ceilings, and they're working on the pipes, no joke.

The entire ceiling is exposed, and every now and then there's guys on their lunch break going, it looks small to me. Yeah.

Aaron Berg (1:41)

But you're just a guy, you guys work. You don't care what the environment is, right?

Craig Carton (1:46)

No, it doesn't matter.

Aaron Berg (1:47)

You show up and do radio.

Craig Carton (1:48)

Do you think you show up by me, like we're sitting on our asses talking to a microphone? Yeah, like we don't need much beyond a microphone.

Aaron Berg (1:54)

No, and it's nice in here. This little 4x6 booth is really, this is elegant.

Craig Carton (1:59)

Second one I've been in in my life.

Aaron Berg (2:01)

Out there, I saw ice with blueprints and stuff like that. These guys are ready to take down this whole worker crew, man.

Craig Carton (2:07)

So you have a new special out.

Aaron Berg (2:10)

Yeah.

Craig Carton (2:10)

Congratulations.

Aaron Berg (2:11)

Thank you, man. It's really good.

Craig Carton (2:12)

30 Minutes.

Aaron Berg (2:13)

30 Minutes with Aaron Berg.

Craig Carton (2:15)

Couldn't find an hour, huh?

Aaron Berg (2:16)

No, I would have done an hour, but I think that they didn't have the bandwidth for that.

Craig Carton (2:23)

Well, you told me you were Jewish, I guess.

Aaron Berg (2:24)

Yeah. I negotiated down. They go, we'll pay you to do an hour. I go, so how much for 30 minutes?

It's amazing, man. It's very good, boarding on great. You love, if you love stand-ups.

Craig Carton (2:36)

I've never heard you say that about yourself, ever. This is 10 years I've known you about.

Aaron Berg (2:39)

This is really good stand-up. This is my, this is made of my clothes.

Craig Carton (2:42)

And from the trailer, you've always been one that, I wouldn't say flaunted, but you were very proud of the work that you put into your body, like you're Jack. I mean, everyone's ever seen you know that.

You went through an interesting transition yourself, where you went from just, you know, thick guy with, you know, like the Ed Hardy phase. Then you went through the phase of, I'm gonna wear the wife, Peter. Then you went through the phase of, I'm just gonna wear a vest.

Aaron Berg (3:07)

A fur vest. Yeah, like, the evolution of your clothes fascinates me.

With the fur coat. And dude, this is how people must feel coming out. Like, it was like, I feel so good. I feel like really myself. And it's so weird that I'm 53 and now I'm this person. I'm who I'm meant to be. This is like guys that moved to Key West after they divorced or killed their wives. And then they're like, I'm so happy now. And they're just listening to Jimmy Buffett. They get a French bulldog and don't leave the porch.