I used to think that the characters on TV shows were real people. For example, I used to watch re-runs of Bewitched all the time, and I really wanted to be friends with Tabitha.
I also wondered why some of the people (in what I later learned were old programs) dressed in such out-of-date clothes.
A childhood belief about tv shows

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the people who got shot in TV shows where people who wanted to die.Anon
- I used to believe that people had an expirey date.— Mason
- i thought that if i dressed in my holly hobby doll's clothes, no one would be able to find me.— pikl
- I thought cartoons were for kids and "real-life programs" for adults.— Ichigo
- i used to believe that the people on TV could see me. i never watched tv without getting dressed first!— Katy
- When I was a kid I used to believe that cartoons were people dressed up in special costumes.— Sarah-Jane