Hats
1988-present ยท UK / US
Also known as Hat Game, Quick Hats
Two players work through a pile of assorted hats: each grabs one, invents a quick character or one-line gag inspired by it, drops it, and grabs another, rattling through dozens of bits.
Known for
- A Whose Line Is It Anyway? short game built for speed: the hat supplies the character, the player supplies the gag.
- Played fast by Ryan Stiles and Colin Mochrie on the UK version, rewarding instant association over scene-building.
- Closer in spirit to Scenes from a Hat and World's Worst than to a sustained scene, since volume of premises matters most.
- The props team stocks visually distinct hats (fez, hardhat, sombrero, bonnet) so each grab reads instantly to the audience.
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