Inside a TV repair shop

[Zenith26kc20]

Roaches, rats and mice were the norm. One day I went to a house to service a magnavox console and the owners son was under a big cardboard box with a tiny hole to watch me. As I pulled the set from the wall, I asked, "What are you doing under the box?". His reply, as he peeked from under the box was, "I want to see what happens when you poke the wasp nest in the TV!". I took my flashlight and looked carefully thru the holes in the back, and hanging from the top of the cabinet was a wasp nest the size of two closed fists, covered in wasps. Needless to say, I did not fix the set. The wasps were coming in from a broken window covered by a curtain behind the set.
Another one was a king snake that went into the set for warmth and got across B boost to ground. The owners were not happy when I picked his remains out of the set with my hot tube puller while their son watched....
Remember mid engine Ford Econoline vans for house calls?