Title: Just not what it used to be
Product review: When Bam was up to his old hi-jinks on Jackass and (at least initially) on Viva La Bam, he and his crew were fun to watch. The casts were a bit different depending on the era, but there was a stable core to the friend group that lent some enjoyment to watching them act like idiots. To a certain extent, the old material felt real and honest - it was alot like they'd just taken a camera along while they were goofing off.But this new material is absolutely nothing of the sort. Bam's new friends are all complete idiots and self-absorbed jerks, and the show is so scripted and edited that it's basically just Reality TV (tm) for mook-addicted MTV flunkies. "Bam's Where is Santa?" feels fake, contrived, forced, drawn out, artificial, planned line-by-line, etc. It's joyless and not funny. It seems the days when Bam (and company) was fun to watch are long gone.They need to go back to the beginning and be real again, or quit making TV.
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