perhaps one of the funniest April Fool's pranks to have ever been pulled off happened on April 1,1957. on this day, a well-respected British new show called panorama aired a segment focusing on a supposed spaghetti harvest in southern Switzerland! The anchorman explained that the mild winter had resulted in a huge spaghetti crop. As the anchorman gave details about the "spaghetti crop," video footage was shown of Swiss people pulling fresh' long strands of spaghetti off of "spaghetti trees" and putting them in baskets.