The Bash Street Kids he is usually rude to adults, once asking Smiffy to speak up because he couldn't hear him over Teacher. In later strips Danny has some respect for Teacher, often helping him out of trouble. Although he hates school, like the other children he found it hard to cope when the Bash Street School was closed. As the leader Danny is prone to conceit, and in the 2006 "Beano" annual he announces that his conker is indestructible in a competition. His swelled head is often deflated by a fellow student. Danny seems especially close to Toots, calling her his second-in-command, and
Kids on the Street peak in 1996, "Kids on the Street" wound up becoming the Daddies' then most successful album. Distributed through noted indie label Caroline Records, the album sold 25,000 in its first week, charting on "The Rocket's" Retail Sales Top Twenty for over seven months and eventually making its way onto "Rolling Stone's" Alternative Chart. Several of the album's songs appeared on numerous mid-1990s ska compilations, helping spread the Daddies' name further outside of their Northwest-centered fanbase. Two contemporary reviews in Eugene's "The Register-Guard" both gave "Kids on the Street" a positive reception. One reviewer called the album a "great CD" that