On April 1, 1957 the British news show Panorama broadcast a three-minute segment about a bumper spaghetti harvest in southern Switzerland. The success of the crop was attributed both to an unusually mild winter and to the "virtual disappearance of the spaghetti weevil." The audience heard Richard Dimbleby, the show's highly respected anchor, discussing the details of the spaghetti crop as they watched video footage of a Swiss family pulling pasta off spaghetti trees and placing it into baskets. The segment concluded with the assurance that, "For those who love this dish, there's nothing like real, home-grown spaghetti."
The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest hoax generated an enormous response. Hundreds of people phoned the BBC wanting to know how they could grow their own spaghetti tree. To this query the BBC diplomatically replied, "Place a sprig of spaghetti in a tin of tomato sauce and hope for the best."
To this day the Panorama broadcast remains one of the most famous and popular April Fool's Day hoaxes of all time. It is also believed to be the first time the medium of television was used to stage an April Fool's Day hoax.
1957年4月1日，英國(guó)的Panorama新聞?lì)l道播出了一段關(guān)于瑞士南部地區(qū)盛大的意大利通心粉收獲節(jié)的三分鐘的新聞報(bào)道。備受尊敬的該頻道的節(jié)目主持人Richard Dimbleby在節(jié)目中說(shuō)這次的大豐收主要?dú)w功于罕有的溫和天氣以及“象鼻蟲(chóng)的消除”。電視機(jī)前的觀眾一邊觀看著電視里面播放的一個(gè)瑞士家庭的全家人收獲意大利通心粉的場(chǎng)景。該短片最后還言之鑿鑿地聲稱，“對(duì)于那些喜愛(ài)吃意大利通心粉的人，沒(méi)有比正宗的，自家出產(chǎn)的意大利通心粉更好的選擇了。”
這個(gè)意大利通心粉收獲節(jié)的鬧劇引發(fā)了巨大的反響。許多觀眾紛紛打電話到BBC電視臺(tái)詢問(wèn)如何才能種植一棵意大利通心粉樹(shù)。對(duì)于這些問(wèn)題，BBC的外交式答復(fù)是，“放一根意大利通心粉到番茄醬的罐頭里面，然后就等著看結(jié)果吧?！?BR> 直到今天，Panorama的愚人節(jié)玩笑始終是最和受歡迎的惡作劇之一。也被認(rèn)為是第一次電視臺(tái)這種大眾媒體上演的愚人節(jié)惡作劇。
The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest hoax generated an enormous response. Hundreds of people phoned the BBC wanting to know how they could grow their own spaghetti tree. To this query the BBC diplomatically replied, "Place a sprig of spaghetti in a tin of tomato sauce and hope for the best."
To this day the Panorama broadcast remains one of the most famous and popular April Fool's Day hoaxes of all time. It is also believed to be the first time the medium of television was used to stage an April Fool's Day hoax.
1957年4月1日，英國(guó)的Panorama新聞?lì)l道播出了一段關(guān)于瑞士南部地區(qū)盛大的意大利通心粉收獲節(jié)的三分鐘的新聞報(bào)道。備受尊敬的該頻道的節(jié)目主持人Richard Dimbleby在節(jié)目中說(shuō)這次的大豐收主要?dú)w功于罕有的溫和天氣以及“象鼻蟲(chóng)的消除”。電視機(jī)前的觀眾一邊觀看著電視里面播放的一個(gè)瑞士家庭的全家人收獲意大利通心粉的場(chǎng)景。該短片最后還言之鑿鑿地聲稱，“對(duì)于那些喜愛(ài)吃意大利通心粉的人，沒(méi)有比正宗的，自家出產(chǎn)的意大利通心粉更好的選擇了。”
這個(gè)意大利通心粉收獲節(jié)的鬧劇引發(fā)了巨大的反響。許多觀眾紛紛打電話到BBC電視臺(tái)詢問(wèn)如何才能種植一棵意大利通心粉樹(shù)。對(duì)于這些問(wèn)題，BBC的外交式答復(fù)是，“放一根意大利通心粉到番茄醬的罐頭里面，然后就等著看結(jié)果吧?！?BR> 直到今天，Panorama的愚人節(jié)玩笑始終是最和受歡迎的惡作劇之一。也被認(rèn)為是第一次電視臺(tái)這種大眾媒體上演的愚人節(jié)惡作劇。