When I was younger my dad told me that when we turned off the television, all the little people inside would come out through the back of the telly, then wait for you to turn it back on again and jump back inside. The amount of I wasted waiting for this to happen!!
A childhood belief about tv

others believed things like this
- i used to think that if you opened up the back of the telly you`d go into a whole new world Anon
- I used to believe that the people inside the television could see you. Anon
- Before I knew about death, I used to think people turned back into babies again after they got old. Anon
- I used to believe that actors were little people that lived inside the television set.Anon
- I used to believe that I could jump through the television and be where the people were on television.— Ash
- I used to believe that if you soaked a raisin (or prune) in water, it would turn back into a grape (or plum).— C.C.