Careercow Brandon "Bam" Margera - From Jackass to Lolcow

[Rogowski]

New IG post:

Bam looks miserable.

 

[MySonDavid]

New IG post:
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Bam looks miserable.

Look at that fucking mongoloid of a child. Poor thing.

 

[Bassomatic]

New IG post:
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Bam looks miserable.

I gotta say, Ape and Phil look great for all the shit they dealt with and still do deal with. I'm happy for them Bam hasn't taken EVERYONE around him down.

 

[Tootsie Bear]

I gotta say, Ape and Phil look great for all the shit they dealt with and still do deal with. I'm happy for them Bam hasn't taken EVERYONE around him down.

Looks like they were just featured on Viva La Bam. Bam himself looks older and out of shape than his own father. Don Vito Jr. in the making.

 

[MirnaMinkoff]

Look at that fucking mongoloid of a child. Poor thing.

He looks like the poster kid for FAS. Thin upper lip, no philitrum, eyes too widely spaced. Checks every box.

I’m going to guess she didn’t realize she was pregnant for few months and was drunk af during the first trimester. Alcohol during the first few months does the maximum amount of damage.

 

[Rogowski]

I like how Johnny is described as “lifelong friend” and not the more apt title of “owner of Element Skateboards who is forever indebted to Bam for the millions he made him while destroying his brain”. He does seem like a good guy, I bet he feels partially responsible.

 

[Mr. 0]

New IG post:
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Bam looks miserable.

Bam looks like EVIL PHIL

 

[MirnaMinkoff]

Bam looks like EVIL PHIL

Or a fat old Eddie Munster. His new black dye job did him no favors.

 

[Kulee Baba]

Or a fat old Eddie Munster. His new black dye job did him no favors.

Watched Jackass Forever last night, pretty entertaining although yes it's not the insanity that the guys did in their youth although it's still absurd and funny. Major props to Wee Man and Preston Lacy whose stunts take up a lot of the screen time. And the new additions all did fine, it was nice to have a decent looking girl in the posse who is just as much of a masochist as the rest to break up some of the sausage party. If Johnny and the gang do Jackass The Next Generation I approve. I'd love Bam to come back or seethe harder as the rest of the cast gets checks. Whatever works.

But anyway a nice touch was how they goof on Johnny and his bald spot, at one point Tremaine sprays his head with hair spray. Johnny then just goes grey and looks fine. Bam should just accept he's old, you've already resigned to that fact when you've covered your body with tats.

 

[Bob_]

New IG post:
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Bam looks miserable.

If Phil dyed his hair and beard, they would look like brothers. wow

 

[Leaf Wage Slave]

Bam started declining well before Dunn's death. The death just became the latest excuse justifying his drug and alcohol abuse.

I’d argue that Dunn’s Death, if nothing else, poured a lot of fuel onto the fire as far as Bam’s Decline went.

I know there’s the stories with one of the movies, I wanna say Jackass 3, how the guy’s didn’t have any booze around because Steve-O had just gotten out of rehab, I can’t imagine they wouldn’t’ve done the same for Bam - unfortunately, the person likely closest to Bam dying probably killed any motivation for Bam to stop.

 

[JustStopDude]

I’d argue that Dunn’s Death, if nothing else, poured a lot of fuel onto the fire as far as Bam’s Decline went.

I know there’s the stories with one of the movies, I wanna say Jackass 3, how the guy’s didn’t have any booze around because Steve-O had just gotten out of rehab, I can’t imagine they wouldn’t’ve done the same for Bam - unfortunately, the person likely closest to Bam dying probably killed any motivation for Bam to stop.

I'm just pointing out that all of these guys weren't functional. Brian Dunn himself had been to rehab once, maybe even twice, before his death because his drinking was out of control.

Like end up in the hospital with alcohol poisoning level of day drinking.


I'm kind of surprised more of the crew aren't dead from drugs and alcohol

 

[Kulee Baba]

I'm kind of surprised more of the crew aren't dead from drugs and alcohol

I forget who originally posted this speculation, probably @Rogowski who I need to give Special Thanks in the OP for all the deep lore info. But the age of the cast when they became famous was definitely a likely factor in their ability to avoid early graves.

Most of the primary cast was in their late 20s when Jackass debuted. To have those years of young adulthood where you can't live in absurd excess is without a doubt a benefit in keeping yourself somewhat grounded. Bam was only 21-22 when Jackass premiered on MTV. Bam has absolutely no idea what it's like to live within one's means.

