Kenny vs. Spenny

Kenny vs. Spenny
File:Kenny Vs. Spenny.jpg "Kenny" left, "Spenny" right
Created by	Kenny Hotz Spencer Rice
Starring	Kenny Hotz Spencer Rice
Country of origin	Canada
No. of episodes	52
Production
Running time	20-22 Minutes
Original release
Network	CBC
Release	August 26, 2003 – present

Kenny vs. Spenny is a Canadian comedy reality TV series about two best friends, Kenneth "Kenny" Hotz and Spencer "Spenny" Rice, who face each other constantly to achieve glory in defeating one another at different competitions arranged by both at the beginning, commonly one per episode. The loser of the episode must perform an act of humiliation, usually selected by the winner, which can be seen at the end of each episode. Kenny and Spenny created the series and Kenny is also director and executive producer.

The show originally aired on the CBC, but has been moved to the cable television network Showcase since the fall of 2005, although re-runs of the episodes can still be seen on CBC during the late night hours. It was previously seen on GSN in the United States, but continues to air internationally on TV 2 Zulu in Denmark, TV6 in Sweden, Challenge in United Kingdom, The Comedy Channel in Australia, Sic Radical in Portugal and The XtraHOT channel in Israel. Fox Entertainment Group in Latin America has also distributed the episodes and can be seen on the Latin American versions of FOX channel and FX. The series was nominated for a Gemini Award in 2005 and 2006 as the best Canadian comedy series, and has recently received a Rose d'Or nomination in Switzerland for "best international comedy series". Kenny vs. Spenny is also the largest selling format series in Canadian history.

The show has spawned a British version of the show from Sky One called Ed vs. Spencer. Now shown on BBC America, it features two different friends in similar competitions. There is also a German version of the show, called Elton vs. Simon, featuring two German comedians and friends who compete in the same vein like Kenny and Spenny.

Premise

Each typical episode is based on a competition statement which states the goal that the competition will determine. The competition rules are agreed upon by the two roommates, and there is typically a method of judgement or refereeing involved in order to distinguish a definite loser and winner. The detail of these rules and conditions has increased in response to the competitors continued attempts to find loopholes within the rules. The reality of the show is heavily debated. The competetors' personal lives are often brought into the competitions, including their families and friends. The winner of the competition gets to assign a "humiliation" (any task they choose) that the loser must perform.

The main entertainment elements of the series are the comical and irregular competitions, and the contrast in personality between Kenny and Spenny. This contrast usually impacts the way each approaches the competitions. Kenny's approach is typically more unorthodox, and often includes a willingness to use whatever means necessary — including cheating — to win. Although he doesn't always break the rules he and Spenny agree to at the beginning, he is always willing to bend the rules, and usually ends up performing the tasks assigned in a unique way. Kenny sometimes admits to the belief that he cannot win certain competition if they go through and attempts to cause Spenny to fortfeit.

On the other hand, Spenny almost always sticks very strictly to both the rules of the competition and his own ethics, often sticking not only to the letter of the rules, but what he perceives as the intention and spirit of the competition statement. He rarely attempts to break the rules, but still occasionally finds loopholes to help him win. Spenny will often bear the brunt of Kenny's plans and pranks. Spenny is often paranoid and sometimes this causes him to sabotage his own efforts. Additionally, Kenny occasionally uses the paranoia to his advantage.

The show is often less focused on who will actually win the competition and more on how each competitor will go about trying to win. This is evidenced by the fact that the person who performs the humiliation is not always technically the loser based on the rules agreed upon - they just don't know about the rules broken by the winner. On several occasions, Kenny has cheated and still been declared the winner, since apparently, unless stated in the opening rules, the loser does not get to check the tape of what their opponent did. The show also rarely shows the aftermath of the competition, often leaving viewers to wonder how a competitor reacted upon finding out that his opponent cheated.

