Throughout my childhood until I was about, oh I'd say age 10, I always belived that the laughter I was hearing on the TV during certain programs, such as sitcoms, was coming from other peoples homes as they too watched the same show. Who knew there was a such thing as a "live studio audience?"
A childhood belief about tv

others believed things like this
- My girlfriend belived that sitcoms were called that because you sat down to watch them.— Zeppy
- I used to believe the T.V show "War of the Worlds" was for real, that those aliens were REALLY coming for us. — Adelaida
- in this TV show i saw a snake coming up from the drain so everytime i take a shower i go really fast!— scared person
- I used to think that the laugh track on sitcoms were the camera men, directors, other actors, ect. laughing.Anon
- I thought that every TV show was filed live, and I always wondered why they never messed up.— Steve
- I used to think that slugs were just snails who had lost their homes!Anon