When I was a kid of 5 or 6 I thought that the people performing on TV were performing live AND they were just waiting for me to turn the TV off so they could take a break.
A childhood belief about tv

others believed things like this
- last time when the television was on i thought the people were performing in it -.-
— irritated kid - I used to believe that a 'Flea Circus' really was a circus with performing feas!— Jo Lancashire
- I used to believe that if you touched Chinese people, they would break.— Christian
- I thought a contract killer was someone who kills people who break a contract— Nate
- when i was 5 i used to think that people only live for 10 years and i thought that my parents were 7.Anon
- When I was little I thought the navel was a button to turn people off and on.
— James