The Bash Street Kids has had a number of spin-offs, including "Pup Parade", "Simply Smiffy", "Plug" and "Singled Out". "The Bash Street Kids Annual", previously known as "The Bash Street Kids Book" and published biannually, is published in August. Summer specials, with solo stories of each character, were also published during the 1990s and were a forerunner to "Singled Out". Most were drawn by Tom Paterson, who later drew the "Singled Out" strip. From 1968 to 1972 "The Beano" ran a similar series, "The Belles of St. Lemons". "The Dandy" has had two similar series: the 1970s "Whacko" (about a teacher who taught in
Kids on the Street was "suitable for just hanging out and doing homework" to and for "long, boring car trips", while another reviewer, though claiming that "Kids" occasionally branched into "the monotony of 'alternative'", noted that it "definitely would be possible to derive pleasure from listening to this CD. The music is wonderful!" Despite the total absence of the swing sound that the Daddies would soon become internationally known for, "Kids on the Street" is often considered by fans of the band to be their best album, something which has been acknowledged by the Daddies themselves, noting that the anthemic punk song "Irish Whiskey"