Yes I think that was on "Jay Walk" (The Tonight Show with Jay Leno) one time. My mom got so disgusted when she heard that, and geography isn't one of her strengths. Another time I think they might have got the same fools and asked them how the crack was developed in the Liberty Bell "I think someone dropped it."
And they wonder why our education system is in trouble, the Pink Panther has taught them that myth in the form of a joke.