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Hour 4: Chris Christie Clashes Over Apple Pie & Knicks LeBron Rumors

The Carton Show with Craig Carton & Chris McMonigle

July 2, 2026

Governor Chris Christie joins to share his holiday plans and critique the crew's 4th of July dessert choices. He offers his take on the Knicks' chemistry and the potential arrival of LeBron James.
Speakers: Craig Carton, Chris McMonigle, Chris Christie, Anthony Gallo
**Craig Carton** (0:00)
We got The Wheel coming up in a little bit as well.
And of course, my buddy Scott Stopp from Creed, who once picked his fantasy football team on a little Piper Cub twin engine jet over Alaska. Amazingly, only made three picks that draft. Called me after the draft and said, who did I get? Still owes me $200 bucks for that link too, as a matter of fact.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:30)
I think you can forget about that $200. Long forgotten.

**Craig Carton** (0:34)
That is money that has already been taken off the ledger.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:36)
For $200 bucks, you got him out of your life.

**Craig Carton** (0:38)
I didn't want him out of my life. I wanted him to play fantasy football with us.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:42)
That's it.

**Craig Carton** (0:42)
Yeah, that was a long, long, long time ago. We got The Wednesday Wheel on a Thursday coming up shortly. So the topics again.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:50)
Yeah, give me those topics again. The Robinson's?

**Craig Carton** (0:53)
Okay, famous couples.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:55)
Famous couples.

**Craig Carton** (0:55)
Where the two people both had to be famous prior to the marriage.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:58)
I don't know how that's the 4th of July theme, but okay.

**Craig Carton** (1:00)
Because of the wedding here, dumbass.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:03)
Oh, that's a good point.

**Craig Carton** (1:04)
Yeah.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:04)
Forgot about that.

**Craig Carton** (1:05)
There you go. The wedding's here in New York.
They're closing down the streets of Manhattan already.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:10)
No need for dumbass.

**Craig Carton** (1:10)
People are getting pissed off. Why are we blockading the streets around the garden? Because it's not the garden's fault.
Because Taylor Swift and Travis Swift asked New York City for a permit to shut the streets down and they granted it to them.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:26)
Fourth of July at Madison Square Garden.

**Craig Carton** (1:30)
Over a thousand people.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:31)
Obnoxious.

**Craig Carton** (1:32)
Going to that wedding.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:33)
A thousand people.

**Craig Carton** (1:34)
Uh-huh. How many people are at your wedding? Ballpark. 150?

**Chris McMonigle** (1:37)
A little more than that.

**Craig Carton** (1:39)
Two bills?

**Chris McMonigle** (1:39)
Not like 170, 175

**Craig Carton** (1:40)
Pete, how many people are at your wedding?

**Chris Christie** (1:43)
One? 125, maybe?

**Craig Carton** (1:45)
Buck and a quarter? Uh, you're getting married soon.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:48)
What's the idea?

**Craig Carton** (1:49)
What's the goal number for you guys?

**Anthony Gallo** (1:51)
Uh, it's gonna be above like 200 people.

**Craig Carton** (1:53)
For real?

**Anthony Gallo** (1:54)
Yeah, I have a big family. She's got a big family.

**Craig Carton** (1:57)
She's like Haitian royalty or something, huh? She's got some dough.

**Anthony Gallo** (2:00)
And then, Italians, I'm gonna have family members there I've never met. You guys will all be there.

**Craig Carton** (2:05)
Well, last you've had, I'd say.

**Anthony Gallo** (2:06)
You guys are all gonna be there.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:07)
Is it gonna be in Brooklyn?

**Anthony Gallo** (2:08)
No, no. Okay. Might be Long Island, Jersey.

**Craig Carton** (2:11)
It's too expensive for him. Living there is good.

**Anthony Gallo** (2:13)
To be fair, Craig offered his backyard for 100k yesterday.

**Craig Carton** (2:16)
I did?

**Chris McMonigle** (2:17)
For 100k?

**Craig Carton** (2:18)
He's gonna spend like 200 grand until I take 50% off.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:22)
He's not gonna spend 200 grand.

**Anthony Gallo** (2:23)
He also said we're gonna get two complimentary chickens that can live in my apartment. That's correct.

**Craig Carton** (2:27)
100 grand.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:28)
No, come on. 20 grand.

**Craig Carton** (2:30)
20 grand.

**Anthony Gallo** (2:31)
And the flamethrower.

**Craig Carton** (2:32)
20 grand. He's spending 200 grand.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:34)
He's not spending 200 grand on the wedding.

**Craig Carton** (2:35)
I gave him a 50% discount.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:37)
Stop it.

**Craig Carton** (2:38)
And by the way, I'm not catering it. Let's throw out the open Brazilian fire pit I've got going these days.

**Anthony Gallo** (2:43)
Flamethrower, I want you grilling states with a flamethrower.

**Craig Carton** (2:46)
That's fine. You want gasoline on your burger side? I'm your guy.
But yeah, 100 grand.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:51)
That's crazy.

**Craig Carton** (2:52)
Well, I gotta bring a generator in?

**Anthony Gallo** (2:54)
And of all the ideas I've heard, honestly, it wasn't. And I like that idea better than the ones that we are gonna go with.

**Chris McMonigle** (3:02)
I had a great idea that was shot down by my wife. I thought it was a brilliant idea.

**Craig Carton** (3:05)
For his wedding?

**Chris McMonigle** (3:06)

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