159 Spaghetti Trees
On April 1st, 1957 a BBC One news program ran a straight-faced and ostensibly real report on Switerzerland’s spring spaghetti crop, and convinced some of their viewers that spaghetti grew on trees.
An episode of the The Weird History Podcast podcast, hosted by Joe Streckert, titled "159 Spaghetti Trees" was published on April 1, 2018 and runs 11 minutes.
April 1, 2018 ·11m · The Weird History Podcast
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Summary
On April 1st, 1957 a BBC One news program ran a straight-faced and ostensibly real report on Switerzerland’s spring spaghetti crop, and convinced some of their viewers that spaghetti grew on trees.
Episode Description
On April 1st, 1957 a BBC One news program ran a straight-faced and ostensibly real report on Switerzerland’s spring spaghetti crop, and convinced some of their viewers that spaghetti grew on trees.
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