I believed that on Romper's Room at the end of the show when the lady used to look through the magic hand held mirror and call names of the children she saw watching the program, that she could actually see the children. She called my sister's name but never called mine. That's because my sister's name is Denise which is a common name but my name is Jeneil. What was the likelihood of her calling my name. Now I know the truth!
A childhood belief about tv shows

others believed things like this
- My friend's sister believed the lyrics to Gazza's "Fog on the Tyne" were "Fog on the dinasaurs mine all mine"— Suzanne
- I was convinced that children weren't humans, only adults were, children were a total different race!— Leda
- my sister told me that bunkers on golf courses were for children to play in while their dads played golf.— Julie
- I used to think Kenny Rogers had 400 children and a crop in the field. Rather than 4 hungry children.Anon
- My daddy used to think that there was a children-police that killed children who was bad— jonnie
- my sister and i used to think sideburns were called "hash browns."— ginny