Never for any of the dogs but when our kids got noisy toys, I would say, “Oh, no. Your toy is broken. Bring it here so I can fix it.” After a while they would bring new toys to me & ask me to fix them.
We choose the channels that have the shows we want to watch & pay whatever is necessary to watch commercial free. A this time in our life we can afford it. Compared to the cable we used to have, our cost is about half. We would have the high speed internet anyway for our businesses.
Cut the cable. Dump the antenna. Through high speed internet you can block all ads if you are willing to pay for it. On your computer try AdBlocker Ultimate. Sign up with streaming channels such as Britbox, Disney-Hulu, PBS, Peacock. Choose the premium package & commercials are gone.
A groom is just “an accessory after the fact”