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Origin[edit]

The opening paragraph states one version of the strip's origin as (unverified) fact, then immediately follows it with Leo Baxendale saying otherwise. 79.71.40.7 (talk) 16:22, 1 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The 40th anniversary storyline[edit]

It would be great if someone could put a summary of the famous storyline that occured in early 1994, when the kids were 'modernised' and moved to a brand new school (I'd do it, but I don't have the issues). All a publicity stunt, of course, but it got quite a reaction. Billy H 10:00, 7 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Oh God yes, that was absolutely brilliant! Haha, I desperately want to read that strip now. --Imitationleather 06:39, 21 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The first part where the inspector closed down the school was in the 2004 annual, but the other two parts haven't been reprinted. The Beano and ITV's This Morning ran a poll, and of course everyone preferred the old version of the kids. Digifiend 09:56, 5 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Part of the story is here: http://uk.geocities.com/pjgdavidsutherland/Dennisthemenace2.html Digifiend 12:26, 8 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Teacher[edit]

Was Teacher's name ever given?

Not to my knowledge. The only way to find out would be to read every single strip! Billy H 15:21, 23 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

THE KING OF C/P 4 LIFE $$$

The Bash Street School text stories in The Wizard in the 1950s probably mentioned Teacher's name, as other characters' names were expanded (Sidney's surname is Pye, Danny's full name is Danny "Death-Head" Morgan). However the school wasn't in Beanotown (probably because Beanotown didn't yet exist, rather than because it was in another comic) so it might not be canon. Also Spotty, Cuthbert, and Olive didn't exist yet, so weren't in the text stories. Digifiend 09:55, 5 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sleepy Sam Snorer. Grumpy1313 (talk) 13:38, 10 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Two of the text stories are partially reprinted here, and in the first one he's Sleepy Sam Snorer, but in the second he's Weary Willie Watson. 79.71.40.7 (talk) 16:22, 1 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Beanotown location[edit]

I think Beanotown is supposed to be Dundee. So yes, it's in Scotland. Digifiend

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Beanotown is definitely not located in Scotland, it has been referenced many times in the comic that the characters are in England —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.3.193.101 (talk) 03:01, 17 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Repeated Story[edit]

The bash street kids have maybe repeated some stories because there was a story about computer bugs which i have proof that the story was a reprint.Darkside2000 (talk) 11:48, 10 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Anachronistic[edit]

I'm not sure it's true to say that the strip is "anachronistically frozen in the era in which it began" - did ordinary secondary school teachers still wear mortar boards and gowns as recently as 1954, other than for school photographs and formal occasions? I very much doubt it.

Surely when Leo Baxendale created Teacher, he was simply following a comic stereotype, rather than actually trying to portray him as a realistic teacher. 217.34.39.123 12:20, 30 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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"'Real' Bash Street teacher revealed"[edit]

"The Beano’s mortarboard and gown-wearing master was modelled on George Moonie, the comic’s founding editor. Leo Baxendale, the cartoonist who created the character, has revealed that Moonie not only inspired Teacher but was also the basis for Minnie the Minx’s slipper-wielding father."

--Mais oui! (talk) 07:07, 30 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Other beano characters at the school[edit]

Should be noted that Dennis has also been seen is class 2B at very rare times. --82.152.210.80 21:00, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

In recent years, it would appear all Beano characters attend Bash Street, so Dennis might be in class 2A? At any rate, Roger The Dodger has definitely been confirmed as having the Bash Street Headmaster at his school, which I think proves it. Incidentially, most Beano characters (set in the present, so excluding Pirates of the Carabbeano, and also excluding toddlers Bea and Ivy) are in the same class. A bit odd, as I'd guess that Ernest and Daisy (Crazy for Daisy) and Ed (Numskulls) are older than most. Digifiend

Yes, in one Bash Street Kids strip from an annual, Roger appears, seemingly out of nowhere, but nobody is surprised to see him, so he must be in the same class. 109.145.30.197 (talk) 18:55, 14 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Beano doesnt really do continuity occasionally other Beano characters are in the same class or just school and no mention of it is made. That example does imply that they are in the same class but the Beano lacks continuity so if something happens in one 'episode' it doesnt mean in another later episode that the event actually happened. Eopsid (talk) 19:10, 14 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

'erbert called them spectacles

My apologies, then spectacles is right. Daniel Quinlan 09:16, Dec 15, 2003 (UTC)

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Spotty - how many spots?[edit]

The article refers to Spotty having "976 black spots covering his face" but I remember an annual from the 70s or 80s in which one of the stories relied on him having a total of 28 visible spots on his head, and I count 32 in the picture used in the article, implying that the other 944 must be either very small or under his chin. I don't have a date for that story, the plot involved a plague of ladybirds which Spotty managed to lead away after Teacher told them that ladybirds will sometimes accept an object with 28 spots as their leader. Pastychomper (talk) 12:18, 26 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Sincerely, The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 05:46, 1 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Cast problems[edit]

At this time, Jonathan Kydd does anything wrong with voicing Wilfrid in The Beano Video and Sidney in The Beano Videostars. Susan Sheridan might be taking over voicing both of them in both videos. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.218.18.234 (talk) 16:27, 3 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]