As a kid, I thought that the laughing during each episode of the Flintstones were actually people watching and laughing at the screen. I wondered where they sat while watching.
A childhood belief about cartoons

others believed things like this
- when i was about 5 or 6 i thought sombody was watching me on t.v like i was watching them. — leigha
- 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
- I used to think that the laugh track on sitcoms were the camera men, directors, other actors, ect. laughing.Anon
- I always thought you could break through the tv screen and walk into whatever was on the screen at the time.— Linda