I used to watch "The Gary Gnu Show" religiously. They had a character on there named Speed Reader. I thought he actually was reading as fast as it looked like he was.
A childhood belief about tv shows

others believed things like this
- in this TV show i saw a snake coming up from the drain so everytime i take a shower i go really fast!— scared person
- I thought that if you were speeding and hit a speed bump, it would cause your car to fly into the air.— SeñorChaCha
- I thought that Ted Bundy was a character on "Married With Children."— Patrick
- As a kid, I thought that the character Kimiko Tohomiko from Xiaolin Showdown's name was Chemical. — Chase Young Fangirl
- when i was growing up i had two imaginary friends. One was named Jennifer, the other was named Onion.— Tessica
- I used to believe there was a Russian Leader named Garbage Trough and an Arabian named Are A FatAnon