If comedian Ian Bagg looks a bit like a hockey player, there's
very good reason. He grew up in British Columbia with
aspirations of playing the sport professionally. However, a few
brutal hockey camps knocked him in the direction of comedy. He
still loves the game, though, and occasionally plays in
monthlong tournaments in Canada. "I'm a huge hockey fan," he
states. "I'm a Vancouver Canucks fan through and through. My
parents still send me, every Christmas, a boat load of stickers,
key chains, the little bobble heads, and a Canucks calendar from
Shippers Drug Mart, which is a Canadian drugstore. Every year
since I was kid my parents got that for me." A true offspring of
the English-speaking world, Bagg has a Canadian father and an
Australian mother, and he currently lives in Los Angeles.
Onstage he talks a lot about current events. "I like to have a
conversation with the audience, more than I do a monologue, so
you don't know where the show's going to end up. Basically my
show is a road rally and I have to hi