Audiophile Electrocution

as a child I certainly did stick things into the electrical outlets and enjoyed the tingle.
I have watched idiots stick screwdrivers into the outlets and cross them with a third... Amazingly, they all only burned halfway through before the circuit blew (industrial building, not a home circuit)
In FL some dude working on a building was carrying some metal rods and touched a 50,000 volt or so powerline. All that was left was some charred bones and the melted soles of his shoes.
Electricity can be dangerous, but the danger is overblown in our lawsuit friendly world, to protect the idiots out there.
Just stay out of the inside of your tube color tv while it is turned on...

Even pro electricians get zapped.
I got too many times:
from TV-sets, amps, home appliances...
110V isn't a biggie for a short duration depending on the power capabilities of the source...

Since most people are not stupid, most problems occurr when people think there is no risk. Improper grounding. Thinking things have been disocnected or a component that stores energy even after it has been turned off or is disconnected. Most accidents can be avoided by taking simple precautions. There is nothing sadder than an accidental death that could have been prevented.

Any Radio Shack carries a voltage tester that allows you to test for voltage before you touch. Try to avoid cheater plugs. ALSO REMEMBER THAT ELECTRICITY CAN ARC. MEANING IT CAN LEAP ACROSS AIR IF YOU GET TOO CLOSE.

If your fingers are dry and you brush lightly on a 110 volt wire you will only get a little tingle. Old time electricians checked for hot wires with their fingers, and I do the same, but for me only as a verification after I have cut the power. You can kill yourself with 110 volts if you grab firmly on the hot wire with one hand and the ground with the other hand. This puts the current through your chest. An old time safety tip is to keep one hand in your pocket while groping wires with the other one.

Tube circuits, and TV CRTs especially run with very high DC voltages. High voltage can stop your heart even if no serious physical damage is done to tissues. (In the Electric chair, a high voltage pulse is used to knock the criminal out, and then followed with high current to destroy tissue).

Heathkit once sold a Geiger counter kit. There were warnings about the danger of the high voltage in it, but a friend of mine didn't take it seriously because the only power came from four D cell batteries. He almost killed himself.