When I was little, I remember watching Scooby-Doo reruns and hearing the laugh track. I thought those were people actually watching the show as I was, and I would always laugh loudly and out of place for the other people to hear.
A childhood belief about tv shows

others believed things like this
- I used to think that the laugh track on sitcoms were the camera men, directors, other actors, ect. laughing.Anon
- When i was little i thought that people could laugh in different languages— Lauren
- I used to believe that the credits at the end of a movie was a list of people in that were watching it.— jon_
- Atomatic toilets had people inside of them watching to see when you are done.Anon
- i use to think that i was part of a tv show that a giant was watching— victoria
- when i was about 5 or 6 i thought sombody was watching me on t.v like i was watching them. — leigha