Joe 90: Season 1 Episode 1 - The Most Special Agent (Full Episode)

[@Clocktoys]

Captain Scarlett and Joe 90 were my favourites. Genius models and action sequences. There was absolutely nothing better as a 70’s kid than your regular half hour in the Gerry Anderson universe.

[@CarlB_1962]

Clocktoys I couldn’t agree more. Happy times!

[@gimnazjalista97]

amazing they used puppets in this show. I think it's a show for kids

[@alancarter8396]

I’m 58, haven’t enjoyed this for years. Great stuff

[@davidkendall1962]

BRILLIANT ......Takes me back to my childhood great time great memories ......of 1968 I am now age 56

[@carlleavey]

Same age here, I cant believe how awful kids programming is now. I have all the Anderson shows on DVD for my 6 year to watch. Stingray, Captain Scarlet, Thunderbirds and Joe90.

[@infinitesimotel]

@@carlleavey TV is dogshit. There is such little worth watching any more, the silage that is being shown nowadays on Talmud Vision is truly an abomination.

[@ufoclips1]

In my 60s now,this stuff never leaves you,real class,Gerry Anderson i salute you sir.

[@owengraham2276]

@@infinitesimotel what? You don't like 🎵baby shark du du du du🎵and all tgat doodoo

[@captpicard6894]

Joe 90, Thunderbirds, UFO, Captain Scarlett, Space 1999. Jerry Anderson thank you for making my childhood from the late 60’s to the mid 70’s so awesome. I salute you sir😁😁

[@eduardosakata1366]

Wow! When I was a kid I used to love Joe 90. The main theme is fantastic. Now after all those years the show still catches my attention! Thank you so much for bringing back this show!!

[@danieljames2015]

The golden age of children`s tv entertainment .

[@hobbyguy1827]

I remember watching Joe 90 and Thunderbirds as a kid after school...couldn't get enough..especially the machinery and vehicles..I loved it!

[@ronfrey5327]

This show is AWESOME IM 57 and its saturday morning all over again for me.. thank you.

[@JGL841]

"Joe 90" was my favorite show as a young pre-teen boy. I totally forgot about the advanced science ideas this series was based on (direct brain download - wow! 😵‍💫). Thanks, Gerry Anderson, for sparking my imagination all those years ago!

[@Tralian1]

Unbelievable. Another example of genius Gerry Anderson. The production is incredible!

[@webbox100]

"But don't come crying to me if you get hurt." Professor Ian McClaine - World's Best Dad.

[@mrrolandlawrence]

i thought worlds best dad was stannis baratheon...

[@jack0609]

At least he’s not Peter Griffin

[@tylerdurden4045]

He conducted a potentially deadly experiment on his own son with zero safety measures and no medical personnel on standby. He's already a terrible father.

[@norfener]

@@tylerdurden4045 Snowflake triggered! Us boomers are made of stronger stuff!

[@Hal9000ize]

@@norfener Okay boomer

[@brandonvallejo3492]

Remember watching this last night at 3 am it creep me out but overall it kept me watching it good show

[@robsmith8715]

FANTASTIC......None of this CGI nonsense, ahead of its time. Script is great as well, far better than some modern day stuff.

[@commandernelson1584]

He fit his entire mind on 20 feet of tape amazing.

[@onnowesterman4825]

LOL well that would be impossible in the first place and certainly not in that short time and comp capacity

[@clam3822]

It's high density tape.

[@NeonLuvBar]

It was 8-track.

[@yankeedrummer21]

@@NeonLuvBar Beta Max

[@alwaysopen7970]

Serially

[@66bluedonkeys]

Old English cottage?... With an authentic Jacobean spiral staircase no doubt. 🤔 My childhood would have never been the same without these wonderful shows.

[@KhaiJbach]

"I'm going to transfer my knowledge to Joe... along with my love of cuban cigars, brandy and Miss Emily Shvanhorst and the whipped cream .... oooops...."

[@nmccw3245]

Khai J Bach - and little Joe’s conception.

[@mariakelly5]

LMAO.

[@CJHallx]

Ooops is wrong, he was adopted.

[@infinitesimotel]

...and Joe, I am sorry, but your mother was Black......

[@ZooScott]

aye think ,The milky bar kid and Bazooka Joe might kNOw too ☠ 👊🏻.

[@victorwashington7306]

Never ever seen this Gerry Anderson production Thanks for sharing!

[@SteveGouldinSpain]

"No transistors - just integrated circuits". That was incredibly precient for 1968! They didn't appear in consumer radios much before the early seventies.

[@GafftheHorse]

We're still waiting for the light beams bit. And most the development money these days is going into quantum and qubits.

