# CarniK Con > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/CarniK_Con > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/CarniK_Con.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CarniK_Con > Source revision: 1356747167 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|YouTube firearms comedy show}} {{Infobox television | image = CarniK Con logo.jpg | caption = | alt_name = | genre = Firearms show, [comedy](/source/comedy) | creator = [Dugan Ashley](/source/Dugan_Ashley) | developer = | writer = | director = [Dugan Ashley](/source/Dugan_Ashley) | creative_director = | presenter = | starring = [Dugan Ashley](/source/Dugan_Ashley)
Randy Broshankle
Stanley Childs
Ted Craig
Archie Thorne
Ronnie (Danger) Stankowsky | judges = | voices = | narrator = | theme_music_composer = [Dugan Ashley](/source/Dugan_Ashley) | open_theme = | end_theme = "LMG (Little Machine Gun)" | composer = | country = United States | language = English | num_seasons = | num_episodes = | list_episodes = | executive_producer = | producer = | editor = | location = | cinematography = | camera = [Canon 60D](/source/Canon_60D)
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Sony HandyCam | runtime = Varies | company = | channel = | first_aired = {{Start date|2012|10|31}} | last_aired = {{End date|2015|03|27}} | related = }} '''''CarniK Con''''' (Carnivorous Kinetic Concepts) was an American [YouTube](/source/YouTube) firearms comedy show known for its videos of firearms used in humorous scenarios and the heavy use of American symbolism. The channel debuted on [Halloween](/source/Halloween) 2012 and has since garnered a passionate following among gun enthusiasts across the internet. Videos typically feature '''Dugan Ashley''' and other members of CarniK Con conducting tests and evaluating firearms in unlikely, scripted scenarios. The show is typically filmed in [Missouri](/source/Missouri) where the group is based. CarniK Con’s video formats can range from music videos to short stories, to infomercials and 20 second shorts. The channel is also known for its firearms related meme development such as [skittles](/source/Skittles_(confectionery)) and guns, [SpongeBob SquarePants](/source/SpongeBob_SquarePants) duct tape, [Ryan Gosling](/source/Ryan_Gosling) and [operators](/source/Special_forces), and the beer company “Freedom America Ale.” ==History== The channel name CarniK Con was derived by Dugan Ashley, Randy Broshankle and Stanley Childs in 2012. The name is a compression of Carnivorous Kinetic Concepts. Initially, the three considered filming episodes in traditional firearms coverage fashion, without consideration of the comedy that the channel is known for. “But we did our research and thought this was the way to take things up a notch.” They began writing and filming in November 2012. Dugan Ashley also writes the music featured in their videos along with Ted Craig who joined the group and began co-writing soon after CarniK Con’s inception.{{cite magazine |last=Williams |first=David E. |date=December 2013 |title=Full-Auto Funny |magazine=GEEK Magazine: 28}} The first video the channel released is simply titled “CarniK Con Opener.” It is the opening title sequence of the show that plays at the beginning of most episodes, ending with Randy wearing American flag patterned apparel firing a machine gun with the words excellence displayed behind him. As of September 2015, CarniK Con has gained more than 77,739 subscribers, making it the 27,977th most subscribed channel on YouTube.{{cite web |url=http://socialblade.com/youtube/user/carnikconshow |title=carnikconshow YouTube Stats, Channel Statistics - Socialblade.com}} left|thumb|Randy Broshankle Firing a Machine Gun in the show's opening clip. ==Feud with FPS Russia== [[File:Hamsandwhich.jpg|left|thumb|The [AK-47](/source/AK-47)'s world-renowned reliability under intense conditions is tested to its absolute limits when [Dugan Ashley](/source/Dugan_Ashley) places a ham sandwich within the receiver.]] Upon the initial success of CarniK Con, in spring 2013 they were purportedly approached by representatives of the YouTube channel [FPSRussia](/source/FPSRussia). During this time, FPSRussia published the video AK-47 Bacon Sundae in which an AK-47 is fired with an open receiver filled with ice cream and bacon.{{cite web |url=http://www.military.com/video/guns/rifles/ak-47-bacon-sundae/2302931315001/ |title=AK-47 Bacon Sundae! |author=GunFun |date=April 15, 2013 |website=Military.com |access-date=April 28, 2017}} Fans of CarniK Con accused FPSRussia of intellectual material theft from an earlier CarniK Con video [AR-15](/source/AR-15) VS [AK-47](/source/AK-47), Solved Once and For All; in which Ashley fires an AK-47 with a ham sandwich in the receiver. Ashley has made no comment regarding this, but ten days following the release of AK-47 Bacon Sundae, CarniK Con released the video SUPER CARBINE COURSE, in which a character resembling Dmitri Potapoff (protagonist of FPSRussia) presumably dies while attempting to conduct a “phantom reload.”{{cite web |url=https://www.guns.com/news/2013/04/25/introducing-the-carnik-con-super-carbine-course-video |title=Introducing the CarniK Con Super Carbine Course (VIDEO) |last=Slowik |first=Max |date=April 25, 2013 |website=Guns.com |access-date=April 28, 2017}} At this time, there have been no collaborations between FPSRussia and CarniK Con. ==Cancellation of CarniK Con Productions== On March 27, 2015, Ashley posted a message to the official CarniK Con Facebook page stating that he was discontinuing production of new material. ″Pulling the plug on CarniK Con, effective immediately. Leaving Soc. Med. up, am available for hired work, [email removed]. May or may not upload most recent video to YT at some point, but won't be making new posts. This is probably the last one. #out″ Since the posting of this message there have been two new posts on the Facebook page unrelated to CarniK Con, but no new material has been posted nor have any plans to resume production of new videos. On January 5, 2016, Group Coalition made a short podcast interviewing Dugan Ashley about Carnik Con.{{cite web |url=http://www.groupcoalition.com/?p=1032 |title=04: Dugan Ashley of Carnik Con |author= |date=January 5, 2016 |website=Group Coalition |publisher=Group Coalition |access-date=April 28, 2017}} On September 7, 2017, the CarniK Con channel was removed from YouTube. However, the content remains available on [Archive.org](/source/Archive.org), and several fans of the channel have created mirrors on YouTube. On February 18, 2018, Dugan Ashley was featured as a guest on ‘InRangeTV’, a show run on YouTube collaboratively run by Karl K. Kasarda and Ian McCollum of [Forgotten Weapons](/source/Forgotten_Weapons), another popular YouTube firearms channel. There has been no confirmation of a Carnik Con return, despite several mentions of the original channel during the video. ==Merchandise== In December 2013, CarniK Con released a limited run of [MIL-SPEC](/source/United_States_Military_Standard) AR-15 Receivers featuring their logo (A creature formed by a collage of weapons known as ‘The Gun Dragon’).{{cite web |url=https://www.guns.com/news/2013/12/23/carnivorous-kinetic-concepts-carnik-con-torture-tests-palmetto-state-defense-psd-15-video |title=Carnivorous Kinetic Concepts 'CarniK Con' torture tests Palmetto State Defense PSD-15 |last=Slowik |first=Max |date=December 23, 2013 |website=Guns.com |access-date=April 28, 2017}} They were numbered from 0 to 300 and sold through the firearms manufacturer Palmetto State Defense. ==Gallery== File:Dugan Ashely.jpg|Dugan Displays the [FAMAS](/source/FAMAS) Rifle ==References== {{reflist|2}} ==External links== * {{youTube|user=CarnikConShow}} Category:Comedy-related YouTube channels Category:YouTube channels launched in 2012 Category:2010s YouTube series --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [CarniK Con](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CarniK_Con) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CarniK_Con?action=history)). 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