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
Rafael Bash Rafael Bash Rafael Bash (, born 8 January 1913, died 10 March 2000) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for three months in 1951. Born in the Russian Empire in what is today Latvia, Bash made aliyah to Mandatory Palestine in 1938. He joined kibbutz Kfar Blum, where he remained a member until 1956. He was on the Mapai list for the 1949 Knesset election, but missed out on a seat. In 1950 he became director of Mapai's youth department, a position he held until 1953. He entered the Knesset on 21 May 1951