Kenny has also occasionally used his position as executive producer to threaten crew members and force them to help him and/or not help Spenny. Kenny sometimes seems to have more control over competitions because of his position. It could also be said that the show (particularly early in its run) is often edited to make Kenny look like the hero of the show while making Spenny look bad. In the same vein, the show tends to glorify cheating over following the spirit and rules of a competition. Both of these factors seem to result from Kenny's getting more screentime than Spenny in many episodes as a sort of narrator.

Episodes

Pilot

• "Who can gain the most weight?"

Season 1

• 101 "Who is the best fashion designer?"
• 102 "Who can stay awake the longest?"
• 103 "Who is the better chef?"
• 104 "Who can stand up the longest?"
• 105 "Who can sit on a cow the longest?"
• 106 "Who is the sanest?"
• 107 "Who can earn the most money in three days?"
• 108 "Who does she like better?"
• 109 "Who can stay blindfolded the longest?"
• 110 "Who can win a beauty pageant?"
• 111 "Who can win a series of mini-competitions?"
• 112 "Who can lose the most weight?"
• 113 "Who can stay handcuffed the longest?"
• 114 "Who can put on the best concert?"
• 115 "Who is the best parent?"
• 116 "Who do kids like most?"
• 117 "Who is the strongest?"
• 118 "Who makes the most convincing woman?"
• 119 "Who is the better actor?"
• 120 "Who is the best male stripper?"
• 121 "Who is the best figure skater?"
• 122 "Who will use their arms first?"
• 123 "Who can survive in the woods the longest?"
• 124 "Kenny takes Spenny to court for money owed"
• 125 "Who can live in a van the longest?"
• 126 "Who is the better boxer?"

Season 2

• 201 "Who can drink more beer?"
• 202 "Who can stay naked longest?"
• 203 "Who has the biggest balls?"
• 204 "Who do old people like more?"
• 205 "Who can dance the longest?"
• 206 "Who can go the longest without talking?"
• 207 "Who is funnier?"
• 208 "Who can kiss more women?"
• 209 "Who can win a rat race?"
• 210 "Who is the better journalist?"
• 211 "Who can sell more bibles?"
• 212 "First one to be mean loses"
• 213 "Who is the better rapper?"

Season 3

• 301 "First to laugh loses"
• 302 "Who do gay guys like more?"
• 303 "Who can wear a dead octopus on their head the longest?"
• 304 "Who can win a ten mile race?"
• 305 "Who can lift more weight with their genitals?"
• 306 "Who can make a better porno?"
• 307 "Who is cooler?"
• 308 "Who can produce more semen?"
• 309 "Who can stay in a haunted house the longest?"
• 310 "Who can catch a bigger fish?"
• 311 "Who can imitate the other guy better?"
• 312 "Who can stay homeless the longest?"
• 313 "Arm wrestling competition."

Season 4

Recently Kenny vs. Spenny was signed on for a fourth season. Kenny is now taking competition and humiliation requests on his MSN Space.

Winners and Humiliations

Template:Spoiler Pilot

Number	Episode Competition	Winner	Cheat	Humiliation
Pilot	Who can gain the most weight?	Kenny (cheated: 16 lbs-8 lbs))	Kenny dosed Spenny with laxatives.	Spenny ruined the ending of Unbreakable by telling people waiting in line to buy tickets what happens in the movie.

