Viva la Bam: Complete Seasons 4 & 5 (2003)

From Candid Camera to American Idol, American television viewers' appetite for watching other folks get embarrassed, humiliated, or worse at the hands of both themselves and others never seems to wane. How else to explain the fact that MTV's Jackass, a show built on dangerous, painful, and stupid stunts, could spawn not only a feature film but a spin-off like Viva La Bam, issued here in a three-disc set compiling the show's fourth and fifth seasons with extensive bonus material? This is classic MTV fare, made by and for slackers, stoners, and skateboarders, the tattoo and heavy metal crowd who get off on the kind of jejune, puerile behavior that Bam Margera and his crew celebrate in every one of these 16 episodes. A combination of The Tom Green Show, Paris Hilton's The Simple Life, and the aforementioned Jackass, Viva La Bam is hardly what one would call innocent, but it's neither as cruel nor as mean-spirited as others of its ilk. It focuses less on outrageous stunts than on Bam's good-natured tormenting of his family, including mother April ("Ape"), dad Phil, and especially uncle-clown Don Vito (the latter two have a combined girth roughly equal to the Earth's circumference); in the two-parter that opens the fourth season, for instance, they follow Phil and Ape to Europe (later adventures take them to Brazil, Mexico, Finland, and Russia), wreaking havoc everywhere they go and pretty much living up to the stereotypical image of the boorish, ignorant American abroad. There are guest appearances by rockers like the Bloodhound Gang, Hanoi Rocks, HIM, the cartoonish Gwar, and even Billy Idol, along with ace stunt bikers the Metal Mulisha, but unless your idea of hilarity involves folks dumping food on one another (even better if the dumpee is asleep), Viva La Bam's appeal will be limited, to say the least. On the other hand, folks who do enjoy that kind of thing should be delighted. The third disc is comprised of over two hours of bonus material, including deleted scenes and commentary by Bam and the gang. --Sam Graham Amazon.com

best show ever

I've been a fan of bam since jackass came on the air and i have to say this is 100 percent better than jackas and wildboys put together. This season is definantly one of the funniest ones including alot more fun with the bloodhound gang. This is a must have for every die hard bam margera fan. buy it you wont regret it. FYI one of the best episodes has to be when dunn and his junkie limo challenge bam and his LAMBO to a race. needless to say, he doesn't win but it still is the best episode on this dvd in my opinion. January 31, 2007

pretty good for being scripted

we all know that this is scripted but we cant help but crack a smile when bam pisses off his family... but then again we all know that bams mom really doesnt live with bam nor his dad.
but it still is funny for being 90% fake September 14, 2006

Awesome

The commentary is hillarious. I love
viva la bam. Def worth a buy. Plenty of extras too! March 20, 2006

Viva La Bam, Seasons 4+5

If you're any fan of bam, the cKy crew, or even Don Vito, you will love this DVD collection, with more hilarious hijinks, pranks and ass kickings than the first three seasons, this is a must have for the Viva La Bam fans out there March 20, 2006

Same as the others!!!

If you bought this one, you know the product. We have the other 3 seasons and just kept coming back for more. You just have to love em all! They are hilarious! And you gotta love Phil and April.....how do they do it! Like I said, if you bought the others, you have to have this one to complete the set....and if you got this one to try.....GET THE OTHERS!
March 19, 2006

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