Ed Bassmaster

Edwin Rodriguez (born February 4, 1973) is known as Ed Bassmaster, an American YouTuber focused on prank comedy and playing many characters.^[2] He starred in the CMT reality-TV prank series, The Ed Bassmaster Show.

Ed Bassmaster
Rodriguez in 2019
Personal information
Born	Edwin Rodriguez (1973-02-04) February 4, 1973 (age 52) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
YouTube information
Channel	Ed Bassmaster
Years active	2006–present
Genre	Prank
Subscribers	2.7 million[1]
Views	844 million[1]
Creator Awards 100,000 subscribers 1,000,000 subscribers

Early life

Rodriguez was born in the Northeast Philadelphia neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.^[3] He describes his mother as "half Italian, half Russian Jew", and his father is Puerto Rican who left the family when he was a toddler.^[4] He left high school in 10th grade.^[4]

Career

Bassmaster began posting videos in 2006, and gained wide attention in 2015 with his and fellow YouTuber Jesse Wellens's faux surveillance video purporting to show the destruction of the Canadian hitchhiking robot hitchBOT, whose real-life destruction was not filmed. Some news organizations were fooled by the video.^[5]

During the YouTube Comedy Week live event in 2013, Skippy, one of Bassmaster's characters, went on stage unannounced and was kicked out of the event.^[6]

In January 2015, CMT's The Ed Bassmaster Show launched as a reality-TV series where his characters prank people as on YouTube.^[7] It premiered on April 14, 2016.^[8]

Personal life

As of 2014, Rodriguez is a married father of four in Northeast Philadelphia.^[9][5]

Filmography

Television

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2012	Driver Rehab	Himself
2016–	The Ed Bassmaster Show	Himself
2020	Guest House	Mud Yodel