When I was a kid, long before computer animation (I'm 40, it's 2002), I thought that cartoons were people dressed up in costumes. Moving drawings? NO WAY!
A childhood belief about cartoons

others believed things like this
- When I was a kid I used to believe that cartoons were people dressed up in special costumes.— Sarah-Jane
- I used to think people didnt actually kiss on tv,i thought that the computer just made it look that way.— deanna
- When I was about 4 and I saw the clouds moving sideways, I thought that Earth was moving closer to the Sun— Helen
- I used to think that "cross-eyed" meant that people had X's for eyes, like dead people in cartoons.— Tim
- i used to believe that the people on TV could see me. i never watched tv without getting dressed first!— Katy
- I used to wonder why people didn't have outlines like they did in cartoons.— Anna