Editing Keith Moon (section)

===Exploding toilets===
Moon's favourite stunt was to flush powerful explosives down toilets. According to Fletcher, Moon's toilet pyrotechnics began in 1965 when he purchased a case of 500 [[cherry bomb]]s.{{sfn|Fletcher|1998|p=194}} Townshend remembers walking into the bathroom of Moon's hotel room and noticing the toilet had disappeared, with only the [[Trap (plumbing)|S-bend]] remaining. The drummer explained that since a cherry bomb was about to explode, he had thrown it down the toilet and showed Townshend the case of cherry bombs. "And of course from that moment on," the guitarist remembered, "we got thrown out of every hotel we ever stayed in."{{sfn|Marsh|1989|p=270}}

Moon moved from cherry bombs to [[M-80 (explosive)|M-80]] fireworks to sticks of [[dynamite]], which became his explosive of choice.<ref name="osley">{{cite news|url=http://www.thecnj.com/review/2009/031209/feat031209_03.html?headline=Who%E2%80%99s_vexed%3F_Rival_%E2%80%98blue_plaque%E2%80%99_for_Moon_puts_heritage_row_centre_stage|title=Who's vexed? Rival 'blue plaque' for Moon puts heritage row centre stage|first=Richard|last=Osley|work=Camden New Journal|date=12 March 2009|access-date=28 August 2013|archive-date=7 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407222006/http://www.thecnj.com/review/2009/031209/feat031209_03.html?headline=Who%E2%80%99s_vexed%3F_Rival_%E2%80%98blue_plaque%E2%80%99_for_Moon_puts_heritage_row_centre_stage|url-status=live}}</ref> "All that porcelain flying through the air was quite unforgettable," Moon remembered. "I never realised dynamite was so powerful. I'd been used to penny bangers before."{{sfn|Fletcher|1998|p=194}} He quickly developed a reputation for destroying bathrooms and blowing up toilets. The destruction mesmerised him, and enhanced his public image as rock's premier hell-raiser. Tony Fletcher wrote that "no toilet in a hotel or changing room was safe" until Moon had exhausted his supply of explosives.{{sfn|Fletcher|1998|p=194}}

Entwistle recalled being close to Moon on tour and both were often involved in blowing up toilets. In a 1981 ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' interview he admitted, "A lot of times when Keith was blowing up toilets I was standing behind him with the matches."<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jun-28-me-john28-story.html | work=[[Los Angeles Times]] | title=John Entwistle, 57; Innovative Bass Player Co-Founded The Who | first=Geoff | last=Boucher | date=28 June 2002 | access-date=7 May 2010 | archive-date=17 May 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517061842/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jun-28-me-john28-story.html | url-status=live }}</ref>

Once, a hotel manager called Moon in his room and asked him to lower the volume on his cassette recorder because it made "too much noise". In response the drummer asked him up to his room, excused himself to go to the bathroom, put a lit stick of dynamite in the toilet and shut the bathroom door. Upon returning, he asked the manager to stay for a moment, as he wanted to explain something. Following the explosion, Moon turned the recorder back on and said, "That, dear boy, was noise. This is the 'Oo.{{'"}}{{sfn|Fletcher|1998|p=435}}