Season One

Number	Episode Competition	Winner	Cheat	Humiliation
101	Who is the best fashion designer?	Kenny (3-0)		Spenny walked the streets in one of Kenny's bikini creations.
102	Who can stay awake the longest?	Kenny		Spenny had to serve as Kenny's bathroom attendant.
103	Who is the better chef?	Kenny (3-0)	During the competition, Spenny got help through a hidden earpiece from a professional chef.	Spenny ate cat food.
104	Who can stand up the longest?	Kenny (cheated)	Kenny used itching powder.	Spenny bit off a piece of Kenny's toenail. Also, Kenny spat in the bottle of mouthwash he knew Spenny would use after biting Kenny's yellow nails.
105	Who can sit on a cow the longest?	Kenny	Kenny threw a toy dog at Spenny's cow, causing it to run and buck him off.	Spenny got covered head-to-toe in cow manure.
106	Who is the sanest?	Spenny (3-1)		Kenny went streaking through the streets.
107	Who can earn the most money in three days?	Spenny ($1234.31 to $67.00)		Kenny drank a coffee brewed with Spenny's underwear.
108	Who does she like better?	Kenny (cheated)	Kenny swapped Spenny with an unattractive decoy to date the judge, while Spenny dated a friend of Kenny's.	Spenny received a beating from a transvestite dominatrix.
109	Who can stay blindfolded the longest?	Kenny (cheated)	Kenny tricked Spenny into thinking he took off his blindfold. Kenny also avoided wearing the blindfold for most of the competition.	Spenny endured Kenny's bad breath for 30 seconds.
110	Who can win a beauty pageant?	Spenny (2-0 in best of three)		Spenny leashed and walked Kenny like a dog.
111	Who can win a series of mini-competitions?	Spenny (9-8)*		Kenny walked up the steps of the CN Tower.
112	Who can lose the most weight?	Kenny (cheated: 17.5 lbs-17.0 lbs)	At the first weigh-in, Kenny had metal in his hair.	Spenny gave a spongebath to an old man.
113	Who can stay handcuffed the longest?	Kenny		Spenny attempted to "pick up" women with a fake herpes sore painted on his face.
114	Who can put on the best concert?	Kenny (cheated: 3-0)	Kenny called Spenny's band, and using voice clips from the Kenny vs. Spenny editing studios, made a fake message, informing the band that the show was cancelled.	Spenny stood in the middle of the street, in costume, and sang Kenny's song.
115	Who is the best parent?	Kenny (cheated)	Kenny switched his already dead baby with Spenny's baby.	Spenny dressed up as a baby and sat in a crib on a busy downtown sidewalk.
116	Who do kids like most?	Kenny (6-1)		Spenny bobbed for apples out of Kenny's toilet bowl.
117	Who is the strongest?	Kenny (default - Spenny injured)		Spenny received an "atomic wedgie".
118	Who makes the most convincing woman?	Spenny (5-0)		Kenny "walked the streets" in an area known for prostitution while wearing a female costume.
119	Who is the better actor?	Kenny (cheated)	Kenny got someone else to act as himself, and gave Spenny a flat tire on his van so he couldn't watch the performance.	Spenny had a dozen eggs thrown at him.
120	Who is the best male stripper?	Spenny (5-0)		Spenny used pliers to rip out some of Kenny's body hair.
121	Who is the best figure skater?	Spenny (default - Kenny faked an injury)	Kenny faked a broken leg.	No "official" humiliation - but Spenny urinated on Kenny’s bed.
122	Who will use their arms first?	Kenny	Kenny attached a vertically-challenged friend to himself to annoy Spenny (According to the rules, they were allowed to attach things to their bodies).	Spenny smelled Kenny's sweaty armpit for five seconds.
123	Who can survive in the woods the longest?	Draw (both men forfeited)	Kenny used a magnifying glass to start a fire.	Kenny and Spenny french kissed each other for five seconds (humiliation imposed by the film crew).
124	Kenny takes Spenny to court for money owed	Kenny		Kenny spat in Spenny's face.
125	Who can live in a van the longest?	Draw		No humiliation.
126	Who is the better boxer?	Spenny (default - Kenny didn't show)	Kenny locked Spenny in a room.	Kenny urinated in his pants.

• *In the mini-comps competition, Spenny (9 wins) urinated longer; jumped on a pogo stick more times (5-2); won rock, paper, scissors; stared longer (only shown on Season 1 DVD); held his breath longer; bowled a better game (146-105); scored higher on the pinball machine (only shown on television); climbed the CN Tower stairs faster and won the 100-metre dash. Kenny (8 wins) stood on his head longer; blew a bigger gum bubble; won the spelling bee; stuffed more marshmallows in his mouth (15-10); had more sperm (cheated); climbed a flight of stairs faster; spat a grape a further distance (cheated, only shown on television) and won the wrestling match (12-4).

