Scenes from a Hat is a game in which the audience submits written suggestions which are placed in a hat. The host then draws from the hat, and any of the four performers, who stand off-stage, may enter and develop that scene.
Since the eleventh season of the American version, host Aisha Tyler started to participate regularly in the game along with the performers.
Appearances
UK
- UK Season 4 episodes: 02, 03, 04, 05, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12
- UK Season 5 episodes: 01, 03, 06, 07
- UK Season 6 episodes: 07, 08, 11
US
- Season 1 episodes: 16
- Season 2 episodes: 02, 03, 05, 06, 09, 13, 17, 19, 22, 23, 24, 28, 34, 36, 38
- Season 3 episodes: 01, 05, 07, 09, 10, 24, 26, 27, 31, 37
- Season 4 episodes: 02, 04, 07, 09, 10, 14
- Season 5: 23 episodes
- Season 6: 1 episode
- Season 7: 11 episodes
- Season 8: 4 episodes
- Season 9: 6 episodes
- Season 10: 18 episodes
- Season 11: 16 episodes
- Season 12: 17 episodes
AU
Notes
- In UK playings, only one response would be given for each suggestion, while in the US, multiple responses from the same or different performers were allowed until the host decided to move on.
- In early UK episodes, audience suggestions were mainly places, or situations (e.g.: "naming a baby").
- The UK version usually took the time to build up to the joke, while the US version often consisted of one-liners.
- Drew Carey frequently threw the hat after the game, striking a camera in Episode 3-07.