I used to believe that the TV show Matlock was a cooking program, because in Swedish "matlock" means "food lid".
A childhood belief about tv shows

others believed things like this
- I used to think Yiddish was pronounced to rhyme with Swedish.Anon
- I am from Norway, and when i was a kid I used to believe thet gay people talked swedish!— Norway-Girl
- I thought the tip jar at the restaurant was so people could give the chef cooking tips for how to cook better.Anon
- I use to believe that salt would cool food down while pepper would heat your foodAnon
- I used to believe when ordering Chinese food the food and delivery man came from China— Dave
- From a TV news program about freedom fighters, I though that `Gorrillas` could use guns.— adrian