Kenny vs. Spenny is quite possibly the funniest Toronto-born comedy on TV since Kids In The Hall. Filmed here, KVS pits “best friends” Kenny Hotz and Spencer “Spenny” Rice against each other in a number of oddball competitions. The contests range from ‘Who Can Stay Naked The Longest’, to ‘Who Do Kids Like The Most’. The lloser gets humiliated on television in a manner of the winner’s choosing.
As popularity for the show grows, the two stars are finding themselves recognized more and more. Kenny, for example, is at the awkward celebrity phase of not being able to skip the line at The Boat, while the entire line recognizes him and congratulates him on his fine show. “It’s getting crazy. But people are very nice,” says Spenny.
The show originally aired on CBC but never really found its place there. Eventually the show was pulled and later adopted by Showcase. Spenny explains, “the show was too wild for CBC. Once they accidentally ran one of our promos in the toddler block and they received a lot of complaints.”
Recently returning to Toronto to film the third season of KVS, Spenny and Kenny were kind enough to answer a few questions I had for them. I warn you, some of the answers they gave were quite offensive.