Back "in the day" television stations occasionally went off the air, and a message, "please stand by" would show on the screen. My mother and older sister convinced me that I had to get up off the couch and go "stand by" the t.v. w/ my hand on top of it (so they would know I was there)
I would act all disgusted, though secretly pleased that I had the power to bring the show back on the air.
A childhood belief about tv
others believed things like this
- I used to think that adam and the ants' stand and deliver was 'stand in your liver'.....— wook
- I used to believe that if I broke the glass on the tv screen, I could go into the tv show...— Karyne
- I used to think that 'black comedy' was show like Family Matters and The Cosby Show.— Katie
- 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 that if you died you could have 'an operation' to bring you back to life. — Mikey
- I used to believe that a wake was something you go to to try to bring the dead person back to life.Anon