When I was little, every time a Nabisco commercial would end, it had a little tune and had "Na-bis-co!" *ding* I heard it so much (because there were so many Nabisco products.) I became convinced and terrified that Nabisco was taking over the world.

Anon

I used to think that when you won the lottery the big, sparkly hand from the advert really did come out of the sky and say "it's YOU!". So when we bought a ticket, if it hadn't come out and pointed at us within five minutes I predicted that we hadn't won anything. I was never proven wrong, so I believed it for years.

Anon

A car commercial when I was about 5 or 6...
Correct words: "Like a rock"
What I heard: "Lacker up"
I always got confused wondering why they'd choose a slogan that didn't make sense. I didn't figure it out until I was 10/11 when my dad heard me singing along with the jingle and told me the actual words

anon

When my son was about 3, I used to give him Ready-Brek for breakfast. Then he suddenly started refusing to eat it, and wouldn't tell me why. Finally, after a week or so of refusing and my asking "Why?" he finally burst into tears and said, "I don't want that little man to come!" It all clicked--Ready Brek had started running a TV commercial that showed a smiling little man emerging from the steam of the bowl, and my little boy obviously thought he was real, and would appear over every bowl of Ready Brek.

Nottinghamshire mum

I used to believe that if you weren't good, the Trix Rabbit would steal your yogurt.

Kyle

I remember that when watching TV before there was a comercial break someone would say, "This program was brought to you by veiwers like you. Thank you." I used to believe they were saying, "This program was broktuyued by viewers li-(etc.)" I thought this meant people from the show would occationally recruit loyal viewers to do the long tedious task of broktuyuing the shows. Man I was weird!!!

will was a strange child

I believed advert-breaks were toilet-breaks for the actors on-screen...I believed it for a long time without question!!

Ste

When I was real little I thought when it said "Each sold separately" on a commercial they were saying "Sip girl separately." Doesn't make sense but hey I was like three.

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Watching the 'Mr Muscle' cleaning product-range ads convinced me that the products actually made Mr Muscle appear in your bathroom or kitchen and clean up the place for you.

Agla

I used to believe if you were moving the Century 21 people would really come and pick your house up and take you away. (Based on a commercial they ran back in the 80s)

Anon

i used to beleive that all familys on TV and adverts were real familys.

Lisa-Marie

When I was little, the Cinnamon Toast Crunch commercials involved the guy on the logo zapping the cinnamon on, so I thought that the guy lived inside of the electrical socket. A couple of times I tried to find him, but I never did.

Marshall

when I was little (about 5-6) there was a commercial that would play all the time "Cal Worthington Ford" (those of you from California, no doubt know who I'm talking about. well he would feature zoo animals in his commercials with a little jingle that went "when you need a car or truck, go see cal go see cal go see cal" well for YEARS I thought he said "pussy-cow" which in my young mind meant a fantastical animal, that was the size of a cat but looked like a cow.

Heather

There used to be a commercial for a car salesman named Cal Worthington (and his dog Spot) which had a jingle containing the line, "Go see Cal, Go see Cal, Go see Cal!" I thought they were singing "Pussy cow, pussy cow, pussy cow!" like a pussy cat.

Kate

Michelin had an ad campaign when I was really little (mid-70s) where the Michelin Man would come thundering over hill tops etc., so when a bad storm would kick up, I thoughtit was the Michelin Man coming to get me1

Colleen

When I was seven years old, I saw a commercial for the doll Baby Born. In the commercial, the girl was pouring the fake baby food packet (which was powder) into the small dish and it immedietly turned into the wet baby food (commercialism can make anything possible). That led me to believe that it was a "magic bowl" and that the powdery stuff would automatically turn moist.

I finally got the doll for Christmas and I tried this bowl thing out for myself. I was disappointed to find out that you had to add water first!

Queen Bee

I used to think Mr. Rogers lived at Target because I always saw the Target logo before/after his show.

stephanie

there was this song on the radio, could've been some sort of adv with the lyrics, "recyle, that's what we do, recycle...."
well, in my childhood innocence, i thought that it was, "we cycle, that's what we do, we cycle, tell your mother that we cycle!"
i always wondered why...

ks

There was this old Pop- Tarts commercial that I really liked in fifth grade. It was advertising freezing your Pop- Tarts, so it had a yeti in it that said, "Best eaten frozen!" At the end of the ad, an announcer with a Norwegian accent cam on and said, "Listen to the Yeti!" But I thought he was saying something in Norwegian, like, "Lisen Tudietti!"

When he get on, he leave ur @$$ for a white girl

When I was younger, I thought that the jingle for the Chevy commercials was "lagger up". I now know that they were saying "like a rock".

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