The WORST episodes of Viva La Bam
Every episode of Viva La Bam ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Viva La Bam!
Viva La Bam is MTV's hit "prank" show all about the life & antics of pro skater and pro jackass Bam Margera. From hilarious scavenger hunts to changing the house into a giant skatepark or hockey rink, he always keeps the show a family affair.
#1 - Mardi Gras (1)
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/16/2004
Bam, with a group of skateboarding legends, head down to Mardi Gras. On the way down, Bam sessions out-of-the-way skate spots. Don Vito gets very pissed and yells at Tony Hawk ""No more skateboarding!""
#2 - Fat Boy Face-Off
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/9/2004
Bam enters Phil and Don Vito in a competition he calls ""Fat Boy Face Off."" The first event is a race where a hoagie is dangled in front of the contestants. The first to either cross the finish line or eat a hoagie becomes the winner. Phil, with much more hustle than Don Vito, crosses the finish line first. In the next event, Don Vito and Phil are blind folded and spun in circles. With their equilibrium off balance, Don Vito and Phil venture into a field were they have to find a chocolate cake propped up on a garbage can. Phil takes about one minute and thirty seconds to find the cake where as Don Vito, easily frustrated, takes about four minutes to find the cake. Chalk one up for Phil. The next event in the ""Fat Boy Face Off"" is an obstacle course affectionally labeled the ""Slobstacle Course."" The obstacle course includes crawling under a fence, running through tires, and finally eating a tray full of chicken wings. At the start Don Vito tries to sabatoge Phil by dragging him to the gr
#3 - Metal Mulisha
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/17/2005
The Metal Mulisha comes to visit. Don Vito wants to join and is given a series of tasks to pay his dues. Bam invites Gwar to play at the Mulisha’s event.
#4 - Viva La Brazil
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/26/2005
Bam takes Don Vito to Brazil, what Vito thinks is in the Bahamas, and they hook up with pro-skater Bob Burnquist. Meanwhile, Dico turns April and Phil's pad into a more "rainforest-y" environment.
#5 - Mutiny on the Bam
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/21/2004
To 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.
#6 - The Family Reunion
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/9/2003
Bam wants to do something special for the family reunion. So he decides to build a drawbridge and a moat to replace the front door. But where will the big family dinner take place? Bam and his crew erect a walled area in the form of a castle in the front yard. The guests arrive but there is no food. Finally the food arrives, with Bam's crew dressed in medieval armor. To top it all, Compton Ass Terry makes his entrance riding a top an elephant. Soon after, Bam's Grandmother leaves the party claiming ""this whole family is crazy!""
#7 - State of Bam
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/27/2005
On this episode, Bam gets the idea to sail on a water.... with a car. But when the townships denies his request to do it, he decides to make his own little state. Like always, lots of cursing, playing tricks on each other, blowing up s***, and Vito.
#8 - Vito's Revenge
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/10/2005
When Don Vito has had enough of Bam's pranks, he seeks revenge.
#9 - A Very Merry Margera Christmas
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/30/2003
With twenty bucks and some duct tape, Bam brings the Christmas spirit to West Chester, Pennsylvania. Bam adorns the Margera house with ultra-bright festive lights, man-made snow, giant-sized Christmas ornaments, and an indoor ice-skating rink.
#10 - Mall of Bam
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/5/2004
Bam 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.
#11 - Paint Phil Blue & Other Stories
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/23/2003
April and Phil go on a three-day-weekend leaving Bam at home. While they're away, Bam and his crew paint the kitchen blue along with everything in it. Then they build a secret underground tunnel into Don Vito's house, and convert April's car into a suped-up hot-rod.
#12 - Viva La Europe (2)
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/13/2005
Bam, his friends, and family celebrate April and Phil's anniversary. Nearly at the end, Vito has to go and ruin the whole thing. Later, Bam gets April and Phil another chance of having a great day while Raab and Dunn handcuff Vito out on a platform so he won't ruin another day for April and Phil.
