I used to watch Romper Room with baited breath when Helen Mirren took out her Magic Mirror and called out the names of the children she could "see". Iwas so excited when she finally "saw" me. I really believed her mirror could see into my house!!
A childhood belief about tv shows

others believed things like this
- when i was young i used to believe that my image on a mirror would come to life if i broke the mirror.Anon
- I believed that if I looked too long in the mirror admiring myself the Devil would appear.— Paul Elletson
- Like most kids growing up, I believed there was an upside-down word on the other side of the mirror.— Taylor (14)
- I believed that I had a fake right big toe, having lost my real one in the plug holder (thanks Helen!)— Mike
- I used to think that if a mirror with me in it breaks, I break.Anon
- I used to believe that there was a person in the mirror who looked exactly like meAnon