cartoons

I saw a cartoon on Sesame Street once where a kid didn't like his mommy, and went to a Mommy Store to trade her in and pick out a new mommy - they were posed throughout the store like fashion mannequins. Since it was Sesame Street, I believed it - and it scared the hell out of me.

Rita

As a very small child I believed that cartoons were filmed with real actors and the picture was changed to make it look different from regular television. Every time a cartoon character had his head cut off or fell off a cliff I marveled at the ingenious special effects it must have taken to film the scene without harming the actor.

Joy

One of my best friends always believed that the reason Dopey didn't talk was because he was bald. That's what here Mom told her. When we met, and I told her that according to Happy," I don't know, I guess he never tried!" She was devastated. She actually cried!

Monica

I used to believe that cartoons were made by putting all the drawings in a row, and then moving an ordinary video camera along the row very, very quickly. It was the only way I could see it working.

Pete

when i was young, i used to watch Popeye. There was one scene where popeye was beaten to a pulp by bruno or bluto or whatever his name was, and was in dire need of spinach.

So when there was this voice bubble above popeye saying "SOS", i immediately thought it was "spinach!...oh spinach!"...

it wasnt until many years later till my cousin corrected me.

hi

I used to believe that, when people did the voices for cartoons, they did the animation first, and they had to time their speaking just right.

Anon

As a small child, I knew that there was a difference between cartoons and live action television, but I didn't know what it was. I was always troubled by the fact that no matter how fast I ran, I couldn't make my legs go in a full circle like they did when the characters ran on Scooby Doo. It never occurred to me that it couldn't be done.

Dave

When I was a kid I used to believe that cartoons were people dressed up in special costumes.

Sarah-Jane

When I was little, I watched Ninja Turtles all the time, and whenever I would pass by a sewer I would have to stick my fingers in the holes, and I swear that once one of the turtles touched me. Scares me now to think of what I really felt. Ugggh.

Tater

Rugrats used to be my favorite show when I was 4 or 5. I at first thought that they were actually babies (not knowing cartoons were animated and such). But then I was like "Babies can't talk". So, i came to the conclusion of midgets dressing up in baby costumes.

Dorkiest dork ever

While watching cartoons I would spend a great amount of time looking for the strings that moved the characters, thinking they were puppets.

JcRg

I believed the mosque down the road was Aladdin's castle, and my mum went along with it to keep me happy.

Elena

When i was younger (around 2-3), i thought cartoon characters were actually real and lived in Disney Land. Watching "Who Framed Roger Rabit?" only confirmed my belief!

Vanessa

As a kid, I used to watch Woody Woodpecker religiously. There was one episode where the vulture grabbed Woody, and rolled him up into a clay cylinder. Woody reappeared behind him. I was convinced that this actually happened, so I grabbed a worm from my backyard and rolled him up in some play-dough. He stayed there.

Justin Whang

I though the "D" written in "Walt Disney" on some videos was actually a backward "G".

A. Nonymous

When I was about 5 or 6, I saw a cartoon where the character used an umbrella as a parachute. My older brother said that it was true because it was on tv. He talked me into jumping off my grandma's bird aviary with the umbrella. I wrecked the umbrella and strained my ankle. My brother told me not to tell because I would get in trouble for hurting the umbrella.

Chik DuBay

When I just turned 5 I was looking at the TV guide to see when my favourite cartoons were going to be on. When I saw "for unders 5's" in the TV guide next to my favourite cartoon I ran crying to my mum. When she asked what was wrong i said "I cant watch my cartoons anymore because I am 5. haha

Leacey

When I was young, I used to believe that the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were real.
I was once found lying on the pavement of the street where I lived in, yelling through the little hole of the sewer cover their names and waiting for an answer.

Manuel Parada

My dad told me that often on his subway trip to work in NYC, he would see Mr. Magoo on the same train. He really meant Jim Bakkus, who did the voice of Mr. Magoo. But I always pictured the cartoon character sitting amongst real people on the train.

Patty

As a kid my favorite show was Smurfs. I used to believe that I could actually see them if I looked in mushroom patches, as if they were real people. So when I saw wild mushrooms growing in the back yard, I would look down and call for the smurfs to come out. I remember many times running inside crying to my grandparents that the smurfs didn't like me.

Skye