We ve come a long way since the Spaghetti Harvest spoof. On April 1, 1957, the BBC s Panorama programme broadcast a report which claimed pasta grew on trees.
It is widely considered to be the best April Fool s stunt of all time. Complete with an authoritative voiceover from the respected journalist Richard Dimbleby, this elaborate hoax managed to fool millions of viewers.
The three-minute film, which cost £100 to make, featured Italian farmers picking spaghetti and laying it out in the sun to dry.
Young people may be bombarded with facts on social media, but that doesn t mean they re any better informed than their grandparents. Why wouldn t they believe the orchards of Umbria are groaning with fusilli and linguine?
Out on anything like the tremendous scale of the italian industry. 1957, england s bbc reports on a record spaghetti harvest being plucked from the trees. various gardeners called in and were told they could grow their own trees by placing a sprig of spaghetti in a can of tomato sauce. internet surfers know that google has a tradition of pranks. they have changed their trademark to topeka, when the city changed its name to google to become the test site for the brand band experiment. eight militia members armed and ready. were they planning to kill cops anisette up their own country? that story in two minutes. it s got 26,000 miles on it now,