LOS ANGELES (TNA) – Years ago, when Kenny Hotz and Spencer Rice were kids, the stars of TV’s “Kenny Vs. Spenny” set out to see who could sit in a sauna the longest.

It was a pretty straightforward challenge – until Kenny, who fancies himself the “diabolical genius” type, added a wild-card element to the competition that gave him a distinct advantage: He urinated in the sauna!

“I bet him, then I stood up and peed on the rocks,” Kenny says. “The sauna filled up with this yellow, gross mist. And Spenny ran out. Like a little girl.”

“Kenny Vs. Spenny,” a hit Canadian reality/comedy series that has found a home on Comedy Central, reveals that the pair’s “Odd Couple” relationship hasn’t changed much over the years. The two filmmakers, now in their late 30s, are still best friends, still competitive to a fault, and still challenging each other with ridiculous, immature and intense dares.

And Kenny, a man who knows no shame, is still unafraid to gain an edge over the “more normal” Spenny by whizzing on things he has no business whizzing on.

“I’ll give you an example,” Spenny says. “In one of the competitions, he tried to get a goat to urinate on my bed. When he couldn’t do that, he just urinated himself. That’s my bed! Where I sleep! This is an issue for me. And I didn’t find out until later, when we were editing the show. It’s annoying!”

It’s also hilarious, addictive television.

After a preview on Comedy Central on Wednesday, Nov. 14, “Kenny Vs. Spenny” moves to its official 11:30 p.m. ET Sunday time slot beginning Nov. 18.

Throughout the show’s run, each week features a new, stupid contest: “Who Can Blow the Biggest Fart?” “Who Can Eat the Most Meat?” “First One to Talk Loses.” “Who Can Sit on a Cow the Longest?” “Who Can Lift More Weight With Their Genitals?” “Who Can Lose the Most Weight?” “First Guy to Get a Boner Loses.”

Now in its fourth season on Canadian TV, the show pits Kenny against Spenny, each one shadowed by a film crew, in more than 60 episodes.

“And we don’t have one dud,” Kenny declares. “There’s not one shit show in 60-plus fucking episodes, which is pretty biblical for any series.

“My particular favorite was from the second season,” Spenny adds. “It was ‘Who Can Stay Naked the Longest?’ I just look at that show, now that it’s finished and edited, and I just love it. It’s a great piece of television.”

“He hated doing it, though,” Kenny notes.

“I hated doing it with my whole soul,” Spenny confirms. “But the results are terrific.”

Crazy Kenny has a list of some 300 more outrageous showdowns still to tackle. Although getting Spenny to play along, both men note, isn’t always easy.

“Sometimes Kenny wants to do competitions that are, by their very nature, unethical or criminal,” Spenny says. “We did one this year: ‘Who Can Commit More Crimes?’ I really shy away from those. But all’s well that ends well.”

Speaking of endings, the winner of each contest not only achieves short-term glory and bragging rights, but also gets to make the loser perform a humiliating stunt of the winner’s choosing.

That’s why they compete with such ferocity.

“The difference between ourselves and ‘Jackass,’” Kenny explains, “is that those guys actually love humiliating themselves, and we fucking hate it. They revel in it, whereas we’ll do whatever it takes to avoid the humiliation.”

In the biggest-fart episode, for example, Kenny resorted to sabotage. He cooked a pot of rootin’ tootin’ chili, then spiked it with Beano-like pills, well aware that Spenny would sample the chili when his rival wasn’t looking.

“He’s a Machiavellian, is what he is, and I’m not,” Spenny says, “which is another reason the show works.”

It’s also worth noting that Kenny’s pursuit of victory also backfired – quite literally – when he farted so hard he crapped in his underwear!

So why do they do it?

“Money, glory, chicks, castles, Bentleys, butlers – I love all of those things,” Kenny says. “But what I really get off on is just people laughing at our shit.”

The show is indeed a big hit north of the border. And don’t be surprised if it creates the same kind of pop-culture buzz here that “South Park” did a decade ago. In fact, “South Park” cartoonists Matt Stone and Trey Parker, now producers of “Kenny Vs. Spenny,” were instrumental in bringing the show to the States.

“Trey said to me, ‘Are you ready?’ I said, ‘Ready for what?’” Kenny recalls. “I don’t know what’s going to happen. We’re just these fucking schmoes from Toronto. So to get dropped on Comedy Central, holy shit! I’m ready for it to crash and burn – or maybe the FCC will pull it off the air.”

Or perhaps it’ll resonate with viewers here the same way it did in Canada.

“We have a pretty big fan base,” Kenny says. “We have people coming up to us in the street. Women love us. They like the show because they can’t believe how fucked up guys are. Our appeal is broader than you might think.”

Not surprisingly, each one claims to be the fan favorite.

“People love me more,” Kenny insists. “They watch the show and they want Spenny to win at first. But after a few episodes, they want him to be totally annihilated by me.”

“Not true,” Spenny counters.

“Completely true,” Kenny says.

“What Kenny doesn’t know,” Spenny says, “is that I meet lots of people who support my cause.”

“Sure you do,” Kenny retaliates. “They love me more because I am the diabolical genius and he’s the hapless dweeb.”

“That’s his version of events,” Spenny says. “They relate more to me. They want me to succeed in my quest to humiliate the unhumiliatable.”

Viewers, get ready for another rumble!

(Warning: adult content)

 

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