#13 - Viva Las Vegas
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/16/2003
It's two days before Phil and April's wedding anniversary. Bam wants to do something special for them, so he decides to take them to Las Vegas. But Bam wants to make the trip really special. So Bam goes on a website and orders a bride from Russia for Raab. Raab agrees to marry the mail-order bride from Russia, during their stay in Las Vegas. Upon arrival, Bam helps Raab pick out a tuxedo for the wedding. Raab picks up a very pimped out white tuxedo with a black fedora hat. Later, Bam and his crew do everything they can to soil the new tux, including dragging Raab through the dirt and through an oil-slicked parking lot. The day of the wedding arrives and it's time for Phil and Don Vito to get a make over. Phil gets made up like his idol, Elvis Presley. Meanwhile, Don Vito unknowingly gets his hair dyed the color blue. On the day of the wedding, Phil makes a grand entrance dressed as Elvis. Raab shows up with his extremely dirty tuxedo. The ceremony begins but, soon after Don Vito tries
#14 - CKY Challenge
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/24/2005
Bam and the guys are bored, so they make a game, which gives random activities for his family and friends.
#15 - Tree Top Casino
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/6/2004
It's Arbor Day, so Bam decides to knock down one the tall trees in the backyard. April hears the commotion from the house and comes outside to yell at Bam. While April is yelling at Bam, Bam gets an idea to build a tree house/casino and call it Fast Eddie's Tree Top Casino. To make the opening of Fast Eddie's Tree Top Casino extravagant, Bam hires professional wrestlers to wrestle in a ring below the casino. In the end, the wrestling match becomes a Battle Royale that includes, Phil, Don Vito, the wrestlers, and Bam.
#16 - Ape's Birthday Surprise
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/3/2005
Bam celebrates April's 20's for her birthday; Billy Idol guest appearance.
#17 - Dating Don Vito
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/2/2004
While Bam and Dunn are busy ""landscaping"" the yard with their ATVs, April braves the mud and tells Bam he has a phone call. Bam learns that the legendary heavy metal band Slayer are coming to stay over. To prepare for Slayer's visit, the crew feels the need to do some decorating and modifications to the house. The modifications include an indoor mini-half in Bam's room, a pirate-themed bar downstairs and a full concert stage in the backyard. Bam plans to have a party when Slayer arrive, and Don Vito needs a date for the party. Brandon, Ryan and Raab go into town armed with Don Vito's picture, asking random women if they would like to go on a date with Don Vito. Most of the women refuse or just laugh as they walk away. Eventually, three women or shall we saw victims agree to meet Don Vito at a coffee shop. Before the dates, Don Vito is outfitted with a wireless ear piece where Bam can give commands to Don Vito. Bam and the crew monitor Don Vito's progress from afar and give suggestions
#18 - Viva La Europe (1)
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/6/2005
Bam, his friends, and his family go on a trip to France. This is Bam's idea to treat Phil and April for their anniversary. The thing they don't know is that they are not alone. Bam, Vito, and his friends secretly follow them.
#19 - Demo Derby
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/13/2004
Bam takes Don Vito to a used car dealer to buy him a new car. After seeing the cheap prices of the used cars, Bam decides to purchase four cars and bring them back to his 14 acre lot. What to do with 4 cars and 14 acres?...Have a Demolition Derby of course! Bam and the crew smash and crash into each other until there is nothing left of their automobiles.
#20 - Bamiature Golf
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/12/2004
Vito agrees to a golfing competition between him and Bam on the condition Bam'll leave Don's car alone if Vito wins.
#21 - Angry Ape
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/28/2004
Bam 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.
#22 - Uncivil War
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/31/2004
After 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
#23 - Drive-Way Skate Park
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/24/2004
On 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
#24 - Don't Feed Phil
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/2/2003
Can Phil go without food for an entire day? That's what Bam wants to find out. Like it or not, Phil's going on a starvation diet. For 24 hours, Bam has instilled his family, friends, and heck, the whole town with one simple message: Don't Feed Phil. It's a tough day, but Phil comes through in the end, logging 24 food free hours. And to celebrate his father's fast, Bam hosts a rock concert in his living room.
#25 - Finlandia
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/14/2005
Bam, Raab and the rest of the CKY crew travel out to Finland. While Bam and Raab are searching for Debo, the Russian Mail Order bride, April and Phil hang out with the Dudesons. When Raab and Debo are reunited in Estonia, the crew end the series by heading out to Ruisrock, where H.I.M performs.