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Line 2: Sometimes the TV goes on the fritz. What to do? Other than [[Percussive Maintenance]], try adjusting the antenna, which may take a while. Conversations can go like this: {{quote\| '''Alice:''' ''(adjusts antenna)'' Can you see it now?~~<br />~~ '''Bob:''' No.~~<br />~~ '''Alice:''' ''(gets into strange position)'' Can you see it now?~~<br />~~ '''Bob:''' No.~~<br />~~ '''Alice:''' ''(gets into even stranger position)'' Can you see it '''now'''?~~<br />~~ '''Bob:''' THAT'S IT! Don't move! }} Line 16: Not related to [[Do Not Adjust Your Set]]. {{examples~~\|Examples:~~}} == Advertisements == * An [[Egregious\|egregiously]] annoying ad for [[What Were They Selling Again?\|ei]][[Dueling Products\|th]][[Cable -Satellite Mudslinging\|er]] Dish Network or DirecTV: {{quote\| '''Son:''' Daaaad! The cable's out ''again''! Can't you '''fix''' it!?}} == [[Live Action TV]] == * On ''[[Married... ~~With~~with Children]]'', the Bundy family had [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDmkrDeHKzs#t=7m30 "Fox network viewing positions"] to take when watching [[FOX]]. [[Self -Deprecation]] to their own network, and [[Truth in Television]]: Fox came in pretty badly at times in [[The Windy City\|Chicago]], where ''Married'' was [[In Name Only\|allegedly]] set, pre-Digital TV. * [[Mr. Bean]] tries placing the aerial in increasingly silly places in order to watch his TV. Finally he discovers a position that works — but only when he can't see the screen. * Tony Hancock in his solo episode of ''[[~~Hancocks~~Hancock's Half Hour]]'' spends several minutes moving his indoor antenna when the TV picture keeps breaking up. Inevitably, the picture clears up when he's out of sight of the set. Eventually he realises that it's not his reception but a studio fault. * On ''[[The Honeymooners]]'', Ralph and Norton buy a TV together. They have trouble agreeing on what to watch before settling on a program. When Ralph complains about the fuzzy picture, Norton tells him to take the antenna and move around. When Ralph is holding it out of the apartment, Norton tells him that its good and closes the door to watch his own show. == [[Newspaper Comics]] == Line 31 ⟶ 32: == [[Video Games]] == * One of the games in ''[[Wario Ware ~~(Video Game)~~\|Wario Ware: Smooth Moves]]'' is about this. * You can do this to TVs in ''[[Condemned]] 2''. == [[Western Animation]] == * Came up on more than one occasion on ''[[The Simpsons (~~Animation~~animation)\|The Simpsons]]'', for example: ** In ''The Tracey Ullman Show'' short [https://web.archive.org/web/20140615235325/http://www.snpp.com/episodes/mg48.html "TV Simpsons"], this is the entire plot. * [[Garfield and Friends]] gets Nermal to do this by telling him Jon thinks it's cute. * ''[[LEGO]] [[Star Wars]]: Revenge of the Brick'': General Grievous himself becomes the antenna while Count Dooku tells him how to adjust himself to get a good reception. * On ''[[The Penguins of Madagascar]]'', King Julien wins the penguins' TV set and has Mort hold up the antenna, yelling at Mort when he gets tired and can't hold the position any longer. * In ''[[Camp Lazlo]]'', Edward's bullying brothers force Scoutmaster Lumpus to hold the TV for them and adjust his antlers until they get a reception. * When [[Quicksilver]] is ordering the Brotherhood around in ''[[X-Men: Evolution]]'', he has [[Butt Monkey\|Toad]] move around with the antenna on the roof. He tells him to hold his position just as Toad is struggling not to fall off. {{reflist}} [[Category:Antenna Adjusting]] [[Category:Alliterative Trope Titles]] [[Category:Applied Phlebotinum]] [[Category:Truth in Television]]