when I was around 8 or 9 years old and I saw advertisements on TV for cereals, toys, etc. I was quite annoyed with them because they paused the show that I would be watching at the time. One time, my mom had bought me Lucky Charms and I hadn't seen the commercial after a while so I thought that if you had bought the items shown on commercials, they wouldn't show the commercials anymore.

Cindi

When I was little, there was an advert on the telly for Chambourcy chocolate mousse, that had the slogan "Sh! Don't tell the children!" to suggest that it was so yummy that they'd eat it all before you got a chance to have any.
My sister thought that adverts were subject to the watershed like TV programmes, and believed that the Chambourcy advert had slipped through mistakenly when it was aired before 8pm!

Beth

I used to believe that commercials would only go away when you bought the product that was being advertised.

Hayabusa

I used to believe that commercials were live, and every time that a particular commercial was shown on television that the actors had to rush downtown and perform the commercial live. I always thought that the actors must have been REALLY skilled in order to do the exact same thing every time!

Marcail

When I was yound there was an ad for a tube of smarties. A guy would open the tube and he would be sucked inside to a world of smarties. I made my mum buy me a packet thinking that if I opened it I would be sucked inside. I was very dissapointed.

Alex Scobell

When I was little, like 3 or 4 years old. They had a commerical that when you hit the can of biscuits on the side of the counter the Pillsbury Dough Boy would pop out and talk to you. My mother had to make sure I was not in the kitchen when she opened a can of biscuits. I would run in looking for him and she would say, you just missed him, he was too fast for you. I am 35 now and my kids think this was hilarious.

Pam Schaeffer

I used to think that commercials that say "get your free gifts now" or "available now" or anything that says "now" meant that we have to rush there within a few seconds before the commercial ends.

Banana

Once at a family gathering we were all watching TV when the Paint advert came on with the Sheepdog, I shouted out 'Look, look, its the Durex dog' For a while I wasn't sure why everyone was so amused, wasn't for a few years until I learnt how to read and realised it was Dulux! What a farce!

Kelly

I grew up in a Third World country that occasionally received American advertising. I used to believe that the cartoon characters on boxes of cereal were real, but that they only interrupted the breakfasts of American children.

Anon

HI when i as young when i looked at the billboards in India, it use to be plain and a contact number at the center and i did not know, what the number meant there and thought it was the contact number of god and use to always note all the numbers and use to ring them up and ask them wether he was a God

beena

do you remember the commercial with the scrubbing bubbles. they had little faces and they cleaned your tub. i thought they were real. when my mother bought the cleaner. i ran into the bathroom very excited because i was finally going to get to see the little guys. needless to say i was devasted when only white foam came out and there were no little bubble guys to play with.

tina

When I was growing up I saw billboards for Household Finance Co. (HFC) My dad had the same initials. I asked about that and he said the company was named after him. For a few years I really thought the Household Finance Company was named after my Dad.

Craig

When I was about 5, I saw adverts for Rice Krispies on the TV, showing a child eating the cereal and the characters on the box coming to life and causing havoc. After that I was too scared to eat Rice Krispies because I thought that would happen to me!

Alice

they used to have these cal worthington car commercials when i was little and he'd advertise cars for fourteen ninety-nine - i used to wonder how come we couldn't another car if it was only fourteen dollars.

4ever young

When I was a little kid and I used to sit infront of the TV watching cartoons alllll day and I used to see toy commercials on the TV about a toy that I wanted, I thought that the advertisement ment that there is only 1 of that toy for sale in the store so I used to tell my brother I am going to get that toy before he does! kinda dumb lol.

Kyle

I thought when a movie was shown, with ad breaks and stuff, all the actors took a break, so I always wondered what they were doing when there was a criminal and a good guy....i figured they would go to opposite sides of the rooms while being restrained by others.

Buddy Holly resurrection

i used to believe the commercials for secret deodorant was a actual secret. i didnt understand that they are selling a product. i was to embarrasted to ask or say anything because it was a secert

Anon

In the UK we had a TV advert called 'The green cross code man' who explained the dangers of crossing the road without looking. The punchline of this advert was 'Look out kids, because I won't be there when you cross the road' which I (at the age of 4) heard as 'Look out kids, because I will be there when you cross the road'.
I was quite confused after a week of not seeing this guy until my mom explained what the advert really meant.

David

I remember after eating crackers with Imperial margarine, looking all over the house for my crown. I saw them pop up on people's heads on the commercial.

Also after eating a Halls I wondered when the vapours would go up my nose. Another sucker of special effects.

little Jen

while watching commercials, i used to think that the actors would react the commercial over and over again, not that it was taped. I always thought they were amazing that they could do it perfect everytime

Anon