April Fools Day Pranks: The Biggest & Best (PICTURES)

April Fools Day is right around the corner, which means you're probably looking for that perfect April Fools Day prank. We'll have great prank ideas and coverage of the best pranks of 2011 this week, but first we thought we'd kick things off with a look at some gags you probably won't be pulling off (alone, anyway). Here are some of the biggest, best April Fools Day pranks that have ever gone down. Think we missed one? Tell us of this epic prank and we might include it in our video!


Swiss Spaghetti Harvest

On April Fools Day in 1957 "Panorama", a news show on BBC aired footage of Swiss "Spaghetti Farmers" picking spaghetti from trees. The fake footage was aired as a joke, but viewers called in to find out how they could grow their own spaghetti trees. Instead of coming clean, the BBC cheekily replied, "place a sprig of spaghetti in a tin of tomato sauce and hope for the best."

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