,
Trey Parker and
Matt Stone, executive producers of
Kenny vs. Spenny After graduating from university, Rice worked as a
production coordinator and independent filmmaker. In 1993, Rice directed a short film entitled
Telewhore, a documentary about a phone sex girl. It was exhibited at The Toronto International Film Festival and was well-received by critics. In 1994, Rice and Kenny Hotz, who had been friends since childhood, collaborated on the short film ''
It Don't Cost Nothin' to Say Good Morning. Their first feature-length film was Pitch in 1997, which won Best Film Award from the Toronto Independent Arts Festival. In 2000, Rice directed, produced and wrote a short film for TV entitled Something Anything'' which won a Telefest Independent Television Festival award for best comedy. There was interest from the television station that had broadcast the short film and turn it into a TV series, but the idea was later scrapped. In 2003, Rice and Hotz created the show
Kenny vs. Spenny, which finished its sixth season in 2010 and ended with an hour-long series finale on December 23, 2010. The show aired in many different countries and was nominated for
Gemini Awards in 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2008, even catching the attention of
South Park creators
Trey Parker and
Matt Stone, who became executive producers of the show during season 4. In 2008, Spencer Rice wrote and starred in the
mockumentary film
Confessions of a Porn Addict in which he played the character Mark Tobias. Rice's next project was called
Single White Spenny. He played himself; it was cancelled after one season due to low ratings. In November 2020, along with Kenny Hotz, Rice wrote and produced
Kenny & Spenny: Paldemic, a
CBC Gem special that focused on the pair's friendship and careers since
Kenny vs. Spenny ended in 2010.
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