Only spoiled by Simon trying to catch a glimpse of himself.
TV Things You Didn't Get For Ages Page 2
The Teletubbies were actually put to sleep by vets when the series ended, not returned to the wild as the BBC claimed. And the baby/sun grew up to be Hitler. 
Quote: Tim Walker @ November 16 2009, 1:16 AM GMTThe Teletubbies were actually put to sleep by vets when the series ended, not returned to the wild as the BBC claimed. And the baby/sun grew up to be Hitler.
The sun baby freaked out Connor. 
I have quite a few genuine ones, but can't remember at the minute what they were. Which is frustrating to say the least.
When HIGNFY started, I thought all of the participants were making hilarious, off the cuff and spontaeneous banter on the spot and from their own mouths.
What a fool I felt when I learned that they made it all up beforehand - I know, what a dumbass. 
When Strictly Come Dancing first started I didn't at first "get" that they had adapted the title from the low-budget Australian comedy movie Strictly Ballroom. Once I eventually realised, imagine my embarrassment! Now all I've got to do is work out why they thought that Strictly Come Dancing was anything other than a pig's ear of a title.
The 'F' in The F Word meant food.
Not a television related one, but for years I thought chickens actually 'shit' eggs instead of squeezing them through their vaginas.
I'm not alone, there is still a significant section of the adult population that thinks eggs are somehow magical chicken poop.
A girl I started medical school with, Vicky, didn't realise that testicles were contained in a single scrotum. She thought they somehow had individual ball-sacs to themselves. (And she was no virgin either...)
That 'Live' didn't necessarily mean 'Live Broadcast'.
Quote: Tim Walker @ November 16 2009, 1:40 AM GMTA girl I started medical school with, Vicky, didn't realise that testicles were contained in a single scrotum. She thought they somehow had individual ball-sacs to themselves. (And she was no virgin either...)
It takes balls to show her what they really look like. 
Quote: Tim Walker @ November 16 2009, 1:16 AM GMTThe Teletubbies were actually put to sleep by vets when the series ended, not returned to the wild as the BBC claimed. And the baby/sun grew up to be Hitler.
Tim admit you were that vet, I saw the video.
Quote: Renegade Carpark @ November 16 2009, 1:38 AM GMTNot a television related one, but for years I thought chickens actually 'shit' eggs instead of squeezing them through their vaginas.
Cloacas. Female chickens don't have vaginas, they have cloacas. Males too. They also shit from the cloaca. So you're half right half wrong.
I used to think Nicholas Lyndhurst sang the OFAH theme. I also suspected Zach Braff may have sung the Scrubs theme.
The funniest non-TV misunderstanding I've ever been guilty of, happened one day, when my mum and my auntie took me and my sister down to the beach, when we were little kids. My sister had just eaten some sandwiches, and, as she didn't like breadcrusts, she'd left them on her lap. Then, suddenly, she jumped up and screamed, because she'd been stung by a wasp, and the breadcrusts fell to the floor. I didn't know what they were, because I was so young, and I started crying, because I thought they'd fallen out of her arse!
Quote: catskillz @ November 16 2009, 1:22 PM GMTI used to think Nicholas Lyndhurst sang the OFAH theme.
He did, didn't he? 
Quote: catskillz @ November 16 2009, 1:22 PM GMTI used to think Nicholas Lyndhurst sang the OFAH theme. I also suspected Zach Braff may have sung the Scrubs theme.
The funniest non-TV misunderstanding I've ever been guilty of, happened one day, when my mum and my auntie took me and my sister down to the beach, when we were little kids. My sister had just eaten some sandwiches, and, as she didn't like breadcrusts, she'd left them on her lap. Then, suddenly, she jumped up and screamed, because she'd been stung by a wasp, and the breadcrusts fell to the floor. I didn't know what they were, because I was so young, and I started crying, because I thought they'd fallen out of her arse!
Quote: Moonstone @ November 16 2009, 1:24 PM GMTHe did, didn't he?
I think John Sullivan did...?