I have covered myself in shame, among other things, today because I watched several episodes of Viva la Bam on MTV2 last night and enjoyed them, possibly thoroughly. I’ve always thought that Viva was the dumbest show non-French show on French TV, which is saying a lot given that we get Whoopi Goldberg’s sitcom here. But, I was drawn in by Don Vito, a sort of uber-FatMans and (I gathered, although I really wasn’t paying that much attention) a friend or relative of Bam’s father, whose own FatMans credentials are beyond reproach. Don Vito has a quick and violent temper, but, given that he is so fat he can barely stand up, he can’t really do damage to anyone or anything that isn’t immediately in front of him. Watching him go off and throw his little arms around like a lobster flailing on its back was funny enough to keep me interested. When he got thrown out of a casino, the show moved from comedy to high comedy. I still figure that show is about half fake, as we’d say in Texas (Bam’s mother’s reactions seem too rehearsed) but it goes well with booze swilling. I recommend it post-porn because once you’ve seen Don Vito not even lesbian Swedes will get your sword out of its sheath for the rest of the night.
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