Today people in many countries play April Fool's Day jokes. Some of the best jokes have been played by the media. For example, in 1957 the British television news programme Panorama' showed a story about a family of spaghetti farmers in Switzerland. In the story, the farmers were pulling spaghetti off spaghetti trees. After the show, many people called the television station to ask how they could grow their own spaghetti trees! Some people will believe anything!