i used to think that the people were hanging off the outside tv aerial and u could see them on the TV.
I also couldn't seem to get my head round VHS tapes, and thought that the cartoon characters lived inside the tape.
A childhood belief about tv

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that tv people were tiny famous people that lived inside that box with a window called TV.— Miguel Horacio
- I used to believe the people I saw on TV lived inside it and the could really see you.Anon
- i always thought that people always died with their tongue hanging out— Ernesto Shredder
- I used to believe that actors were little people that lived inside the television set.Anon
- I thought the “rec” button on tape recorders said wreck and it would wreck your tape if you pushed it!— Alberto Richardson
- i used to think when you sleep your eyes turened round to watch performances in your head— rasverone