Intro Track
At 3:22 Greetings Xenophiles!
It’s April fool’s day. Did you get fooled today? That was the first record I ever played on Romanian radio back in 1998 on a station that no longer exists called Active FM.
And on this day in 1889 The Eiffel Tower officially opened in Paris.
And on the very same day the first dishwasher was marketed in Chicago.
Today in 1957 the BBC aired a three-minute April Fools’ Day hoax featuring spaghetti-growing trees in Switzerland.
Exactly 50 years ago Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs incorporated Apple Computer in the garage of Job’s parent’s house.
Song Ping Pong
On April 1st 1970 John Lennon and Yoko Ono announced they were having dual sex change operations.
On april 1st 1974 some guy dumped a big pile of old tyres into the crater of an Alaskan volcano and set fire to them. Residents were terrified that the volcano was gonna blow.
Part 2
Fools Gold was used as a jingle during the Edinburg Arts Festival so I heard it 100 times a day.
Part 3
In 1998 Burger King announced the Left Handed Wopper - Same as the ordinary one but with the ingredients rotated 180 degrees. To make it easier for left-handed customers.
Chas & Dave?
On April 1st 1976 Astronomer and National Treasure (and loony) Sir Patrick Moore announced on BBC Radio 2 that due to planetary alignment and the effect on gravity, if you jumped up at precisely 9:47 AM, you would float in the air. People even called in to say it worked.
Part 4
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