I thought this show would be about cons, and in a way it was. I was conned out of about 20 minutes of my life that I'll never get back. The "cons" in the pilot episode range from the moronic, where Skyler shows us how to save fast food cups to get free soda (wow!) to the downright offensive, where he prepares to fake being homeless by visiting actual homeless in LA and asking them if his clothes look crappy enough for him to pass as one of them. He then unveils his cover story; you know, the reason why he went crazy and now lives on the street. This leads to an unexpectedly funny moment when a homeless man, clearly baffled at this elaborate and stupid story, points out that all the reason you need to be homeless is to be hooked on crack. The remainder of the cons in the show revolve around Skyler convincing businesses to donate their services for free in exchange for being mentioned on a fictional TV show. The irony, of course, is that this really is on TV so the businesses haven't really been conned at all. All in all, I would guess that legal constraints prevent Skyler and company from showing actual cons, so the show will always be sophomoric pranks instead. Bottom line, skip 'Con' and rent 'The Sting'.
