Craig Carton Shares Stories of Prison Cellmate's Mushroom Operation
The Carton Show with Craig Carton & Chris McMonigle
October 2, 2026
Craig Carton explains the difficulties of micro-betting due to the latency between cable and streaming broadcasts. The conversation shifts to personal experiences in prison, specifically a cellmate who ran a secret mushroom farm alongside a hydroponic cannabis setup.
Speakers Craig Carton, Chris McMonigle
TopicsSports
Craig Carton (0:00)
Carton Show, Big Mac, gorgeous Friday afternoon, great to have you here. I guess if you're one of those guys that likes wasting his life on a golf course, today's a great day for you, right? Little Indian summer, starting off October nice, right?
Chris McMonigle (0:14)
Damn right.
Craig Carton (0:15)
Yes, yes, yes, yes.
Chris McMonigle (0:16)
Starting off October very nice.
Craig Carton (0:18)
Yeah, I gotta go to Long Island on Saturday.
Chris McMonigle (0:20)
Long Island?
Craig Carton (0:20)
And I hate doing that, as you know.
Chris McMonigle (0:22)
Oh man.
Craig Carton (0:23)
Yeah, I gotta go watch LIU football.
Not because I wanna watch LIU football, I couldn't have less interest in LIU football. But they're playing Mercyhurst.
Chris McMonigle (0:32)
But Mercyhurst you care very much about.
Craig Carton (0:34)
Yeah, Mercyhurst are vested in.
Chris McMonigle (0:37)
Who's Mercyhurst and why do you care?
Craig Carton (0:39)
My son's best friend is like a fifth child in my family.
Chris McMonigle (0:42)
He's playing fifth Beatle.
Craig Carton (0:43)
He's a starting linebacker for Mercyhurst. Okay. So they're playing LIU, so I'm going out to LIU to watch and play.
Mercyhurst having a tough season, but I'll be out there watching some college football. There you go, home in time for the Yankees first pitch at 6.30. It better be. And good to go. So there you have it.
Chris McMonigle (1:00)
Debating what I want to do.
Craig Carton (1:02)
In what regard?
Chris McMonigle (1:03)
For Saturday.
Craig Carton (1:04)
What are your choices?
Chris McMonigle (1:05)
How do I want to watch it?
Craig Carton (1:06)
On TV.
Chris McMonigle (1:07)
I was thinking that.
Craig Carton (1:08)
Yeah. You mean I got to bar at home?
Have a couple pops with the guys.
Chris McMonigle (1:13)
Out, indoor, outside.
Craig Carton (1:14)
You want to borrow my Silvox 85 inch TV? Yes. Cinema Pro.
Chris McMonigle (1:17)
Very much so.
Craig Carton (1:18)
All right, anytime. Okay, Saturday. Do you want to just come over to my house and watch it?
Chris McMonigle (1:21)
No, I want to borrow your TV.
Craig Carton (1:22)
Okay, when do you want to come over and pick it up?
Chris McMonigle (1:27)
I'm working till 2 I'll be on from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oh, that's just going to be a Yankee Shillathon.
Craig Carton (1:32)
Oh, my Lord. That is going to be a problem for me on Saturday. Driving along, I'm listening to you.
Chris McMonigle (1:38)
We've got plenty of football this week.
Craig Carton (1:39)
Aaron Boone's the greatest. Did I say that? We can go eight lefties. We can go six righties. We can drive to the hell we want. We own the Red Sox.
Chris McMonigle (1:47)
I said they should be favored in the series. We should be favored in the series.
SPEAKER_3 (1:51)
Yes, you did say that.
Craig Carton (1:52)
That's correct.
Chris McMonigle (1:52)
I'm well within my bounds. But yes, Cashman and Boone had a good series.
Craig Carton (1:56)
You're having the gambling guy on, Megan Pix?
Chris McMonigle (1:58)
Michael Carver, yes.
Craig Carton (1:59)
Tough week last week, didn't they? I don't remember.
Chris McMonigle (2:03)
Did he? Yeah.
Craig Carton (2:07)
How was that? I don't know. I liked it.
Here's Jim, Mount Sinai. Jimmy, you're on the fan. How are you?
SPEAKER_3 (2:14)
Hey, what's up, boys?
Craig Carton (2:15)
What's up, Jim?
SPEAKER_3 (2:17)
So, just before I get to my point about the conspiracy, if I may, I called you guys last Friday. I was heading to ACDC concert with my son.
Craig Carton (2:24)
Oh, you got canceled. That's right. But you got the Foo Fighters now.
SPEAKER_3 (2:27)
Yeah, but listen, we're heading in there tonight, and I got the Foo Fighters with them.
Craig Carton (2:31)
And by the way, how about this? The Foo Fighters are going to play for an hour tonight.
SPEAKER_3 (2:37)
Is that right? That's what I was told.
Craig Carton (2:39)
Yeah, that's what we did last time. Yeah.
SPEAKER_3 (2:40)
And they still put on a good show. But anyway, guys, so here's my thing on the conspiracy theory. I know you're being facetious about the whole thing, too. But first of all, Draft Kings, you can bet, you absolutely can bet pitch by pitch. You can bet basket by basket. And I'm almost certain you can bet play by play. Okay? Yep.
But having said that, that's not the problem. The problem is that with the delay, okay, there's no way on earth you can get that. By the time he's announcing it, the play's already being run. Although, I should say the play has already been run.
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