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Kenny Vs. Spenny is a Canadian television show that ran for 8 years and 6 seasons, from 2002 to 2010. While it may be offensive to some viewers, most of the show is predicated on being offensive to almost everyone. It features Kenneth Hotz and Spencer Rice, two lifelong friends who challenge each other to absurd competitions.

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Whoever loses the competition is subjected to a strange and mean-spirited punishment by the other. The format is simple enough, and it already seems like it could get into dicey territory quickly. But were there ever times where Kenny Vs. Spenny went too far? Absolutely! Let's take a look at a few examples of times it's aged pretty badly.

Toronto -- Rosanna Arquette is to topline "The Signs of Living," a Canadian indie movie from Breakthrough Films and Television and producer/director Gail Harvey.

The news comes two years after veteran TV producer Breakthrough launched a movie production arm, with former PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Norstar Filmed Entertainment executive Marina Cordoni in charge as executive producer.

In "The Signs of Living," Arquette is to play an inspirational TV show host and girlfriend of an aging rock star who's hit emotional rock bottom.

Production on the $2 million feature, based on a script by Divana Ippoliti, is set for spring 2011. No word on additional casting.

Cordoni will shop the Arquette-starring drama at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival with an eye to securing U.S. and European presales.

Breakthrough and Cordini last year produced two Canadian films, the mockumentary "Confessions of a Porn Addict," starring Spencer Rice ("Kenny vs. Spenny"), and Penelope Buitenhuis' "A Wake,...

Today, the Canadian Academy revealed the nominees for the 25th Gemini Awards, the Canadian equivalent of the Emmy Awards. So without further ado, let's reveal those who have graced our land of television in fall 2009 and winter 2010.

1. Best Animated Program or Series:

* Glenn Martin, Dds

* Guess With Jess

* Johnny Test

* Kid Vs Kat

* Wapos Bay

2. Best Children's or Youth Fiction Program or Series:

* Degrassi: The Next Generation

* Overruled!

* Pillars of Freedom

* That's So Weird!

* Total Drama Action

3. Best Children's or Youth Non-Fiction Program or Series:

* A World of Wonders

* Canada's Super Speller

* Survive This

* Tvokids: Mark's Moments

4. Best Comedy Program or Series:

* Dan for Mayor

* Less Than Kind

* Little Mosque on the Prairie

* Pure Pwnage

* The Rick Mercer Report

5. Best Dramatic Miniseries:

* Alice

* The Phantom

* The Summit

6. Best Dramatic Series:

* Durham County

* Flashpoint

* Republic of Doyle

* Stargate Universe

* The Tudors

7. Best Music, Variety Program or Series

* 2009 Much Music Video Awards...

Toronto -- NBC Universal has joined with Canwest Global Communications Corp. to co-produce the Canadian medical procedural "Combat Hospital" from indie producer Sienna Films for Global Television.

The drama about a military field hospital in Afghanistan manned by doctors and nurses from around the world and serving injured coalition troops and Afghan civilians is part of an expanding homegrown scripted slate from Canwest Global that includes an eight-episode order for "Single White Spenny" from Breakthrough Films & Television for its Showcase cable channel.

"Combat Hospital" is executive produced by Simon Vaughan of Lookout Films. Vaughan helped finance the CBS/CTV drama "Flashpoint" while with Alchemy TV.

The medical drama is set for delivery in November 2010.

Canwest Global and NBC Universal earlier co-produced the Howie Mandel-starring hidden camera reality series "Howie Does It."

The Canadian broadcaster is also a keen buyer of U.S. series from NBC Universal Domestic Television for its Canadian schedule.

As always, those who will have a chance to attend the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal can enjoy the Insider Series, a segment mainly devoted to screenings of films and upcoming TV series' pilot. For this year, the Insider Series' have a preview of an upcoming Canadian comedy series and two performances on stage in store.

The Drunk and on Drugs Happy Funtime Hour

First of all, fans of Trailer Park Boys will be able to meet the show's stars and creators themselves: Mike Smith, John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells and director Ron Murphy. They will present clips of their new TV series called The Drunk and on Drugs Happy Funtime Hour and a Q&A session will be held.

