When I watched Stars in Their Eyes as a 90's kid, I always thought the person dressing up as a singer was instantly transformed the second they went through the doors and came out again, and didn't realize that they were just speeding up the time, while he or she had a makeover!
A childhood belief about tv

others believed things like this
- i used to believe that if you watched TV for a long time, your eyes would turn into squares.Anon
- I thought that Tommy Lee (the singer) and Tommy Lee Jones(the actor) were the same exact person.— Glowworm
- if I watched too much TV, I would get 'googly eyes' as mom promised, and my eyes would pop out of my head.— claire
- when i was was little i thought that pop stars were stars in space would pop— roman honytoast
- I thought that if you were speeding and hit a speed bump, it would cause your car to fly into the air.— SeñorChaCha
- i used to believe that i really would end up with square eyes if i watched too much tvAnon