You know how on PBS they usually say something like "this program was sponsored in part by viewers like you?" I thought "Viewers like you" was an actual company.
I also thought that TV was kind of like video, so that when i turned it off, i could turn it back on later and whatever show i'd been watching would start right where i'd left it.
A childhood belief about adverts

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that coin change could turn into actual paper money if you left it alone for a long time. — Marcus O
- i use to think that i was part of a tv show that a giant was watching— victoria
- For the longest time I thought Pig Latin was an actual language that they spoke in a part of Europe.Anon
- I thought baby back ribs were from actual babiesAnon
- when i was little i thought every time i left the room my parents turned into aliensAnon
- I used to believe that Off Air was an actual show, possibly about airplanes.— Gretchen