CKY (video series)

CKY (video series)
The covers for all 4 videos: CKY, CKY2K, CKY3, and CKY4
Directed by	Bam Margera, Joe Frantz, Ryan Gee, Brandon DiCamillo
Produced by	Bam Margera and Joe Frantz
Written by	Bam Margera & Brandon DiCamillo
Starring	CKY Crew Brandon DiCamillo Bam Margera Jess Margera Rake Yohn Raab Himself Chad Ginsburg Deron Miller Ryan Dunn Brandon Novak MacGregor Huston (Unreleased Footage)
Narrated by	Brandon DiCamillo
Music by	CKY
Cinematography	Joe Frantz
Edited by	Bam Margera
Production company	Bam Margera Productions
Distributed by	Landspeed, Ventura Distribution, SLAM! Films, Revolver Entertainment
Country	United States
Language	English

CKY
Original 1999 VHS release
Directed by	Bam Margera
Produced by	Bam Margera, Brandon DiCamillo
Written by	Bam Margera, Brandon DiCamillo
Starring	The CKY crew
Music by	CKY
Cinematography	Bam Margera
Edited by	Michael Nuit
Distributed by	Tum Yeto (1999); Ventura Distribution (somewhere later in 1999)
Release date	1999 (1999)
Running time	apprx. 45 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The CKY video series were a series of videos produced by Bam Margera and Brandon DiCamillo and other residents of West Chester, Pennsylvania. Four videos were released, Landspeed presents: CKY (later called CKY), CKY2K, CKY 3, and CKY4: The Latest & Greatest. There is also a CKY "documentary" DVD, which is a supplemental item in the hard-to-find CKY "Box Set," as well as two "CKY Trilogy" sets, both of which are compilation DVDs featuring scenes from the previous CKY DVDs. The videos were named after Bam Margera's brother Jess Margera and his band CKY (with Deron Miller and Chad Ginsburg). "CKY" stands for "Camp Kill Yourself".

The videos feature Bam Margera, Brandon DiCamillo, their friends and Bam's relatives performing various stunts and pranks, interspersed with skating and prank footage of Bam and other pros. A trademark of the skating footage was to show unsuccessful trick attempts immediately followed by the same skater pulling the trick off. CKY started when Bam and his friends were in the same Graphics Arts class at school in West Chester, Pennsylvania. During class, they would go out to a field and film skits, eventually being compiled into the CKY series. In a 2002 interview Bam Margera said that more than 400,000 copies of the CKY series have been sold.

In addition to Margera and DiCamillo, the core members of the CKY Crew included Bam's brother Jess Margera, Ryan Dunn, Chris Raab (Raab Himself) and Rake Yohn (real name Edward Webb). Jess's involvement with the video side of CKY became increasingly limited as CKY the band became popular, and touring and recording commitments took up most of his time.

The first video stars the crew as well as The Gill (Ryan Gee), Mike Maldonado, Chris Aspite aka Hoofbite, and Kerry Getz. Bam's father, Phil Margera, were also featured (uncredited) in the first video. Bam's ex-girlfriend Jenn Rivell and David Decurtis aka Naked Dave starred in the second video, which also features Bam's mother April Margera (uncredited). Chris Raab was called Raab Himself in the third video, which also featured CKY band members Deron Miller and Chad Ginsburg as well as Tony Hawk and Brandon Novak. Bam's uncle Vincent Margera aka "Don Vito" starred in the fourth video. Jenn Rivell's daughter is also seen in some clips.