The BBC - Giving Laughing Induced Hernias Since 1957

For those in need of a laugh, this nostalgic video was BBC's first April Fools video, way back in 1957 - a work of pure genius.

Apparently the channel received many calls after that, asking where how they could grow their very own spaghetti bush.

I don't know which is funnier, the deadpan delivery and hilarious acting or the comment left on youtube by user "Esquibelle" saying:

"The greatest tragedy of my life was when my grandpa, Hans Federer, fell off a ladder during autumn harvest. We were forced to sell off our trees, and had only lasagna bushes near the house left for food. My sister left for Gstaad where she lived in a chalet with other transient girls who picked spaghetti by day, and crocheted Swiss lace for tourist shops with nuns by night .
Her fingers were worn to the bone, and she was often forced to ski between jobs. Desperate, she had an affair w/her boss.

"When she discovered she was with child, she came back to hide w/our family. She had little boy whom she named Roger after a famous cowboy from America. He was too delicate to pick spaghetti, but loved to play with a little ball and bat it around with a stick. He also loved to dance, and twirled in the spaghetti orchards while he pretended to be Baryshnikov. Later, he grew up and became the most famous tennis player in the world. And it all started in the spaghetti fields."

Hahaha. Have a happy belated April Fools Day.