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Bam Up Job
Our favorite professional skateboarder/parental tormentor Bam Margera took time out from wrecking his knees and promoting Viva La Bam: The Complete 2nd and 3rd Seasons on DVD to chat about getting sued, pelting his dad in the face with bananas and how long Steve-O's gonna live.
Stuff,
4/18/2005
By Gene Newman
Stuffmagazine.com: We're catching you before a TRL appearance. What's your reaction to all the screaming girls when they see you?
Bam: Well, I'm just glad that they're cheering. They could be doing a lot worse. At first it was a big shocker, but now when I go to 7-Eleven or Wawa, there's always someone giving me a nice welcome, so that's cool. There's also definitely a fair share of jealous jocks too, but I just dump beers on their heads.
Doesn't stuff like that get you sued?
I actually have nine lawsuits pending, but it taught me that I can only spit on people. I can't punch or slap them.
What have you broken lately? And your heart doesn't count, unless it got punctured or something.
I recently broke my left foot in three places, and it wasn't even my fault. I was on a dirt bike going around 30 and I collided with one of my drunken buddies on a four-wheeler. I was going north, he was going east and he crushed my foot. I was out for two months but now I'm feeling better.
Overall, how damaged is your body?
Well, it's tough getting out of bed in the morning. Sometimes I'm sore, but after I skate for a half-hour and get stretched out everything's fine. And I know I'm getting arthritis in my hands cause it's gotten tough to make a fist.
We saw you on a Right Guard deodorant commercial the other day with Terrell Owens. Man, you're big time now, just like Method and Red!
When I read the script and knew that T.O. was in I thought it would be the least cheesy commercial I could to do. And the fact that I got Don Vito [his uncle] to be in the center of all these football players made everything that much better.
How'd you get along with T.O.?
He knows he's the shit. He was wondering why this old fat guy [Vito] was in the middle of all these football players, but once someone told them who we were and what we do it was fun.
Would your parents still put up with your shit if it didn't bring in so much cash?
My dad would. My mom would be super fed-up, and she usually is, but at least when I break something in the house MTV pays for it to get fixed. Then again, if MTV weren't around, shit in our house would just stay broken.
So, they're totally cool about the constant pranks?
They've always been good sports about everything except me quitting school to be a pro skateboarder. But that's been my best decision. I quit at 10th grade 'cause Raab shit on a locker and got expelled. He was my buddy and I didn't want him to be alone, so I quit, too.
Makes sense. What's the angriest Phil's ever gotten?
There were two times. One time I told Phil to say "Hi, I'm Johnny Knoxville and welcome to Jackass" and then I wailed him with bananas. Thing is, a banana connected with his face in the worst possible way, and he went crazy. Said he was fucking quitting the show and stormed off. Another time, one of my buddies called April [his mom] a bitch and Phil flipped out. He's really protective of Ape. But, he knows all the stuff we do is kinda funny.
How much more Viva La Bam do you have in you?
I have ideas for a fifth season now that fourth is almost done, then I'm gonna do a movie. The first one is called Kiss a Good Man's Ass, and the next one's about my roommate who was a pro skateboarder and heroin addict for 10 years. But I'll always be skateboarding and doing music videos. I really want to do Hollywood movies, but I don't wanna spend two months working on the same thing. Two weeks is the maximum amount of time I wanna spend on a movie.
Speaking of two weeks, how long do you think Steve-O has to live?
I'd say two more years. He's just crazy, even by our standards. If you looked up "Fast Living" in the dictionary, it would have his picture.
Pick up a copy of Viva La Bam: The Complete 2nd and 3rd Seasons, now available in DVD form!
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