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BBC: Spaghetti-Harvest in Ticino | Switzerland Tourism

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What it is

The 1957 BBC Panorama April Fools' hoax report showing a Swiss family harvesting spaghetti from trees, republished by Switzerland Tourism. It is a short deadpan newsreel clip with a plummy narrator that famously fooled viewers who knew little about pasta.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN uses it mostly as a joke reference whenever pasta, harvests or April Fools pranks come up, and a few recommend it as a perfectly executed hoax.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2016, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “Come for the legendary and perfectly executed hoax. Stay for the plummy accent.”

    Legendary BBC spaghetti-tree hoax, perfectly executed

    tomcam, 2023-01 · Recommendation · in “Spaghetti-Tree Hoax”

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Topics: spaghetti tree, bbc, hoax, april fools, panorama

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