 On 1 April 1957 a news segment was broadcast about the Swiss  Spaghetti Harvest with footage of Swiss peasants harvesting  spaghetti strands from spaghetti trees. Many viewers were taken in  and phoned in asking how to grow their own spaghetti trees where  they received the reply "place a sprig of spaghetti in a tin of  tomato sauce and hope for the best." Considered one of the best  April Fools hoaxes of all time.