I used to think that the people you see on TV weren't real and existed within the TV. I was really confused when my dad took me to a football game and I saw the players, then even more confused to see them on the telly too later that night when they showed the highlights.
A childhood belief about tv

others believed things like this
- When I was little, I used to believe that football players really had shoulders that big.— Angie
- i used to believe that the telly tubbies were real because the rabbits are real!!— hotty
- In my childhood I used to think that all the superheroes I saw on television existed in real life— Cris
- I used to think people on the telly could see me. I hated getting my pyjamas on in front of Gordon Honeycomb.— Michelle James
- I used to think no one built the ark because I confused it with Noah.Anon
- As a small child I always confused someone being unconcious with someone being dead.— Rick