There was a persistent rumour at our school (that I believed) that Happy Days had been filmed in the 1950's and The Fonz had died in a motercycle accident shortly after it had finished.
A childhood belief about tv shows

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that you got married right after you finished high school or college. Anon
- I fully believed, up until about 6 years old, that the word 'accident' was a noun that meant 'burnt toast'.— Karl Goetz
- When I was little I believed when an actor died in a movie, he died in real life.— Ben
- I generally believed in happy endings!— Claire
- I believed the mosque down the road was Aladdin's castle, and my mum went along with it to keep me happy.— Elena
- I believed that the word optimistic was something to do with opticians and being happy with your eyesight.Anon