I come to you, hat in hand

February 25, 2015 1:45 PM

In search of clips, gifs, pictures, or other media that shows someone punching a hole through a hat. Other hats acceptable, but preferably a straw boater hat. It absolutely must be a hat that is being punched.

Like this one, from an episode of The Simpsons.

posted by everybody had matching towels to Grab Bag (7 answers total)

The scene at the end of "Mary Poppins".
posted by Melismata at 1:52 PM on February 25, 2015 [1 favorite]

Man, we really have covered a lot of obscure questions previously on AskMe.
posted by Johnny Assay at 1:53 PM on February 25, 2015 [19 favorites]

D'oh! The Mary Poppins hat-punching scene delicately pans away so that the viewers don't have to see the destruction of the poor hat. (It would be around 2:15 in this video).

You do get to see the umbrella turned inside-out, though.
posted by Elly Vortex at 1:57 PM on February 25, 2015 [1 favorite]

This Abbot & Costello sketch has a half-dozen hats being punched.
posted by oh pollo! at 2:11 PM on February 25, 2015 [2 favorites]

Response by poster: Man, we really have covered a lot of obscure questions previously on AskMe.

Wild, that did not come up when I was searching. It was like 7 years ago, though, so hopefully this question will have some more activity. I believe in you, mefi!
posted by everybody had matching towels at 2:13 PM on February 25, 2015

Sir Ian Holm in Chariots of Fire (celebratory hat punch @ ~6:45 in the linked video). Also, mentioned (but not linked) in the previously mentioned Ask MeFi thread.
posted by mosk at 4:19 PM on February 25, 2015 [1 favorite]

I understand Rod Stewart hated the boater that Britt Ekland gave him to wear for the cover of the A NIght on the Town album.
posted by ogooglebar at 7:08 PM on February 25, 2015 [1 favorite]