请输入您要查询的百科知识:

 

词条 Charles de Jaeger
释义

  1. Early years

  2. April Fools 1957

  3. Personal life

  4. References

  5. External links

Charles Theophile de Jaeger (27 February 1911 - 19 May 2000) was a cameraman for the BBC. He is best known as one of the creators of a famous April Fools' Day joke from 1957: a three-minute spoof report on the Swiss spaghetti harvest beside Lake Lugano broadcast by the British current affairs programme Panorama.

Early years

De Jaeger was born in Vienna. He worked for the Free French Film Unit during World War II and joined the BBC in July 1943, working as a sub-editor on news for Central Europe. He became a television cameraman in 1948. He was the first BBC newsreel cameraman to film outside the United Kingdom.

April Fools 1957

The idea for the April Fool came from his school days, during which a teacher had once said "Boys, you are so stupid, you'd believe me if I told you that spaghetti grew on trees".[1] He developed the idea with producer David Wheeler and it was approved by the editor of Panorama, Michael Peacock. A silent film was recorded in Castagnola in Switzerland in March and a commentary written by Wheeler was added by respected broadcaster Richard Dimbleby.[2]

Personal life

De Jaeger left the BBC in 1959 to become a freelancer. He died in London in May 2000.

References

1. ^{{cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3724/is_20070331/ai_n18781281/pg_2 |title=Trick or treat - page 2 |date= |accessdate=2010-01-25 | year=2007 | work=The Spectator | first=Bevis | last=Hillier}}
2. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/g2/story/0,,2046138,00.html |title=Martin Wainwright on some of the silliest April Fool tricks | Books |publisher=The Guardian |date=30 March 2007|accessdate=2010-01-25 | location=London}}

External links

  • Museum of Hoaxes article on the Swiss Spaghetti Harvest hoax
  • {{IMDb name|0208904}}
  • Obituary, The Independent, 29 May 2000
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jaeger, Charles de}}{{UK-tv-bio-stub}}

2 : 1911 births|2000 deaths

随便看

 

开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识,基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识,是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。

 

Copyright © 2023 OENC.NET All Rights Reserved
京ICP备2021023879号 更新时间:2024/11/12 17:22:47