In the olden days, I personally freed many an alarm clock that were non rotateable and tv remotes with short cords. The worst was on screwed into a swivel on the dresser the TV was on.
That's cool. The real money is in the vents. At my old house, the dryer was terrible when I first moved in. The vents were pretty much packed with lint. I had the lines replaced without all the undulations the old one has. And then twice a year, I'd pull back the dryer, jam a leaf blower in and blow all the crap out.
Hopefully just an ugly sock.