I used to think that when some one lowered the volume on a tevelvision set,the T.V. would expolde in order to let the sound out.

kath

When watching tv in the seventies, people/animals etc that were superimposed using "special effects"(eg giant kitten on goodies) generally had a blue or orange outline. I assumed this was because they had eaten their ready brek that morning

adam

I used to believe that when you turned the TV off ,all the programs would stop. so i would leave the TV on when there was a program i didnt like just because i thought it was the only way to watch the next one.

sarah

As the daughter of someone who obsessively taped television specials, I and my sister used to believe that all that needed to be done to create a videotape would be to attach a label and write the name of the video on it.

We were confused why writing "Cinderella" on a blank tape resulted in mere static.

Courtney Imbert

I used to beleive that tiny people climbed in my tv and couldn't get out one day i had my fathers screwdriver and was trying to 'free the people' and my mum came in and told me off i thought i was like moses and shouted 'LET MY PEOPLE GO' she burst out laughingand told me the truth then i went bright red and sat in the corner and sulked and my mum teased me all day saying 'look katie someones coming out of the tv!!!'

xoiamboredox

I used to believe I'd get glued to the television if I watched it too much, after what my mum said. I literally thought that someone would come up behind me and glue *me* to the television!

Andrew Burrell

I also used to believe that if I pushed letters through the vent at the back of the television, they would get to the presenters.

Claire

When i was little, i used to believe that if you broke a television set, the static "snow" would spill out of the screen and onto the floor.

Cristofer

I had a friend who believed that television companies could see into the future because they would show previews of upcoming shows.

Mikey

In the 50's when we got our first television, I believed all the really pretty women were'nt real but robots or dolls because no one could be that pretty and perfect.

Ligit

i used to talk to the people on playschool through the speaker part of the tv...id get right up close to the telly and have in depth conversations with my mouth over the speaker...i guess it jsut never phased me that they werent answering back!! :)

teresa :)

I thought the 'dubbing mixer' on TV credits was the person in charge of stirring the make up for the actors.

Clive

When I was young,I used to believe that if you watched colour TV,your eyes would drop out.Thanks Dad!You just didn't want the expense of renting a colour set!

David Townson

Me and my sister use to believe if we walked in front of a clicker when it was being used to change the channel we would be sucked into whatever program was on at that time. We ducked under the clicker everytime we walked past the tv until we were about 12.

Anon

I used to think that when the TV was fuzzy and black and white that lots of little ants were having a snowball fight

gringo

My grandmother told me when I was a child that, if I watch too much television my eyes would become permanently locked on the screen and I would “be stuck like that forever”. SO, whenever I watched TV or movies, I would divert my eyes every 3 or 4 minutes or so – either by closing them, hiding beneath a pillow or standing up in the middle of the room and facing the other way. There are whole swaths of children’s movies that I still have no idea how they ended or who most of the characters were.

ACD

I used to believe that Reuters (News Agency) was the surname of one single journalist, as I would always here “Reuters reports that or Reuters this” and I use to wonder how can he manage to visit all those places and events and write all that news and I thought he was like superhero.

Mima

I used to believe that what was showing on black & white TVs was filmed in places without color. I felt bad for those unfortunate people that had to live in black & white.

Heather

I used to belive that every TV show and movie was proformed right there and then everytime live, well then I heard they could take out scens and I thought when they did, they had to whipe your mind of that part to make you forget.

Dessy

I used to believe that the networks were connected to my TV - and that I could punish them for bad shows by changing the channel.

Taunya