I used to believe that when television channels when they would sign off at night play the American anthem and say please stand by , I would get up and stand by the television .
A childhood belief about tv

others believed things like this
- I thought for the longest time that a No Standing traffic sign meant no person should stand near that sign.— Shannon
- I used to think that adam and the ants' stand and deliver was 'stand in your liver'.....— wook
- I used to believe that I could jump through the television and be where the people were on television.— Ash
- I used to believe that the people inside the television could see you. Anon
- I used to believe that someone, somewhere in the world was watching me on their television.— Liz
- I used to believe the people of television were talking to me alone !— Margaux, a French student in eighth grade