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Hi!

Last night I woke up with an idea and I'd like to know what you guys think of it.

We all know about the 'And now.... I'll pull a white rabbit out of my black hat!'-trick.
I thought maybe as some kind of comedy-act I'd develop an effect where I pull a black top hat out of a (toy)rabbit?

I don't know HOW I could do this yet, but I first wanted to check what you guys think of such a trick.

Do you think it would get a laugh and it's a good trick or do you think it's just plain stupid?

Oh if anybody thinks this would be a cool effect and knows how I could make it happen, PM me

Do you think it would get a laugh and it's a good trick or do you think it's just plain stupid?

Yes, and yes.
It sounds silly, it could be quite funny if used properly. Or if you wanted to go for a more bizarre angle, you could try pull a hat out of a real rabbit, with lots of blood etc. but that could be a bit disgusting.

A rabbit out of a top hat, okay. But a top hat out of a rabbit? I think you're probably looking at an internally fitted Tardis, really.

Nice idea, but not original I'm afraid

Men in Coats for one (two?) do it, and I have also seen several other peopel do something similar.

Men in Coats will of course be at Blackpool this year

that men in coats set is fantastic!
i may have to attend any possibly shows

Sorry pal

Not original, i have seen another rabbit being pulled out of another one

The performer creates an illusion where he gets a knife lies the rabbit on its back cuts it in the middle head down and pulls out another rabbit

depends how you perform this, it can look real good


Jags

See Workers vol 1. Mike Close does this

Shanester

The performer Jags refers to was Horace Goldin. You'll see this in an old film which features various acts including Old Mother Riley.
Hat from Rabbit is really a spin off from another old gag. The magician produces, or takes from top pocket, a (rubber) dove. folds it and produces a silk from it.
Both gags good for a magicians but may only just get a laugh from lay people.
I once, many years ago, worked out an act in which I was dressed as a rabbit and produced little magicians from a top hat. Also lettuces (green spring flowers) It never got tried out but might have been a wow at Conventions.
There was a performer (it may have been FISM) some years back who performed dressed as a dove. Seriously. They did publish a pic of him.
Allen Tipton

As part of his whirlwind of magic routine, Horace Goldin took the rabbit from his Dog, not another Rabbit.

He started the routine doing hand shadows on a chinese pagoda type screen, producing first, a couple of doves. Then made teh shadow of a bunny, then a shadow dog, ate the bunny, which then turned into a real dog. He Put his puppy on a tray, sliced it open, and pulled out teh live bunny( by the ears, tut, tut!!) worse than that, he threw the bunny to a waiting assistant in the wings.
I think the film that this sequence is in, is called a night in london.


You will find that countless magicians have removed a hat from a bunny .
Just as a throwaway gag.

if you want to do it yourself then i can visualise three ways:-

1) would use a gimmicked hat
2) would get you reported to the rspca.
3) a slieght variation were the rabbit is put into an empty box with a clear front and object produced from inside the rabbit