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Kenny Hotz of Kenny vs. Spenny pisses people off like it's his job. Well, actually, it is his job. He's seen downtown scantily clad more often than not. He's known to hit on much, much older women. He's fed his best friend acid while he had an octopus on his head. And yesterday he went for the biggest-hitting blow in the books, advertising his asshole ways to the masses―with mile-high blasphemy in the sky.
Yesterday around noon, Kenny hired a plane and flew a banner across the Toronto harbour, with a simple but potent two-word message―"JESUS SUCKS." As the Post reported yesterday, Kenny pulled his signature sneaky tricks with the plane company to get his message out, using the common Spanish name Jesús as the cover. His cover never blew, but his message surely did (at least in the wind)―and it might the blow the tops off a few religious groups. But that's the point, after all. This week's episode from season five of a show that's about as addictive as five-cent candy is entitled, appropriately, "Who Can Piss Off the Most People?" Oh, and for the record, Kenny doesn't actually think Jesus sucks. He's just doing his job.
Photos courtesy of Kenny vs. Spenny/Breakthrough Films & Television in association with Blueprint Entertainment and Showcase Television.
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He should never have his right to say this taken away, but as the Post's Charles Lewis alludes to, the Human Rights Commissions would work to silence him had he said something about a "disadvantaged minority". Oh how I hate political correctness.
it's not a human rights issue to say "Jesus Sucks".... maybe if it had said "People who believe in Jesus Suck"
"Q: What would you say if there was some little girl that just came from her first communion, standing on the street licking an ice cream, and she looks up to see a banner that says “Jesus sucks!”?"
jesus fuck... what is this, disney land?
katiech: I didn't say that it was. Quite the opposite. The HRC disagrees with me though, especially when somebody says something about a minority.
I don't believe in any God, but I think Jesus is a good role model for anyone.
Church leaders who distort his words of peace and tolerance into hate suck though.
pickletoes: i wasn't replying to your comment. I was making my own.
i was commenting more as a response to the comments i had just read from the national post's article
katiech: Ooops, I'm sorry.
nice promo!
Your life must be so unimportant if you get insulted by people mocking two thousand year old fairy tales.
And, unfortunately, they misspelled jesus. They wrote JESU5 as shown below.
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How boring. Now if he said Mohammed sucks I'd think he had some balls.
#11 - maybe if the plane was dragging a cartoon of Mohammed behind it..
The nice thing, from a legal standpoint, about saying something or someone "sucks," especially the Christian savior, is that it's very difficult to establish exactly what is meant by the term "sucks" - especially if you just leave it at that - what does he suck?
If he had a straw he could suck on a milkshake. Or he could suck in a breath of fresh air. OR he could suck donkeyballs but who knows? Kenny didn't finish the sentence so it is left to our imagination. And, as so many people feel positive about Jesus (even nonbelievers would agree he was a good person whether or not they agree he existed) it would be difficult to prove that Jesus actually could "suck" in a negative way - and it would also be difficult to prove that stating "JESUS SUCKS" could actually change anyone's mind about the Savior in a negative way, or even succeed in making them feel bad about him. Rankling people isn't sufficient to prove hate.
I love Kenny vs. Spenny!
Best show on tv:
KENNY AND SPENNY!
Not exactly related, but one time in Disneyworld I saw an orientation-challenged skywriter write "MIN MITH JESUS". The best part was when he realised his mistake, flew through the message repeatedly and just wrote a big "JESUS" over the whole mess.
Not to mention that Jesus is just a name, like Mohammed. He didn't add the last name Christ so I don't see how this is an issue. But then again, neither of those names don't have any signifigance is my life so meh.
Jesus Quintana sucks 8-year-olds, dude.
Honestly, I think he would've pissed off more people in downtown Toronto if he'd written "Jesus Saves."
"Christ" isn't his last name, Gaulder, it's his title.
And spacejack is right.
@spacejack, rek: But it wouldn't have been as funny.
I can't see anyone in Toronto getting too lathered up about this either.
But Kenny & Spenny airs in the US now, doesn't it? Maybe they're trying to offend American sensibilities.
Better if it said Jesus sucks Mohammed.
i actually think its hilarious.
i laugh when people use "sucks" or "rocks" to describe thinks they dislike or like.
"Jesus sucks" is funny in so many ways...
We saw Spenny at the Yonge and Eglinton area. He was outside the Dunfield Club in a big blond wig and horrible fake blond mustache. Asking a woman from my building what he could do to piss her off. His crew was in a van beside the Yorkville Club filming.
Kenny wins.
ps. Jesus sucks
Love...it.
But does he swallow?
@Svend you have a point. Jesus seemed to be an OK guy. Too bad his church sucks.