I used to belive that all television was live. I used to try and figure out how every commercial was exactly the same. Nobody ever droped a ball or flubbed a line. It was really confusing if I flipped through the channels quickly and saw the same commercial on two different stations at the same time. I spent days trying to figure that out.
A childhood belief about adverts

others believed things like this
- Because of a commercial I seen on tv, I thought the whole world was the size of the of the U.S.— Paulette
- When I was little, I used to think the commercial advertising the Mitsubishi car was actually a Mr Fishy Car.Anon
- I used to believe that spaghetti grew on trees, based on a pasta commercial from the 70s.— Dianne
- i thought aliens would come to earth year 2000 because of a commercial were an alien ate a hot dog— ulle
- I used to belive that the New Years ball exploded, and people who were near it died.— Angela
- I could never figure out what an "Elomenopee" was till I learned the alphabet a bit better. "L-M-N-O-P"— Lula