When I was very little, I asked my dad why there were commercials on TV. He told me it was to give the actors a break in between scenes. Totally bought it for a few years.
A childhood belief about tv

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that commercials would only go away when you bought the product that was being advertised.— Hayabusa
- i beleived that when someone bought a new house, they would swap with the person they bought it from— c
- I totally believed my siblings when they told me the family was aliens and had a space ship in the garage.— cully
- I thought Maria Carey's 1998 ballad was 'I'd give my arms' instead of 'I'd give my all'.— Briony Maggs
- I used to think eating raw potatoes would give you "BEZORES".
Our family doctor told me this— Moodycop - that actors went to the toilet during the ad breaks.— ash