Hmm. I think this is a new one. I have nothing productive to say here.
If you don't mind reading unproductive comments however, I'll continue. I remember what my Dad use to do in situations like this. He would kind of rub the T.V. set on the side and tell it it was a good T.V. set. If that didn't work, he would hit it and use profanity. This one time he actually went outside in a lightning storm and shook the antennae on the roof back and forth until my Mom made him come inside.
The 70's were a strange time though.