Historical April Fool's Prank (BBC Spaghetti Harvest, 1957)
@adeptomega ... that, that right there is the perfect hook.
If this had been a Look Around You episode, I'd have loved it.
This was the BBC, and while I can sit back and laugh at the idea that anybody would be fooled into thinking spaghetti grew on trees... I live in a world in which people cite the Onion straight in legal briefs and the footnotes of government bills.
I wish I lived in a world in which I felt like we could afford AFD.