adverts

When I was very little I took a pack of Certs from the store. I wanted to take it home and watch the drop of retsin fly out. It didn't work.

Megnolia

When i was younger British Gas adverts all finished with a person clicking their fingers, and a flame came out of their thumb. i thought this was some great talent, and so would constantly practice this, thinking that some people genuinley could say 'british gas' click their fingers and ... the magic of fire.

if only i could...

olivia

Shampoo commercials.

I used to think that if you got close enough to a TV and looked down, you could see the boobs of the girl in the shower.

Chester

When ever I would see a commercial for music sets featuring music by Mozart and Chopin on TV- I thought it was actually them playing it. Until I was about 11..

sarah

When I was little I used to believe that Crystal Light was the tool of the devil. You remember that commericial that went "I believe in Crystal Light"? Well, one day I was watching TV and this commercial came on and I ran to my mom and screamed "Mom, mom, the people on the Crystal Light commericial are going to hell, they don't believe in God, they believe in Crystal Light!"

Heather

You know how on PBS they usually say something like "this program was sponsored in part by viewers like you?" I thought "Viewers like you" was an actual company.

I also thought that TV was kind of like video, so that when i turned it off, i could turn it back on later and whatever show i'd been watching would start right where i'd left it.

Kris

I used to believe that commercials were live, and every time that a particular commercial was shown on television that the actors had to rush downtown and perform the commercial live. I always thought that the actors must have been REALLY skilled in order to do the exact same thing every time!

Marcail

when i was 6 I used to believe that when i saw movies in my tv, the commercials were to allow actors rest a little before going out to act again. And i was amazed how i could see the same movie many times without the actors making a mistake or getting tired from doing it over an over again

Ben

I used to think that the people in the commercials were doing the commercial 'live' each time. I would follow along each time to see if they did anything different.

Mikey

that actors went to the toilet during the ad breaks.

ash

One night, when I was six, I saw a car salesman doing a tv commercial in broad daylight. I mentioned to my aunt (she was 11) that the salesman must have been on the other side of the world because the sun was shining. She rudely tried to explain to me about pre-recorded film. I think I got that part. But I still don't understand how the images get to the tv in my house.

Cassandra

I used to believe that 'broctoyouby' was a word. On commercial television after every show they would say the show was 'brought to you by' and then the name of the sponsor.

Anon