I did indeed. I was also the guy to yank out all of the vacuum tubes in the back of the set, bring them to my local store so that I could test each one on their tube tester, and replace the bad ones before reinstalling all of them.
BACK IN MY DAY, A TELEVISION ONLY HAD 3 CHANNELS, THE PICTURE WAS ONLY IN BLACK AND WHITE; THE SHOWS ALL ENDED AT MIDNIGHT, AND THE ONLY REMOTE THAT I HAD WAS MY 6-YEAR OLD SON.