I used to believe that when an actor was shot or in an accident on a tv show, that they actually died. I was so confused when I'd see them again on another show.
I thought it was a real homage to the love of their work!
A childhood belief about tv shows

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the heart at the beginning of the I Love Lucy Show was made of real chocolate.— Krissa
- When I was little I believed when an actor died in a movie, he died in real life.— Ben
- i used to believe dragon ball z was real
and namek was in another dimension
and every show on tv was realAnon - I used to think that 'black comedy' was show like Family Matters and The Cosby Show.— Katie
- I used to believe that life was like a tv show and that the world ended when I died.— mortimer x
- I used to think that every time a show came on tv, that the actors were inside my tv acting out the show.Anon