i used to think that when you turned on the tv there was a stage somewhere just for your tv and when you turned the tv on people got on stage and you were watching it live and when you changed the chanel that new people would run on the stage, and thats why it took a while for the chanel to change
A childhood belief about tv

others believed things like this
- I used to think that there were small people on TV who worked when I turned on the TV— JAVIER
- I used to believe that when people died, they turned brown just like plants do when THEY die.— Joey Schwartzman
- I used to believe that when you turned up the volume on the T.V the people had to shout louder.— Tanana
- Before I knew about death, I used to think people turned back into babies again after they got old. Anon
- I used to believe that when people talked about 4x4 trucks, I thought it meant all the wheels turned.
— tracy - When I was a kid, I used to believe if you were watching TV, and you turned it off, it paused.Anon