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When I was five I was a devout American Bandstand fan although there weren't people of color on the dance floor. For a long time, I believed that in order to be on American Bandstand you had to be "White." All I wanted was to be White so I could be on American Bandstand.

LV

i thought that the 'cookie monster' really eats those cookies....

i shoulda just realized he wasn't, judging by ALL the cookie mess he made..

lens

I used to think that if the TV was not on channel 13, Sesame Street would go away forever. I would throw a hissy fit anytime the TV was not on channel 13.

Zeke

I believed that on Romper's Room at the end of the show when the lady used to look through the magic hand held mirror and call names of the children she saw watching the program, that she could actually see the children. She called my sister's name but never called mine. That's because my sister's name is Denise which is a common name but my name is Jeneil. What was the likelihood of her calling my name. Now I know the truth!

Jeneil

When I was a kid, there was a show called Romper Room. The host of the show, I think Miss Molly, would look through her hand held mirror and say who she saw...meaning she said kid's name she saw through the mirror. I waited and waited..and watched that show all the time...and she NEVER said my name!

Romber Bomper Stomper Doo
Tell me Tell me Tell me Doo
Magic Mirror tell me today
Have all my friends have fun at play
I see....(this is when she would say the kid's names)

Rachel

When I was 5 or 6 I would get up really early to watch Monty Python's Flying Circus. I would watch and get very ticked that there were no clowns or elephants doing tricks. (Or was there)

detux

I used to believe that Mr. Rogers was talking to some unseen person; it never occured to me that the "you" he was addressing was me.

Shoshana

A former colleague used to believe that the title of the show "Jim'll Fix It" referred to the presenter's name. He thought the show was presented by a guy called Jimall Fixit.

Steve Buck

Not my belief, but my son's. He's 3. He watches Blue's Clues religiously, and one night, thought that he could 'ski-doo' into a picture, just like blue and Steve. It was the middle of the night when he first tried this. I woke up to him singing the 'ski-doo' jingle, two seconds of silence, then about a half-hour of crying and trying to explain to him that he can't ski-doo!

gerald626

At my grandmas house many years ago, when the orginal Twilight Zone was new, there used to be a panic before the show started to change the channel. If they missed it and the show actually started with "Do not adjust the vertical, do not adjust the horizontal..." no one was allowed near the TV until the show had finished.

Blackie

My girlfriend belived that sitcoms were called that because you sat down to watch them.

Zeppy

This won't mean much to most Americans, but...

A couple of years ago, when Ali G first started appearing on the 11 O'Clock
Show, I used to confuse him with Goldie. I am now (almost) 22.

Ollie

Because of the hit Brit sit-com Dad's Army I used to believe my dad would go off every Thursday and fight in a war. Because every Thursday was dad's army...

simon

I used to believe Sesame Street was an actual place, and that the Muppets were real, and if one were to learn their ABCs and their numbers, one could become worthy of visiting Sesame Street. By the time I got down counting one to twenty, wherever I went I was hoping I'd magically find Sesame Street just around the next corner...

ZachsMind

My mother used to watch General Hospital when I was a kid. There was one character who went to the nut house. A while later the character came back but was played by a different actress. I used to think that people who went to mental institutions came back as totally different looking people.

Melissa

I use to think that all TV shows were made in massive hidden studios in the local TV station. Although I never could figure out how they got the Wheel of Fortune in there.

Mark

I used to believe that the Ed Sulivan Show was called "The Ed's Elephant Show," because they always had circus acts...

James Burns

I firmly believed that laser and phaser guns, as well as the Jupiter II and the U.S.S. Enterprise were real on "Lost in Space" and "Star Trek". I figured they were just filming actual events.
"Batman" as well. I realize now how gullible I was, but at least I was only 4 or 5 and not a 41 year old going to Star Trek conventions, which is an embarrassment for the human race.

Tillman in K.C.