I used to think that if you got up real close to the YV and looked up, down or to the side you would be able to see "around the corner" of the screen to see what was going on. I remember it took me several tries to realize this was not the case...:-)
A childhood belief about tv
others believed things like this
- I always thought you could break through the tv screen and walk into whatever was on the screen at the time.— Linda
- I use to believe that Godzilla was real. And thought I could see him if we traveled close to Japan.Anon
- I thought cartoons were real, I remember asking my mom why there were lines around the "actors" in a cartoon.— Steven Graziano
- I used to believe that if I chewed on one side of my mouth too much the other side would get jealous.Anon
- I had a fear of seeing a person in the corner of the mirror(most of the time a morlock)— Shane
- I used to believe that if I sat behind the tv set, my family could see me on the screen.— Jenny