Really it's a miracle that Bam didn't die in his 20s. There's countless examples of rock stars who died due to excess (hence the 27 Club) or to be more contemporary look at Mac Miller. Bam is still alive likely because of his loving and protective family. And no doubt the Jackass crew also has helped him thru the years.

 

[MirnaMinkoff]

I'm just pointing out that all of these guys weren't functional. Brian Dunn himself had been to rehab once, maybe even twice, before his death because his drinking was out of control.

Like end up in the hospital with alcohol poisoning level of day drinking.


I'm kind of surprised more of the crew aren't dead from drugs and alcohol

It’s a bizarrely hit or miss type of thing. Ozzy Osbourne and Keith Richards are still alive ffs. William Burroughs made it to 85. OTOH you have the entire 27 club.

I almost think if you can survive your twenties you might make it you got cockroach like survival and resilient genetics.

Shitty thing for Bam is he seems to have not just addiction issues, but severe mental illness, brain problems. It’s really amazing his family got guardianship over him, you have to be professional batshit crazy for that to happen.

(It’s probably sort of a Britney situation. If they weren’t famous and poor nobody would care, but lawyers and judges are horrified at the wasted earning potential being squandered so put the kabosh on it.)

 

[RL Steinbeck]

I like how Johnny is described as “lifelong friend” and not the more apt title of “owner of Element Skateboards who is forever indebted to Bam for the millions he made him while destroying his brain”. He does seem like a good guy, I bet he feels partially responsible.

With that in mind, that IG photo is literally just Bam surrounded by people that have leeched off of his fame (and by extension his self-destruction) to varying degrees. It’s depressing as fuck the more you think about it. That kid is doomed btw. There is zero chance of him growing up well adjusted. I hope there’s mandatory psychotherapy for life in order to collect his inheritance.

 

[Rogowski]

Bam turned 21 on September 29, 2000 with Jackas making its TV premiere on October 1, 2000. I think the fact that he was freshly 21 and as he’s described in the past, he went overnight from a burnout loser hanging with his loser friends in their hometown to a god.

 

[JustStopDude]

It’s a bizarrely hit or miss type of thing. Ozzy Osbourne and Keith Richards are still alive ffs. William Burroughs made it to 85. OTOH you have the entire 27 club.

I almost think if you can survive your twenties you might make it you got cockroach like survival and resilient genetics.

Shitty thing for Bam is he seems to have not just addiction issues, but severe mental illness, brain problems. It’s really amazing his family got guardianship over him, you have to be professional batshit crazy for that to happen.

(It’s probably sort of a Britney situation. If they weren’t famous and poor nobody would care, but lawyers and judges are horrified at the wasted earning potential being squandered so put the kabosh on it.)

With mental health and drug addiction, it sort of a chicken and the egg scenario.

How much of the drug abuse is fed by mental health issues and how much is the mental health issue fed by drug abuse. The fact that Bam can go in and out of mental health holds lead me to believe much of his mental health issues is from him abusing the shit out of drugs and alcohol. Anyone can separate from reality on a long enough bender. So when he gets pysch held, he is sedated and gets sleep, which returns him back to reality, this he must be released.

Rinse, wash, repeat. Happens all the time. Real expensive for society too.

 

[SnekTheRat]

Just found this thread and read thru it. Despite all the self destructive behavior, and the fact he was always my least favorite of the Jackass gang, I like Bam. I hope he gets better. I hope he realizes there's more to life than self medicating all the time, and I hope he cleans up enough to be featured in Jackass 4.5, and possibly future installments. It's for selfish reasons I hope this, but I like stories with happy endings.

 

[Rogowski]

If Phil dyed his hair and beard, they would look like brothers. wow

If Bam were smart he’d embrace this. Like imagine Bad Grandpa with Knoxville, but instead it’s Bam and his dad made up to look like twins and they roam the countryside getting into shenanigans without having to humiliate every single person who cares for them.

 

[Carlos Thin]

If Bam were smart he’d embrace this. Like imagine Bad Grandpa with Knoxville, but instead it’s Bam and his dad made up to look like twins and they roam the countryside getting into shenanigans without having to humiliate every single person who cares for them.

And that’s the fundamental difference between the jackass crew and Bam. Knoxville, Steve-O et al make asses of themselves because it’s funny. Bam takes himself too seriously, tries to humiliate everyone else and inadvertently makes an ass of himself. While everyone else seems like a normal functioning person, Bam is just a cringey faggot.