When I was little I used to think that commercials were live. So I felt bad for the people because they would have to react the same thing over and over every time that commercial came on. Then I found out that they only had to film it once and just replay it.
A childhood belief about adverts

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that an animated film meant that the film had live animals in it.— reverb
- 'To Be Announced' in the TV guide was a film that was on all the time!— Clare
- when i was 5 i used to think that people only live for 10 years and i thought that my parents were 7.Anon
- I used to believe that santa came to your house at a different time depending on where you live.
— santa 1:00 am - I used to believe that commercials would only go away when you bought the product that was being advertised.— Hayabusa
- Because of a commercial I seen on tv, I thought the whole world was the size of the of the U.S.— Paulette