Nasty Dan (character)

" Nasty Dan " is a VERY nasty, grouchy  man who never cared about anyone but himself, & he even took pleasure in seeing a small boy hurting himself after taking a hard & bad fall.

A song of the same name that was performed by Johnny Cash during Sesame Street Season 5 describes how nasty this man was. He performed it for Oscar the Grouch, who made occasional interjections.

A recording by Claude François reached #1 on the pop chart in France.

Audio

 * The Stars Come Out on Sesame Street (1979)
 * Songs from the Street: 35 Years of Music (2003)

Video

 * Old School: Volume 1 (2006)
 * Best of Friends (2012)

Online

 * Sesamestreet.org
 * Hulu
 * Sesame Street's YouTube Channel

Lyrics describing Nasty Dan
(spoken)

( Oscar the Grouch suddenly emerges from his  trash can  when Johnny bangs his guitar on it).

Oscar : Who goes there?

Johnny Cash: You'll like this.

(sung)

Johnny: Old Nasty Dan was the meanest man I ever knew

He'd stomp & scream & be real mean the whole day through

( Oscar : Yeah?)

He'd frown a bunch

He ate nails for lunch

& he'd never laugh

( Oscar : Wow! I'd like him!)

He'd growl & yell & I heard tell he never took a bath

( Oscar : Wow.)

Nasty Dan

( Oscar : Nasty Dan?)

Was a nasty man!

( Oscar : Yeah?)

Hard to understand that Nasty Dan

( Oscar : Hmm.)

Now Nasty Dan was a nasty man the whole day long

( Oscar : Good for him!)

He'd go where he could & he'd try real good to make things go wrong

( Oscar : Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.)

He'd jump for joy when a little boy would trip & fall

( Oscar : Really mean.)

& the only words that he ever said were "I don't like you at all."

( Oscar : Yeah, right on!)

Nasty Dan

( Oscar : Yeah.)

Was a nasty man

( Oscar : Heh, heh, heh.)

Hard to understand that Nasty Dan

(spoken)

Johnny: Now here's the best part, it's about a girl named Nasty Pearl.

Oscar : Oh, she sounds okay too!

(sung)

Nasty Pearl was a nasty girl who met Dan somehow

She said, "You're like me, rotten as can be, let's get married now."

So they went & they did & had a nasty kid & I must confess

That Dan pretty much leaves everybody alone now

& he doesn't bother anybody anymore

'Cause he just lives in his nasty old house

With his nasty old wife

( Oscar : Yeah?)

& his nasty kid

( Oscar : Yeah?)

In nasty happiness!

( Oscar : Far out!)

Nasty Dan He's a happy man!

( Oscar : Yeah.)

Hard to understand that Nasty Dan

(spoken)

Oscar : Wow, that was really great.

Johnny: You like that?

Oscar : & say, aren't you Johnny Trash ?

Johnny: Cash.

Oscar : Cash, Cash.

Johnny: Have a rotten day.

Oscar : Wow, there goes my  kind of guy.