Watch TV from the 90s and earlier

To make the 80's TV more authentic, is there an option to change channels via a pair of vice-grips that are permanently attached to the stub where the missing/broken channel knob should be? Because that's how I experienced it.

The static effect is nice for creating a low-fi vibe, but some kind of CRT effect (like many arcade & console emulators have) would be even better.

At University we had a tv that would give static shocks every time you tried to change the channel.

sounds like some maintenance guy didn't properly ground the ground plug in that outlet... (or it was one of the old two prong outlets and you used an adapter and just did what we all did and leave the ground wire hanging there instead of screwing it properly into the outlet cover screw like we were supposed to)