Viva La Bam (2003)
Viva La Bam was an American reality television series that stars Bam Margera and his friends and family. The show was a spin-off from MTV's Jackass, in which Margera and most of the main cast had appeared. Each episode had a specific theme, mission, or challenge which was normally accomplished by performing pranks, skateboarding, and enlisting the help of friends, relations and experts. Although partly improvised, the show was supported by a greater degree of planning and organization.
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Episode 1 - Drive-Way Skate Park
Release Date: 2004-10-24On a beautiful Saturday morning at Castle Bam, Ryan and Bam pick up the mail at the mailbox. As Bam gathers his mail, the box collapses to the ground. Suddenly, Bam gets an idea to turn his driveway into a driveway skate park. Resident carpenter and ramp building expert, Tim Glomb, is put on the job to build Bam's skateboarding vision. While Glomb is busy building the skate park's walls, Bam takes the family out to Los Angeles to find Hollywood flair. Bam's plan is to decorate the skate park with objects collected from celebrities. Bam travels around Hollywood paying visits to Jack Osbourne, Tommy Lee, Dave Grohl and N.E.R.D. Bam collects a smashed watch from Jack, a pair of drumsticks and a snare drum from Tommy Lee, a belt from Dave Grohl and an autographed trucker cap from N.E.R.D. Meanwhile, Don Vito is bent on finding the Playboy mansion. Rake and Raab accompany Don Vito on his quest. Eventually, Don Vito finds the Playboy mansion but is denied entrance. Don Vito starts to really
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Episode 2 - Uncivil War
Release Date: 2004-10-31After purchasing potato guns, Bam and the crew return to Castle Bam to engage in a potato gun battle, launching potatoes at each other from a great distance. Don Vito checks out the commotion. Bam decides to launch Don Vito's watch out of one of the potato guns. With the help of Jen, Bam obtains Vito's watch and places it into a potato gun. With much protest from Vito, they launch his watch into the forest. Bam and the crew go looking for the watch and to their surprise, they uncover an old Civil War cannonball. This historical artifact gives Bam the idea that they're going to ""party like it's 1899."" Bam goes to the fuse box of Castle Bam and shuts down power to the house. The Viva La Bam cast spend the rest of day with out electricity. The next morning, April and Phil are awakened by the sound of marching feet from the Civil War reenactment army approaching the front door. April asks Bam, ""What's going on?"" Bam yells ""Civil War reenactment!"" Bam tells the army to go to the backyard an
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Episode 3 - Fort Knoxville
Release Date: 2004-11-07This episode of Bam is all about war--Prank War, that is. Bam goes up against Johnny Knoxville and Ryan Dunn in one of the nastiest, raunchiest, filthiest prank wars ever shown on national television. After not having seen Knoxville in a year, Bam is awakened by the sounds of Knoxville taking a drill and an ax to his precious, candy-red Hummer. Without having discussed it with Bam, Knoxville has decided to transform the Hummer into a convertible. Knoxville manages to remove the top of the truck as well as bust out a few windows. What a way to say ""Good morning!"" This means war... On Day One of the Prank War, Bam gives Vito the key to Knoxville's hotel room and gives him clear instructions to do whatever he can to be the worst guest ever--including ""rent a porno, call an escort service, run up the phone bill, do what you gotta do."" When Knoxville walks into the room, he finds Vito lying in a disgusting bed smeared with pizza sauce and chicken grease. As if that wasn't enough, Vito (who
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Episode 4 - Rockstars
Release Date: 2004-11-14Bam and friends are hanging at Castle Bam. They are enjoying the newly installed pool table and jukebox. Don Vito, annoyed at the music that they are playing, proclaims that he can sing better than ""any of those stupid idiots"" on Bam's juke box. Bam then challenges Don Vito to sing a single note on key; if not he has to enroll in Bam's ""Rock-n-Roll"" school. Later, the Viva La Bam cast are at karaoke night taking place at a local bar. Don Vito and Phil take the mics and attempt to sing the song ""American Woman."" After the laughter dies down from the audience, Bam tells Don Vito and Phil that they will be starting their rock star training tomorrow. The next day, Phil and Don Vito go to a singing instructor. The instructor puts the Margera brothers through singing exercises. Don Vito impresses the singing instructor with his vibrato skills that employ the wiggling of his double chin. Afterwards, Bam takes his dad and uncle to a dance instructor. The dance instructor desperately tries to g
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Episode 5 - Mutiny on the Bam
Release Date: 2004-11-21To make it up to April, for all the stuff he has pulled, Bam promises to bring April on a cruise. After giving her his word they'd stay docked on a rented ship, Ape falls asleep and they set sail without Phil or April knowing. Meanwhile, Don Vito is the lazy captain.
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Episode 6 - Angry Ape
Release Date: 2004-11-28Bam wants to ruin April's day as much as possible, and does this in the only 24-hour period in which his mother cannot complain.
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Episode 7 - Mall of Bam
Release Date: 2004-12-05Bam and crew spend the night in The Mall of America until a skate demo he has to do in the morning. Mike Vallely guest stars.
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Episode 8 - Bamiature Golf
Release Date: 2004-12-12Vito agrees to a golfing competition between him and Bam on the condition Bam'll leave Don's car alone if Vito wins.