[@monteceitomoocher]

Yes it was, i think the show's makers thought hard about future tech and what was feasible, some things were spot on, others not so, and they failed to see the development of personal computing and the web, can't blame them for that though, they're still very well made shows that stand up well today.

[@525Lines]

So long as the characters never have to run, we've got a series.

[@Ndlanding]

Ya think Trump could run? Yet he'll get a series.

[@mauricedavis2160]

👍🤣🤣🤣

[@Setebos]

But if the characters could run we'd never get all those shmoozy Anderson vehicles.

[@bwest6275]

The Anderson's never cease to amaze. What imagination, and look at all the intricate detail. They don't make em like they used to #fact

[@Classicrocker6119]

Watched this in early 70"s on CTV in Canada on Saturday mornings. Great guitar rifts here too.

[@nsnopper]

This was on CTV in the early 70s?! And I missed it completely.

[@Harani66]

my favourite when i was a kid. it holds up so well even now. those models and sets are gorgeous!

[@bingola45]

It holds up so well that I still want to hit that specky kid...

[@raym9860]

Totally loved the theme tune, 10 outta 10.

[@raymondramirez9177]

Alll of the Gerry Anderson productions has fabulous music created by the genius Barry Gray. Even in 2022 we can still listen to his music.

[@RogueWJL]

The production and designs are sublime. Without doubt the 'hippest' of the ANDERSON UNIVERSE.

[@UltraGalaxyify]

I loved the fakeout towards the end and Joe's father has a shouting match with Uncle Sam about his son being a special agent

[@millionseller001]

Ive been looking for episodes of Joe 90 all over the intenet for ages and this is all ive found.Thanks for sharing.

[@23rdjune]

That MIG looks suspiciously like one of the 'angels' planes from Captain Scarlet!

[@timepoet77]

That's because it is. Often Gerry Anderson and the special effects team recycled and re-used models in an effort to save a few pounds (dollars).

[@Reactordrone]

With an F-111 wing grafted to the bottom.

[@Mark-ft8yx]

Loved the still photography and voice over work at 24mins. They really captured the moment with that.

[@coconinoco]

Mark Johnson and the dishevelled ties afterwards, it was a hell of a meeting.

[@bryanttillman]

yeah, when the shit actually hit the fan- and after that, Dad still let his son be a spook

[@Ndlanding]

@@coconinoco I, too, appreciated the loosened ties.

[@nicedog1]

I love Joe’s mockney accent.

[@dstanl]

Mock cockney

[@pinchopaxtonsgreatestminds9591]

I love the way his dad connected the device to a beatbox. I've watchd Joe 90 lots of times as a kid, but I never saw the first episode so I never knew what it was about.

[@Ionizap]

Imagine seeing that vehicle coming out of your neighbours garage 6:26. Such a great show for its time.

[@CarburetorThompson]

Gerry Anderson’s models are still amazing. Mig-242 actually looks functional and intimidating unlike a lot of fictional fighter jets.

[@paulthompson7280]

I agree from one Thompson too another first time I watched this in the UK in Color and I stayed up late too watch UFO witch was the best for me because it didn't patronize our intelligence even now its the most plausible Tec involved in that script of UFO , nothing comes close to it today, we were more intelligent back then not like the dumb kids of today and thay got the internet that makes them even dumber

[@nuhuhassan4090]

Wow! Awesome! Watched Joe 90 as a kid...it was brilliant entertainment for a young lad back then. Was gonna say that I didn't know some episodes were in colour...then I remembered that our TV was black and white...😂😂😂

[@md7999]

An absolute classic.....days of innocence 👍🏻

[@mrmacc1312]

Loved it I am 51 and it took me straight back

[@leighfennell7890]

I remembered Thunderbirds but I had forgotten about Joe 90. I don't think that I saw all that many episodes as a child.

[@animalchandler]

The American head of the intelligence agency is literally called Uncle Sam.

[@colinfield981]

animalchandler Sam Loover if my 1969 memory serves me correctly

[@lstarrtna4288]

Lol

[@DakariKingMykan]

No, he's just an agent. Shane Weston is the head

[@grahammaguire404]

The Theme tune alone is a complete "MONSTER" of Northern Soul and yes that certain club forever associated with Northern Soul in WIGAN ....AKA WIGAN CASINO.....did spin this on classic 7" vinyl!!!!,now that's a legendary compliment if i ever heard one!!!.The kids programs in the 1960's unleashed some of the very finest Northern Soul Classic tunes that still cut it today....now that's impressive ..

[@G2CondorJoe]

2:00 seeing your own conception through your father's eyes

[@JohnH108]

Joe was adopted.