Season Two

Number	Episode Competition	Winner	Cheat	Humiliation
201	Who can drink more beer?	Kenny (cheated)*	Kenny drank non-alcoholic beer.	Spenny ate Kenny's vomit (Spenny believed it was his own).
202	Who can stay naked the longest?	Kenny	While Spenny was in the basement, Kenny set all the clocks ahead 5 minutes so Spenny would think the competition was over and put on clothes.	Spenny dressed as a town crier, stood on a busy street corner and proclaimed to have a "small wee-wee".
203	Who has the biggest balls?	Spenny (via forfeit)		Kenny licked bird feces off of the windshield of the production van.
204	Who do old people like more?	Kenny (3-0)		Spenny participated in a seniors' water aerobics class while wearing a woman's bathing suit.
205	Who can dance the longest?	Kenny		Spenny dressed up as a cheerleader and performed several self-denegrating cheers.
206	First one to talk loses	Spenny		Kenny had his mouth washed out with soap.
207	Who is funnier?	Kenny	Kenny faked a letter from the Ministry of Health, informing Spenny that he may have HIV. Kenny would use this practical joke as his entry for the competition.	Spenny performed oral sex on a condom-covered cucumber.
208	Who can kiss more women?	Kenny (420-33)		Spenny kissed the buttocks and testicles of horse statue.
209	Who can win a rat race?	Spenny	Kenny used a capybara, claiming it was a "South-American Jungle Rat".	Kenny had a live rat placed in his underwear.
210	Who is the better journalist?	Spenny (default - Kenny didn't show)		Kenny used a toilet placed on the sidewalk of a busy street.
211	Who can sell more bibles?	Kenny (7-0)**	Kenny tricked Spenny into thinking his children's film script was bought by Hollywood executives.	Spenny flew to Los Angeles International Airport and waited in vain for non-existent Hollywood executives to pick him up (part of an elaborate ruse by Kenny).
212	First one to be mean loses	Draw		No "official" humiliation - but Kenny "illegally" dressed Spenny up as a clown and urinated on him while he was unconscious.
213	Who is the better rapper?	Spenny (2-1)		Spenny had "Kenny is a Loser" displayed on a large outdoor TV screen along with some very unflattering pictures. Spenny became annoyed after realizing that narcissistic Kenny actually enjoyed the attention.

• *On the Season 2 DVD Kenny admits that Spenny won, since Kenny was the one that actually vomited first.
• **All seven bibles were purchased by Spenny in an attempt to show Kenny that he didn't care about the competition due to his script being "picked up" by Hollywood executives.

