When I was 4, I would watch Barney every morning before preschool. One day, there was some error, and I got the "Please Stand By" screen. So, I stood by the TV for about 15 minutes before my mom told me I wasn't really supposed to stand by the TV.
A childhood belief about tv

others believed things like this
- When I was little, I thought that since boys stood up to pee, they could stand up to poop.— Lacey
- I used to think that adam and the ants' stand and deliver was 'stand in your liver'.....— wook
- When I was a child I used to believe that stand up pianos actually told jokes as well as playing music.— L MAN
- I used to belief that if you stood behind the TV, you would appear on the screen.— Gen Rodenis
- When I was little, I thought that if you stood behind the TV, you could see your insides on the screen.— C.W.
- When I was a kid, I used to believe that when people died, they would stand up and walk to their own graves.— Mark (england)