Up until about 9 months ago, I believed that the people like Maria and Luis on Sesame Street were real people not characters being played by actors. Amazing what you can learn when you have a child of your own!!
A childhood belief about tv shows

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that “Emo” was related to Elmo from Sesame Street.Anon
- I seriously used to believe that Bert from Sesame Street lived in my closet and that he was going to kill me.— Liz
- When I was a child I used to believe that when I played video games my real world changed like the game. — J
- I used to believe that actors were little people that lived inside the television set.Anon
- I thought that Count Dracula was the count from Sesame StreetAnon
- I used to believe that the people in the TV were real people and if you unplugged your TV they would die.— Konfuzed