In 1984, Keanu Reeves Was A Teddy Bear Convention News Reporter – Looper

Years before “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure,” “Point Break,” or “Bram Stoker’s Dracula,” Keanu Reeves was just another correspondent on “Going Great.” His most memorable assignment? Covering the inaugural Canadian International Teddy Bear Convention (via Far Out), an event that attracted serious teddy bear collectors from across the country and possibly the world. As Reeves himself put it:

“When I was sent to check out the first Canadian International Teddy Bear Convention, I thought I was in for a lot of craziness. But then I met thirteen-year-old Graham Abby and his 53 bears and discovered there’s a serious side to collecting teddy bears.”

You can watch a clip of Reeves covering the Canadian International Teddy Bear Convention on YouTube, and if you’re like most viewers you will detect a hint of Ted Logan, his character in the “Bill & Ted” franchise, in Reeves’s approach to human interest TV news. And his unbridled enthusiasm for the strange world of teddy bear collecting is a great reflection of the open-heartedness he is known for when he’s not killing rival assassins or rogue agents in his most famous feature film roles.