This show from Showcase, a Canadian cable network, takes place in a fictitious town of Port Cockerton. It follows Trailer Park Boys' three stars (Mike Smith, John Paul Tremblay...

“Comedy Central’s Kenny vs. Spenny: Volume One - Uncensored” Starring Kenny Hotz and Spencer Rice Produced by Blueprint Entertainment with Producers Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Kenny Hotz and Spencer Rice Scores: Technical: 90, Story: 100, Acting: 100, Overall Score: 97 Kenny Hotz and Spencer “Spenny” Rice, life-long friends who live in Toronto, Canada, go head-to-head in mindless-yet-genius competitions that make up their half-hour-long reality show. The loser of the challenge then has to carry out a humiliation deed chosen at random by the winner. Creating the show themselves, Kenny and Spenny claim the show is totally unscripted and entirely real. Episode Guide -First Guy to Get a Boner Loses -Who Can Blow the Biggest Fart? -Who Can Produce the Best Viral Video? -Who Can Eat More Meat? -First Guy to [...]...

From Executive Producers Matt Stone and Trey Parker, “Comedy Central’s Kenny vs. Spenny” shows you why best friends Kenny Hotz and Spencer Rice make better enemies in television’s ultimate reality show. Watch as they compete to see who can blow the Biggest fart, who can handle More torture, and who can commit the Most crime. Why would two sane human beings submit themselves to such acts of depravity, you ask? It’s simple, really: glory for the winner, humiliation for the loser. Released via Comedy Central Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment, “Comedy Central’s Kenny vs. Spenny: Uncensored” DVD arrives in stores nationwide on Tuesday, August 12 and will also be available at www.shop.comedycentral.com. “Comedy Central’s Kenny vs. [...]...

• Born from a festival that had everything to do with laughs and nothing to do with cinema, now in their 12th edition, the Just For Laughs Film Fest have pretty much developed their identity, attracted name films and talent. This year's fest will begin with a Bang! or I should say a Bong! with David Gordon Green and the Apatow team (Seth Rogen, co-writer Evan Goldberg, co-star Danny McBride) coming down with one of the rare advance premieres of Pineapple Express and a Q&A. Other special guests and accompanying films include: Father and son team of the Reitmans (Ivan and Jason for those coming out of a coma) presenting a Master Class on filmmaking on July 18. Sundance hit Baghead from Jay & Mark Duplass gets a screening on July 14th and the 20th studio fair with Rainn Wilson (The Office) starring in The Rocker. The Deal – a film adapted

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Matt Stone and Trey Parker have joined up with the team behind Canadian series Kenny vs. Spenny to produce new episodes of the comedy-reality series for Comedy Central.

The network has licensed 10 new episodes of the show, in which childhood friends and series co-creators Kenny Hotz and <N Spencer Rice battle each other in outrageous competitions, and also has acquired 10 episodes from the show's library. The series is set to premiere Nov. 14.

Stone told The Hollywood Reporter that he and Parker became fans of the series after Kyle McCulloch, a producer on their Comedy Central show South Park, introduced them to an episode in which the duo competed to see who could stay up the longest without sleep. Stone said the episode really hit home.

"It was right after we finished 'Team America' in a six-day marathon," he said. "It was the worst time of my whole life. The physical torment that they put their bodies through touched us. It was just so funny but also realistic and raw."

After randomly running into Rice at LAX and introducing themselves -- "He was freaked out because he thought nobody would recognize him in America," Stone said -- Stone and Parker developed a friendship with Hotz and Rice and offered to help them get the show on the air in the U.S.

Kenny vs. Spenny, a wacky reality show airing on the Canadian Broadcasting Corp., has wrapped up several worldwide format deals, including a deal with Britain's Channel 4 and a 40-episode agreement in Colombia. The "reality comedy" format features two buddies who challenge each other to silly contests, such as who can lose the most weight, who can survive in the woods the longest or who can stay awake the longest. The stars, Kenny Hotz and Spencer Rice, developed the series after producing a feature film, Pitch, which follows the real-life story of two writers as they try to sell a script to Hollywood.