Ed Bassmaster

Ed Bassmaster at The Comedy Bar - Detroit

The best Ed Bassmaster moments begin when an ordinary social interaction takes a spectacularly strange turn. His offbeat characters have made online audiences squirm and laugh at the same time. Now Detroit fans can see the comedian behind that peculiar imagination in a live setting.

Bassmaster built his creative identity around oddball personas and uncomfortable situations. That is a particular kind of humor: the pleasure of watching ordinary expectations meet something wonderfully peculiar. You don’t have to know every character to be curious about the comic who creates them. His imagination is a good place to start when choosing this outing.

For longtime followers, seeing Bassmaster as a live headliner puts the performer behind the videos at the center. It’s an opportunity to follow that familiar sensibility into another part of his work. Go because you enjoy his offbeat approach, with room to discover the live show on its own terms rather than wait for a specific online bit.

If strange characters and social discomfort make you laugh, do not settle for another video. Ed Bassmaster is playing Detroit—take your curiosity to the club.