When I was around four years old, I thought that the television worked on the same principle as the cassette tape player. If you wanted to see a certain show (ex: Speed Racer), you had to leave the television on until it got to that show. Then you could either watch the show, or turn the televison off to "save" the show to watch later. It didn't take me long to figure out that this wasn't how it worked.
A childhood belief about tv

others believed things like this
- I used to think that 'black comedy' was show like Family Matters and The Cosby Show.— Katie
- I used to think that every time a show came on tv, that the actors were inside my tv acting out the show.Anon
- i thought there was a "that 80's show" and "that 90's show" too— :D
- I used to believe the show Law and Order was a gardening show called Lawn and Order.— Adriana
- I used to believe that if I broke the T.V. during a show, I could get into the show— Vanessa
- in the song "show me heaven" i used to sing "make me breakfast" instead of "leave me breathless"Anon