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BBC: Spaghetti-Harvest in Ticino | Switzerland Tourism

Switzerland · 4M views · 2013-03-27 · 2:29

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Overview

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.

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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.

Recommended by 1 HN people across 1 months · HN mentions 2016–2023

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tomcam · 2023-01 · Recommendation

Actual vid at [VIDEO] . Come for the legendary and perfectly executed hoax. Stay for the plummy accent. Then watch for bad news on the North Carolina marshmallow harvest, probably inspired by it: [LINK]

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_joel · 2023-12 · Joke / meme

It's a bad situation with over farming in some areas since the 50's[1], I'm glad to see the spaghetti reserves are returning. [VIDEO]

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agarren · 2023-01 · Joke / meme

BBC reporting on the spaghetti harvest. [VIDEO] It’s a family affair in Switzerland, unlike “large spaghetti plantations” in Italy.

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