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Trace
• 04.01.09 12:19 pm



On April 1, 1957
, the BBC’s Richard Dimbleby produced a two-minute segment on “spaghetti harvesting” in Switzerland.

On April 1, 1957, the BBC’s Richard Dimbleby produced a two-minute segment on “spaghetti harvesting” in Switzerland. Viewers watched spaghetti farmers pull pasta from trees as Dimbleby intoned, “There’s nothing like real, home-grown spaghetti.“ The footage, of course, was fake. But its impact was very real: Hundreds of viewers called the BBC, wanting to know how they could grow their own spaghetti trees. The network’s response: “Take a sprig of pasta, place it in tomato sauce, and wait.”

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Comments
  1. Bob Dylan says:

    This is so old. This is the kind of shit bored housewives send each other.

  2. Tracksuit says:

    fuck you.

  3. HOMO says:

    waaaaah I complain about a free website, waaah!!

  4. nigel says:

    Spaghetti is not a widely-eaten food in the UK and is considered by many as an exotic delicacy.

  5. Dick Tit says:

    Hahhaa! It goes to show that people are so gullible, and they trust major networks so much that they don’t even question their integrity.

  6. Richard says:

    I think a British voice over or the dude from Frontline makes everything believable. For instance I became sure the moon landing was faked after I heard Dudley Moore explain the inconsistencies of the shadows.

  7. whiners suck says:

    ^ you fucking people….aaaaahahahaha

  8. zaphod says:

    this is the oldest exhibition of trolling I’ve ever seen!

  9. Anonymous says:

    swiss… lol everbody knows the spaghetti harvest takes place in china

  10. dapwell says:

    ronzoniis arborealis…stupid


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