When I was a young'un, I used to belive that when you got on T.V., even local T.V., you were instantly famous.
A childhood belief about tv

others believed things like this
- I used to believe you would instantly die if you touched a bulletAnon
- I used to think that if you ate the black bits on chips you would instantly die of cancer.— jayne
- that using athletes foot cream would instantly make me an athlete. — Kate
- I used to believe fax machines instantly teleported a piece of paper to who ever you wanted. Anon
- When I was young, I used to belive that
if you pushed the stop button in the bus it would stop for good.— Tom (Norway) - I used to believe that all famous people knew each other.— Liz