W.O. Mitchell blows up an outhouse: CBC Archives | CBC

In this clip from 1976, Canadian author and broadcaster W.O. Mitchell tells a story about blowing up an outhouse when he was a kid. Mitchell's best loved novel is 'Who Has Seen The Wind', which sold nearly a million copies in Canada. For more classic clips, go to www.cbc.ca/archives
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[@laurieolee]

Great to use as a companion piece to introduce the short story " Melvin Arbuckle's First Course in Shock Therapy" - super ELA 20-1 story.

[@oilersridersbluejays]

As a Saskatchewan farm kid who has access to fertilizer, I have discovered back houses do fall on the door side.