Edwin Rodriguez (born February 4, 1973) is known as Ed Bassmaster, an American

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focused on prank comedy and playing many characters. He starred in the CMT

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prank series, ''The Ed Bassmaster Show''.

Early life

Rodriguez was born in the

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neighborhood of

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. 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. He left

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in 10th grade.

Career

Bassmaster began posting videos in 2006, and gained wide attention in 2015 with his and fellow YouTuber

Jesse Wellens ''PrankvsPrank'', also known as ''PvP'', is a YouTube channel created by Jesse Michael Wellens and his then-girlfriend Jennifer "Jeana" Smith. In 2007, the two began to play pranks on each other and post videos of the pranks on websites, even ...

's faux surveillance video purporting to show the destruction of the Canadian hitchhiking robot

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, whose real-life destruction was not filmed. Some news organizations were fooled by the video. 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. In January 2015, CMT's ''The Ed Bassmaster Show'' launched as a

series where his characters prank people as on YouTube. It premiered on April 14, 2016.

Personal life

As of 2014, Rodriguez is a married father of four in

Filmography

Television

References

External links

Official channelEd Bassmaster biography
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