WFAN host Craig Carton will be taking some three-day weekends over the next couple of weeks before the baseball regular season starts, and former Entourage co-star Jerry Ferrara will be filling in for Carton on Friday Carton told co-host Evan Roberts on Wednesday’s Carton & Roberts.
Carton alluded to the fact that he had arranged for a fill-in to help Roberts, and Evan played a quick guessing game to figure out it would be Ferrara, who played the role of Turtle on the show. Roberts originally guessed Ferrara’s Entourage co-star Kevin Connolly.
Craig said Ferrara mentioned he would be in New York this week and his schedule was open to get behind the microphone.
“I was bs-ing with him and he’s like, ‘You know what, I really have nothing to do on Friday. If Evan’s cool with it, yeah I’m in!'” he said.
“If you guys are OK with it, I don’t care it’s your call,” Carton added. “So I asked him if he would fill in for me.”
Carton noted that Ferrara would be a great fit opposite Roberts because of Ferrara’s ties to New York.
“He’s a big fan of the station, big sports fan, New York fan,” he said. “He does a podcast on New York sports. I’m like ‘yeah, I’ll ask Evan.'”
Carton mentioned that Ferrara is a fan of the Knicks, Yankees and Giants, which is opposite of where Evan’s allegiances lie. Roberts said he was excited at the potential discussions to be had.
“Bring him in!” Roberts said. “I think he roots for all the teams I dislike, which I like.”
