Con was a television series on Comedy Central in which con artist Skyler Stone reveals the secrets of his profession by performing confidence tricks, scams, and hoaxes of various degrees of complexity on camera. These can range from simply claiming that an order for food was botched, to claiming to be a certain profession, which requires training (received through cons). In one episode Stone shows how he receives free soft drinks at fast food restaurants by retaining paper cups from various fast food restaurants and then refilling them at soda fountains. Most of his cons revolve around him claiming that he is filming a television show or movie of some sort, and that the product or service he wishes to acquire will be advertised in the film or show. Ironically, the products do wind up getting free advertisement — but on Con, not where they were told.
