I used to believe that when a TV cameraman used his camera to film something, the image passed straight through the camera, through his eye and body and up to the transmitter aerial. I could never understand why the screen DIDN'T go black every time hewould blink. I even drew diagrams to explain my theories.
A childhood belief about tv
others believed things like this
- I thought if you point the video camera at the TV then both the video camera and the TV will explode.
Anon - I used to believe,there was a little person inside my Dad's box Brownie camera.— Sandra R
- I used to put a camera along my fireplace on Christmas Eve in hopes to tape Santa.Anon
- Before the invention of the camera, everything looked like a cartoon with the quality/effect of oil painting.— MD Caruso
- I used to think that the laugh track on sitcoms were the camera men, directors, other actors, ect. laughing.Anon
- I always thought you could break through the tv screen and walk into whatever was on the screen at the time.— Linda