An estimated eight million people watched the programme on 1 April, and hundreds phoned in the following day to question the authenticity of the story or ask for more information about spaghetti cultivation and how they could grow their own spaghetti trees.
放送された4月1日に概算で800万人が視聴し、翌日には話の信憑性やスパゲッティの栽培方法、スパゲッティの木の育て方を尋ねる数百件の電話がかかってきた。