I thought the laughter on TV was coming from people watching the show in their homes. To test it, I arranged to have my cousin watch the same program I was watching. During each pause for laughter (when the microphones would be on), I bellowed her name into the speaker to see if she'd hear me. She claimed she did.
A childhood belief about tv

others believed things like this
- i use to think that i was part of a tv show that a giant was watching— victoria
- when i was about 5 or 6 i thought sombody was watching me on t.v like i was watching them. — leigha
- After watching a crazy TV show, I believed that aliens were real. I still have a little fear of them. — Niki005
- I loved watching the cartoon Casper the Friendly Ghost and wondered why the Holy Ghost never got his own show.— Robert
- I used to believe that the credits at the end of a movie was a list of people in that were watching it.— jon_
- Atomatic toilets had people inside of them watching to see when you are done.Anon