Season Three

Number	Episode Competition	Winner	Cheat	Humiliation
301	First one to laugh loses	Spenny		Kenny ate one of Spenny's freshly picked "boogers".
302	Who do gay guys like more?	Draw (the lone gay judge chose "neither")		Kenny and Spenny were each "teabagged" on the forehead (humiliation imposed by the film crew).
303	Who can wear a dead octopus on his head the longest?	Kenny (cheated)	Kenny took the octupus off his head and attached the tentacles to his hat to make it look like he was still wearing it. Also, Kenny dosed Spenny with LSD, making Spenny believe the octopus was still on Kenny's head, and eventually leading to Spenny releasing the octopus into the lake.	Spenny ate sushi off of Kenny's naked buttocks.
304	Who can win a 10-mile (16.09 km) race?	Spenny	Kenny tricked Spenny into believing that his mother was dead, so that Spenny would go to a fake funeral miles away from the race track.	Kenny received a spanking on his bare buttocks from his mother.
305	Who can lift more weight with their genitals?	Kenny (via forfeit)		Spenny sucked on the nipples of mutual friend Bobby.
306	Who is cooler?	Kenny		Spenny stood naked in a meat freezer.
307	Who can produce more semen?	Kenny (cheated)	Kenny collected semen from used condoms in alleyways. In addition, Kenny stole an x-ray machine and radiated Spenny, causing him to become ill.	Spenny was splashed with semen (original humiliation was to drink it, but Spenny refused). Spenny had originally cheated, using hair conditioner, and had Kenny convinced of his victory, but subsequently confessed.
308	Who can stay in a haunted house the longest?	Spenny	Before entering the house, Spenny went to specialists on the supernatural in hopes of resolving his fears while Kenny went to a different specialist on the supernatural in hopes of gaining the skills to conjure up the devil. While in the house, Kenny played many tricks on Spenny in hopes of scaring him out of the house. In a last ditch effort to prevent his fears from taking over, Spenny handcuffed himself to pipe in a room. Kenny went to the room next door and attempted to raise the devil in a ritualistic fashion. What followed was a loud bang which caused Kenny and the crew to run out of the house. The loud bang turned out to be a crane from the next building.	Kenny dressed in and modelled women's lingerie in a store window.
309	Who can make a better porno?	Kenny		Spenny performed anal sex on one of Kenny's inflatable male sex dolls.
310	Who can catch a bigger fish?	Kenny (cheated)	Prior to the competition, Kenny visited the owner of the boat and paid him off to go to an area with no fish, and to go through with his plan. Also during his trip, Kenny had filmed himself catching a dead fish. Later on during the actual competition, Kenny pushed Spenny into the lake, drove away, and left him for 30 minutes. Afterwards, the boat drove back and retrieved Spenny and Kenny showed him the tape made beforehand of him catching the fish.	Spenny's head was wrapped in tape while he pressed his face into a hanging pig's buttocks.
311	Who can imitate the other guy better?	Kenny	Kenny and Spenny swapped personas and exaggerated each other's character. Kenny resorted to destroying Spenny's character by singing a song about having sexual encounters with "Grandpa", pretending to eat fake feces from the toilet in a depressed frame of mind and acting out a suicide attempt in the bathroom. Spenny broke character several times to show his displeasure with Kenny and his portrayal. The crew voted and gave the victory to Kenny because he broke out of character much less than Spenny.	Kenny, through an earpiece, made Spenny say rude things to unsuspecting people on the street.
312	Who can stay homeless the longest?	Kenny	Spenny stayed in the spirit of the competition throughout the episode while Kenny once again bent the rules in his own favour. Realizing he was sitting on the steps of his bank, Kenny went in and withdrew over 100 dollars. While filming in a park, the police showed up and were questioning the film crew along with the two contestants. Spenny proceeded to hit Kenny lightly on the shoulder. Kenny responded by faking an injury which caused the police to arrest Spenny. Spenny spent the night in jail and lost the competition because one of the rules was that neither contestant could spend the night inside a building.	Kenny kneed Spenny in the groin.
313	Arm wrestling competition.	Kenny	Kenny travelled to Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, where he found a 14 year old boy named Spencer Rice whom he arm wrestled instead of the real Spenny, who was unaware of this at the time. Kenny won and tried to convince the real Spenny that he had lost on a technicality and must perform the humiliation. Spenny refused and demanded the competition be restarted only this time Kenny was to arm wrestle the real Spenny. Kenny agreed, but to Spenny's surprise Kenny still won the arm wrestling competition.	Spenny had to stick his hand in public bathroom toilet and unplug it. The toilet was nearly overflowing with urine, feces and other garbage.

Statistics

	Wins	Losses	Ties	Winning %
Kenny	34	16	4	62.9
Spenny	16	34	4	29.6

• After episode #313, Kenny leads the series 34-16-4 (W-L-T).
• If competitions where Kenny cheated (14) are not counted, he would still be leading 19-16-4.

External links

• Kenny Hotz official website
• Kenny vs. Spenny official website
• Kenny vs. Spenny Showcase TV microsite
• Kenny vs. Spenny episode guide on Tv.com
• Kenny Hotz's MSN blog*Kenny Hotz's My Space
• Kenny Hotz official merchandise
• Kenny Hotz at IMDb
• Spencer Rice at IMDb