Con Man (web series)

Con Man is an American comedy web series created, written, directed by, and starring Alan Tudyk. The series follows cult science fiction actor Wray Nerely (Tudyk), as he tours the convention circuit. Tudyk, one of the stars of the 2002 science fiction TV show Firefly, based Con Man loosely upon his own experiences. The series is co-produced by PJ Haarsma and by Nathan Fillion, who also co-stars in it. Crowdfunded through Indiegogo, Con Man set records for crowdfunding a web series by raising more than $1 million in 24 hours and more than $3.1 million overall. The series premiered on September 30, 2015, on Vimeo.

Plot

Wray Nerely (Tudyk) is a struggling actor who starred as a spaceship pilot on Spectrum, a canceled science fiction series that went on to become a cult classic. Wray's good friend Jack Moore (Nathan Fillion), who starred as the ship's captain, has become an A-list movie star. Frustrated by Jack's success and his lack thereof, Wray travels the science fiction convention circuit, makes appearances at comic book stores, and visits pop culture events. He navigates the odd people and incidents he encounters along the way while learning to love the fans he has.

Con (TV series)

Con is a television series on Comedy Central in which con artist Skyler Stone revealed the secrets of his profession by performing confidence tricks, scams, and hoaxes of various degrees of complexity on camera. These could range from simply claiming that an order for food was botched, to claiming to be a certain profession, which required training (received through cons). In one episode Stone showed how he received 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 revolved around him claiming that he is filming a television show or movie of some sort, and that the product or service he wished to acquire would be advertised in the film or show. The products did wind up getting free advertisement – but on Con, not where they were told.

External links

  • Con at TV.com
  • Con at the Internet Movie Database
  • Device file

    In Unix-like operating systems, a device file or special file is an interface for a device driver that appears in a file system as if it were an ordinary file. There are also special files in MS-DOS, OS/2, and Microsoft Windows. They allow software to interact with a device driver using standard input/output system calls, which simplifies many tasks and unifies user-space I/O mechanisms.

    Device files often provide simple interfaces to peripheral devices, such as printers and serial ports. But they can also be used to access specific resources on those devices, such as disk partitions. Finally, device files are useful for accessing system resources that have no connection with any actual device such as data sinks and random number generators.

    MS-DOS borrowed the concept of special files from Unix, but renamed them devices. Because early versions of MS-DOS did not support a directory hierarchy, devices were distinguished from regular files by making their names reserved words. This means that certain file names were reserved for devices, and should not be used to name new files or directories. The reserved names themselves were chosen to be compatible with "special files" handling of PIP command in CP/M. There were two kinds of devices in MS-DOS: Block Devices (used for disk drives) and Character Devices (generally all other devices, including COM and PRN devices). PIPE, MAILSLOT, and MUP are other standard Windows devices.

    Man (Middle-earth)

    In J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth books, such as The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, the terms Man and Men refer to humankind – in contrast to Elves, Dwarves, Orcs and other humanoid races – and does not denote gender.

    The Elves call the race of Men Atani in Quenya, literally meaning "Second People" (the Elves being the First), but also Hildor (Followers), Apanónar (After-born), and Fírimar or Firyar (Mortals). Less charitably they were called Engwar (The Sickly), owing to their susceptibility to disease and old age, and their generally unlovely appearance in the Elves' eyes. The name Atani becomes Edain in Sindarin, but this term is later applied only to those tribes of Men who are friendly to the Elves. Other names appear in Sindarin as Aphadrim, Eboennin, and Firebrim or Firiath.

    Origins

    The race of Men is the second race of beings created by the One God, Ilúvatar. Because they awoke at the start of the Years of the Sun, while the Elves awoke at the start of the First Age during the Years of the Trees, they are called the Afterborn by the Elves.

    Man (Francis Dunnery album)

    Man is an album from British musician Francis Dunnery, released in 2001. It saw Francis experimenting with new sounds, most notably programmed drum beats - a departure from what had been the norm in his studio work up to this point. Vocalist/keyboardist Erin Moran (of A Girl Called Eddy) features heavily on the album.

    Track listing

  • "I'm in Love"
  • "Flower Girl"
  • "Me and Franciene"
  • "Yonder Mountain"
  • "Hold Out Your Heart"
  • "Blinded by the Memory"
  • "In the Garden of Mystic Lovers"
  • "Wounding and Healing"
  • "The Ava Song"
  • "The Only Thing"
  • "Hometown"
  • "Close my Door"
  • References

    Manú (footballer)

    Emanuel Jesus Bonfim Evaristo (born 28 August 1982), known as Manú, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays mainly as a right winger.

    Club career

    Born in Setúbal, Manú started his professional career in the 2001–02 season playing for F.C. Alverca, before signing for S.L. Benfica in 2004 on a four-year contract. He was immediately loaned after arriving, serving stints in Italian sides Modena F.C. and A.C. Carpenedolo to gain experience, and returned to Portugal in the 2005–06 campaign for another temporary spell with C.F. Estrela da Amadora, where he played in 31 league games and scored seven goals, contributing to the preservation of the side's first division status.

    In June 2006 Manú was given a new four-year deal and made his official debut for the Eagles by playing in both legs of the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round win against FK Austria Wien, also making a substitute appearance for Benfica in the group stages against F.C. Copenhagen, on 13 September 2006 (0–0 away draw).

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    Con Man

    by: Golden Earring

    From the Albums:
    * Contraband
    * Golden Earring Live
    He split the racket, to operate on his own
    He set them up, stripped them then he was gone
    He's a Robin Hood of a new century
    If you're rich dumb, you bleed, boy
    Con man's got a bloodhound nose for flaws
    Profits from both sides of the law
    I feel sympathy for his philosophy
    If you're clever you can beat them all
    Sister, tell your mister - to hold on to his change
    Hustler, call him hustler - Con man rides again
    Bandits, he's the bandits - settin' up a frame
    Sister, tell your mister - to hold onto his brains!
    Con man's mastermindin' on a brand new heist
    Blueprintin' through the secret files
    Your tune ain't gonna be so nice
    When he gets through with you
    There's just one thing left to do...
    Cause he'll take it away
    One money hungry night
    Your longs 're gonna be his guidin' lights
    He'll be foolin' us all if we don't watch out
    Leavin' his lies - spreadin' doubts all about!
    Con man's got a bloodhound nose for flaws
    Profits from both sides of the law
    I feel sympathy for his philosophy
    If you're clever you can beat them all
    Sister, tell your mister - to hold on to his change
    Hustler, call him hustler - Con man rides again
    Bandits, he's the bandits - settin' up a frame
    Sister, tell your mister - to hold onto his brains!
    Con man's mastermindin' on a brand new heist
    Somebody's in for a big surprise
    Your wrongs're gonna be his rights
    When a pro's at a con - he's the devil's son
    Cause he'll take it away, etc.
    He's the devil son
    Sometimes I think I'm gonna study that game
    Be a Con man myself some day
    Just one thing botherin' me
    I might be conning myself - by the way...
    It's a quarter past five, and that's no lie
    I'm glad we're all still alive, goodbye now
    Look out, he's spreadin' those doubts all about
    He's the devil son




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