When I was a kid in the 60's, we'd watch the Ed Sullivan Show. I remember being really confused because in the beginning, they'd say "Life from New York...The Ed Sullivan Show." Then at the end they'd say, "This show has been pre-recorded." When I pointed it out to my dad, he roared with laughter.
A childhood belief about tv shows

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that my life was interesting enough to be a TV show and that they recorded me 24/7Anon
- I used to think that 'black comedy' was show like Family Matters and The Cosby Show.— Katie
- I used to believe that the heart at the beginning of the I Love Lucy Show was made of real chocolate.— Krissa
- 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 used to believe the show Law and Order was a gardening show called Lawn and Order.— Adriana
- I used to believe that life was like a tv show and that the world ended when I died.— mortimer x