Penn and Teller stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Tuesday to put a fresh spin on the oldest trick in the book: Pulling a rabbit out of a hat. While the duo’s six-week Broadway ...

A magician spins a black top hat to show their audience it’s empty. Then, with the wave of a wand and a few magic words, PRESTO: a snow white rabbit pokes its ears over the brim. Compared to ...

How did the popular magic trick of pulling a rabbit from a hat originate? Mar 27, 2004, 23:55 IST. Share. AA + Text Size. Small; Medium; Large; Follow us .

Though Lovick isn’t sure how rabbit-hat became a universal icon, I ventured a theory: The trick originated in the 1800s, when top hats symbolized wealth, power, a certain distingué. Rabbits, on ...

Pulling a rabbit from a top hat. Teleporting from one cage to another. Finding a coin behind a five-year-old’s ear. Magic has long inspired a sense of awe and wonder, but one portion of the ...