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Skateboarding DVD Video Review:Bam Margera's Viva La Bam: Season 1
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Studio: Mtv Home Video
Released: 2003
Rating: 4 Stars
Staring:
Bam Margera, Phil Margera, Ryan Dunn, Chris Raab, April Margera, Brandon Dicamillo, Vincent Margera, Tim Glomb, Rake Yohn, Jennifer Rivell, Brandon Novak, Tim O'Conner, Donny Barley, Compton Ass Terry, Tony Hawk, Kenny Hughes, Jimmy Pop, Jason Ellis, Geoff Rowley, Jess Margera, Jared Hasselhoff, The Bloodhound Gang, Mark Hanna, Ville Valo, Mike Vallely, Chad Ginsburg, Deron Miller.
When Bam's show first appeared on Mtv, I had no desire to see it. All their shows suck (except Beavis and Butthead), so why bother? Besides I'd seen Jackass and they couldn't pull stuff like that on TV. Worst of all, I can't stand it when they censor foul language with beeps and crap - annoying.
I can't say anything about the TV version, but the DVD is pretty cool. I figured each episode would deal with a single theme in which this PA self-made rich-kid torments his parents. I was way off. This show is a hell of a lot of fun and very well done. They don't dwell on the set-ups. They fill you in and then let you catch all the disastrous outcomes.
Does anyone remember when the "M" in Mtv stood for Music? I guess the tv part still means television, but what happened to the damn music? They just play reality TV stuff 24/7.
From getting Raab to marry a Russian mail-order bride to filling his parent's house with skate ramps, he's done it all and doesn't seem to run out of ideas. The town of West Chester will probably run out of patience first. I often wonder if this whole thing has any reality to it. Large parts are obviously scripted - you can't assemble a camera crew spontaneously. I wonder if that house isn't a front or something. Do his parents really live there - with all that weird crap going on?
Whatever the reality, it's a damn funny show and it's not censored on the DVD.
The Episodes
- Phil's Hell Day / Bam's Skate Park
- Don't Feed Phil
- Family Reunion
- Viva Las Vegas
- Paint Phil Blue & Other Stories
- Very Merry Margera Christmas
- April's Revenge
- Scavenger Hunt
Bonus Stuff
- Deleted Scenes
- Director's Cut - Bam's Skate Park
- Don't Feed Phil: Brandon's Extended Food Frenzy - bees show up outside and start attacking him. There's also an interesting segment of living room fishing with dildos dangling as bait. Interesting catch.
- Family Reunion: Dinner Quest: an extended version of the crew ransacking the grocery store, viking style. Kids go crazy at an Element sk8 demo in which Mike V absolutely kills.
- Viva Las Vegas - The clan goes to a hypnotists stage show where he gets Raab to b=ecome Elvis among other things. Check out the ruination of Raab's white tux.
- Paint Phil Blue - pimping out April's PT Cruiser.
- Very Margera Christmas - The making of penis-shaped ice sculptures. Ryan drives a mini zamboni up and down the street as they pelt him with random stuff. Ice fishing on the fake ice rink in Bam's living room.
- April's Revenge - See a can of beans explode in a fire. Rake goes fishing for a nuclear catfish from Three Mile Island. Kick ass bonfire fueled by everything including a skateboard.
- Scavenger Hunt - stuff you may wish you hadn't seen.
- Random-Ass Moments
- Cast Q&A - static pages with some facts
- Photo Gallery
- Teasers for other Mtv shows and DVDs
As a side note, it should also be noted that Jenn Rivell is insanely hot!
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