[Picture: Reeves from the Hangin In Series]
Reeves made his screen acting debut in a CBC Television comedy series, Hangin'
In.
Hangin' In was a Canadian television sitcom
which aired on the CBC from 1981 to 1987. It also aired briefly in the United States
through syndication.
The show starred Lally
Cadeau as Kate Brown, the director of a youth counselling centre. David Eisner
also starred as Michael DiFalco, a staff counsellor, and Ruth Springford
appeared as Doris Webster, the centre's receptionist. Many young Canadian
actors, including Eric McCormack and Keanu Reeves, got their start playing
teenaged clients of the youth centre.