I used to believe that "Little House on the Prairie" was filmed actually in the 1800's - that the cameramen just followed the Ingall's family around taping them. Then they edited out the boring parts and what was left was the hour we got to see on TV.
A childhood belief about tv shows

others believed things like this
- I never had a make believe friend but my sister used to tell me I DID but he left cause I was really BORING.— Jamie
- I used to think for a very long time, that spam was left over animal parts with salt.— Ebony
- I used to believe that a quarter after the hour was 25 minutes after the hour because 25 cents = a quarter.— Marni
- I used to believe that EVERYTHING we did was being filmed for someone somewhere to watch as a movie— KatBird_27
- people on soaps didn't know they were being filmed— katherine
- I once asked my CCD teacher if eternal bliss in Heaven would get boring after a while.— Some Dude With A Name