Vincent Margera
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Vincent Margera (born July 3, 1956 in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania) is the uncle of Bam Margera and Jess Margera. He has appeared in the shows Viva La Bam and Jackass and the various Camp Kill Yourself videos. He is better known by his nickname Don Vito.
Biography
Vincent Margera is the older brother of Phil Margera, brother in-law of April Margera and uncle of Jess (CKY band drummer) and Bam Margera. He is unmarried, and currently lives in West Chester, PA. His home can be seen in CKY2K (while Bam still lived there), Haggard and various episodes of Viva La Bam.Margera is usually referred to as "Don Vito", a nickname given to him by nephew Bam. As well as saluting the Margera family's Italian heritage, Bam's hero and HIM singer Ville Valo used to use the nickname "Don Vitto" which Bam borrowed to refer to his uncle Vince. It comes from the Finnish swearword "vittu", meaning "vagina".
Unlike his brother Phil, who is depicted as kind, easygoing and quiet, Vito is loud and obnoxious. He usually has something offensive to say about anyone and everyone. This is probably why he is the target of a lot of pranks pulled by the CKY crew. Margera is obese, and is often difficult to understand while speaking, forcing subtitles to be used for much of what he says in Viva la Bam. Even then, much of his dialogue is either gibberish or unintelligible. He also has a lazy eye and is into female breast fetishism.
On the other hand, he has been depicted on the show as having a keen sense of humor - a case in point would be after Bam and crew defaced his car outside of his favorite bar with golf balls, clubs, and bottles of beer - the Don's response was, with the slap of a golf club on his defaced car, "You've missed a spot!"
Trivia
- Has an indentation in his back which he attributes to being hit by a baseball when he was little. Bam convinced him to get a heartagram tattoo in the dent while they were in Vegas.
- Had the name "Bruce Springsteen" tattooed on his ass for an episode of Viva La Bam. Don Vito is a big fan of Springsteen. He did it to say that Bruce Springsteen was always on his ass.
- In response (and perhaps, begrudging respect) to Don Vito stealing, and later destroying, Bam's beloved Hummer (something of a payback for Bam constantly wrecking Vito's vehicles), Bam had a caricature of Vito tattooed on his calf. (Note: This caricature vaguely resembles the Andre the Giant Has A Posse caricature)
- His lines in were completely unscripted, as Bam Margera usually just got him worked up and let him ad lib.
- According to his mother he "...almost died once from over-eating and drinking". This refers to a situation in which he went into a coma in Tampa, Florida for two weeks after an eating and drinking binge that was performed on The Ron and Ron Show during a contest called "The Binge Bowl". Later, Vito was crowned "Binge Bowl Champ."
- Lives in Bam Margera's old house.
- Ate the top of Phil Margera and April Margera's wedding cake, on their wedding day, for which April has never forgiven him.
- Appears in an episode of Celebrity Deathmatch against his nephew Bam Margera.
Appearances
- Landspeed: CKY (1999)
- CKY2K (2000)
- Jackass (2001)
- CKY 4 Latest & Greatest (2002)
- (2003)
- Viva La Bam (2003-2005)
- Celebrity Fit Club (2005)
- (2006)
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