I used to believe that tiny little gnomes lived inside my television, and anytime I pushed a button on the remote to watch something, they would run and search for the video tape of it, and put it in really quick.
My mom used to laugh at me when I'd try to look through the vents on the side of the television to peek at them.
A childhood belief about tv

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that actors were little people that lived inside the television set.Anon
- I thought the “rec” button on tape recorders said wreck and it would wreck your tape if you pushed it!— Alberto Richardson
- I used to believe that I could jump through the television and be where the people were on television.— Ash
- I used to believe that the people inside the television could see you. Anon
- I used to think the people who appeared on television lived in it and if I broke it they would escape. — Malika
- I used to believe that sharks lived under the pools where the air vents were. — Carol