When I was a little kid, I used to believe that when TV shows went "off the air," that meant that the characters from the TV show were going away on an airplane and never coming back! It made sense to me at the time...
A childhood belief about tv shows

others believed things like this
- I used to think that the actors on tv shows sang the show's theme song.Anon
- I used to believe the T.V show "War of the Worlds" was for real, that those aliens were REALLY coming for us. — Adelaida
- in this TV show i saw a snake coming up from the drain so everytime i take a shower i go really fast!— scared person
- I used to think all television shows were made at the tv station on the hill of my home town. — Monique
- I used to think that every time a show came on tv, that the actors were inside my tv acting out the show.Anon
- That the white stuff coming out of aeroplanes meant that someone on the plane had just got married.Anon