I thought if you turned the T.V. off while a person was on screen, they would die!
I used to wait for ages for a scene without people in to turn it off...
A childhood belief about tv

others believed things like this
- From the ages of 4-10 (I'm 10) I thought a "Cat Burgler" was a person who stole cats.— MarkoPolo5000
- If you look at a screen too long, your eyes will turn square.Anon
- I always thought you could break through the tv screen and walk into whatever was on the screen at the time.— Linda
- I couldn't wait to turn 20 so I could go through the Roaring 20's and be a flapper like my Grandma.— Susan Bonnell
- Based on that memorable scene from the "Wizard of Oz," I used to believe that people died from shrinking!— Julie
- I used to believe that people couls see you on the TV screen. I only changed when the commertials were on.Anon