tv

I used to believe that people who got shot and died on all those 1970's police dramas on TV, actually died for real; that it was all part of the privilege of being on TV.

Ray

A girl in my sorority came to college planning on double majoring in theatre and pre-med, because she thought you needed an actual medical degree to play a doctor on TV, and her dream was to star in a show like Grey's Anatomy someday!

A smart(er) sorority girl

I used to believe that when you turned the tv off the program stopped and waited for you, picking up right where you left off.

kathi

When I was younger, I used to think that they filmed or animated every episode of a tv show the day after the previous one had aired, so it was more like real life.

Anon

There was no Television Broadcast after 12pm.

Anon

When I was younger, I believed that the people in TV commercials were the first people to buy the product; therefore they got to advertise for it. Whenever I saw a new item in the grocery store I would beg my mom to buy it, just so we could be on TV.

Allison

i used to think that the people were hanging off the outside tv aerial and u could see them on the TV.
I also couldn't seem to get my head round VHS tapes, and thought that the cartoon characters lived inside the tape.

VHS tapes :D

I used to believe that Jiminy Cricket was a grasshopper because I had never seen a green cricket.

Anon

When I was little, I believed that the world was black and white back when my father was young. We used to watch t.v. and all of the old shows that my dad liked was black and white. I asked him one day, daddy how old were you when the world turned color? He had a good laugh, but he didn't tell me the truth. I was probably 7 or 8 and it was years before I figured it out.

James D.

I used to believe that during a newscast I could talk to the newscaster. I have a special bond with Peter Jennings as a result.

C!

when i was about 4-6 years old i used to think that cartoons where peoples dreems..
I used to thing they connected selected people to special machines when they were sleeping...

John wu

When I was little I thought everything on TV was animated. I got into a lot of fights with my cousins over this !

Anon

When i was little i used to think that if you turned upside down you could look under a woman's dress on television.

silk

i used to think when we would turn the television of it would pause on whatever i was watching. and when i turned it back on to continue watching the program it was different and i would yell at my mom for causing me to miss my shows.

Anon

As a kid I used to get really confused by advertisements that stated that a store was selling "Occasional furniture". I thought there must be some strange kind of vanishing chairs and tables that would only appear some times, sort of like the Cheshire cat... It was only later that someone told me that it was furniture for special occasions; to be used occasionally.

Where's my table gone?

when i was about 6 when i watched the tv i use to think that tv was drawn by a man who lives inside the tv and owns alot of felt tips and paints. and when we lost signal that was him making a mistake and having to rub it out

Crumpet

When I was a little kid there was a soap opera called "Search For Tomorrow" that was on in the afternoons. I remember seeing a commercial for it and wondering how people were supposed to watch it *now* since it wouldn't be on until tomorrow.......

N.

I used to think that in reruns the actors were actual performing again. It never occurred to me to think why they never aged or anything.

Anon

When I was little, I believed that T.V commercials were created to give the actors a break, then when the commercials were over, the actors just continued.

Anon