Above is the original title sequence & them tune for the 1960’s children’s tv show ‘Joe 90’.
This has now been re-recorded by Vince for the opener intro of ‘The Neon Tour 21/22’.
Joe 90 was created by the genius Gerry Anderson who made many tv series for both children & adults which a few are below in this next picture.
Here is Vince’s new version as the tour intro…… (followed by Chorus)
Theme from JOE 90 (1968/69)
JOE 90, the British science-fiction TV series created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, with a theme composed by Barry Gray.
First broadcast on the ITV regional franchises between 1968 and 1969, the 30-episode series was the sixth and last of the Andersons' productions to be made primarily using a form of marionette puppetry dubbed "Supermarionation".
This was how the series was promoted in the original ITC publicity brochure:
"He's only nine years old - but he is the world's most audacious special agent! There has never before been a special agent like JOE 90 - and television has never before presented such an original, imaginative and intriguing series."
"For nine-year-old Joe can do anything, thanks to a fabulous electronic device which can transfer the brain patterns of those who are the greatest experts in their field. When he receives these brain patterns, Joe, with the aid of a special pair of glasses which have built-in electrodes, becomes a man in thought and deed... can become the greatest of all astronauts, a dare-devil pilot, an ace motorist, a brilliant brain surgeon or whatever else may be necessary for him as the most daring of all agents attached to the World Intelligence Network... yet he still looks what he really is - a normal, healthy schoolboy. Every assignment brings new excitement, new hazards and unexpected situations - for JOE 90 and viewers alike!"
Professor Ian "Mac" McClaine, a brilliant computer expert, has invented an incredible device called BIG RAT - Brain Impulse Galvanoscope Record And Transfer.
It enables the knowledge and experience of one person to be transferred to another. He demonstrates the machine to his friend Sam Loover, by transferring his own brain patterns to his adopted son Joe.
Amazed, and recognising the machine's true potential, Sam temporarily dissuades Mac from selling the machine to Convex Computers. Professor McClaine meets with Sam's superior Shane Weston, head of the World Intelligence Network in London. Shane eventually persuades Mac to keep the BIG RAT a secret, and to enable W.I.N. to use it for missions - with Joe as a secret agent!
After all, who could possibly suspect that a nine year old boy could be The Most Special Agent of W.I.N.?
According to publicity information, when Joe joined W.I.N. there were 89 London based agents in operation. Joe became the 90th - hence JOE 90.
The theme for JOE 90, the British science-fiction TV series created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, composed by Barry Gray.