[@kennyraiden9346]

Let`s take a look at the Mig 242. What amazes me is the design of the dorsal structure and the nose towards the canopy strikingly resembles the actual existing Mig29 Fulcrum. It appears more that way if we take a look at the side view. It is also equipped with the twin-vertical stabilizers which even slightly leaned outward. The swing wings are identical as they were used in Mig23 so the creators tried to make the aircraft look more like the Mig by adding the sense of reality. The prop model was reusing and modified the Angel Interceptor appeared in Captain Scarlet. The Angel was already designed to look this way and she had the sophisticatedly sculpted aerodynamic feature which did partially look like Mig29. Personally speaking, the Angel rather had a vibe of the Lockheed F104 StarFighter and it is hard to believe that these model planes were designed and built in 1968 when this show was aired. Obviously, the U.S. didn`t have the "Teen Fighters" ( F14, F15, and F16 ) which we had to wait to have existed till the early '70s. In addition, the Mig 29 came out somewhere in 1986 and was officially introduced to the Western nations at the Farnborough air show in 1988. I have no idea how much research they did on to the Mig fighters but it is so amazing that the design of the jet took the decades ahead which couldn't be possible to exist back then. Let`s get down to the drama portion. This episode was dealing with the national threats in the middle of a confrontation between Wests and Easts during the cold war era. The story was involved with espionage and the vibes of a thriller as the plot is about stealing Russia`s most sophisticated highly advanced fighter aircraft which Wests are no match. The screenplay sounds like a thriller novel Firefox written by Craig Thomas and published in 1977. The book was subject to a 1982 film adaptation produced and directed by Clint Eastwood. The script of the Joe 90: was written and shot almost 9 years prior to the publication of the novel Firefox. I honestly have no clue if this episode has inspired and motivated Craig Thomas, the author of the novel, however, it is going to be the toughest maneuver of all to track down and find out what the truth was hidden beneath as those highly classified jets. I`m going to conclude my comment for saying thanks to those who uploaded this video and gave us an opportunity to watch it again. The episode was beautifully shot with the well-written script and putting in so much devotion to making everything to come real. They really should deserve more respect and honor. They earn it.

[@oldbaldfatman2766]

Sept. 7, 2018---Thanks for the video....this is one series I never heard of.

[@Merseysiderful]

Quite an evolution by Gerry Anderson’s production team in the puppets and sets from Supercar in 1961 to Joe 90 in 1968.

[@danylefebvre]

Ha, the unethical joy of experimenting on his own son.

[@pragik]

@NEAR TERM EXTINCTION - HUMAN imagine all the crazy stuff his father do in secret. SEX, DRUG, who know what.

[@infinitesimotel]

That sums up parenting in this society. But, I can't imagine his situation bar the scifi was any worse than what happens on a daily basis in Commie central.

[@tomkelley7174]

Or any lucky child!

[@tomkelley7174]

@NEAR TERM EXTINCTION - HUMAN They know now...

[@ArmonMitchell]

Those were different times

[@Arun-nv8zi]

Back to my childhood. Wonderful stuff during COVID-19.

[@tonysailer8470]

"This small gun will shoot 200 times without needing to be reloaded" hahaha!

[@262marcus]

Joe has probably aged a lot better than I have in the intervening years!

[@perry1559]

This is a piece of Art. It’s beautiful to just look at.

[@Ronno4691]

One of the most iconic theme tunes ever.

[@raymondramirez9177]

The end theme is the best version. Alll of the Gerry Anderson productions has fabulous music created by the genius Barry Gray. Even in 2022 we can still listen to his music.

[@imnotmelvin3]

The set design is crazy cool.....

[@Ndlanding]

I defininitely like this more now than back then, when I found it a tad cruddy after previous Supermarionation adventures like Thunderbirds (the best!), Captain Scarlett, Supercar, etc. The plot was a bit thin here, although the lecherous expressions on the little bugger's face (11:20-ish) were a treat to behold. The predictions of the future stood up pretty well, I thought. So thanks for making this available, and in such great quality!

[@thehollis91]

Gerry Anderson's finest. Life like puppets and sets. Genius.

[@Mark-ft8yx]

UNCLE SAM 🇺🇸 As a child, my little brain didn't get that reference at all, until just now.

[@tonypate9174]

A overwhelming desire for a "packet" of Cola Spangles and a bottle Cresta frothy "pop" now been planted in the old grey matter.

[@wpbutt]

oh those memories !! I loved Cresta lol

[@infinitesimotel]

@@wpbutt Cresta... LoL, love it.

[@Ndlanding]

That stuff hadn't even been invented back then.

[@Dragonblaster1]

The Cyrillic writing on the factory placard is genuine Russian: "M.I.G. Plant Moscow Department Final Assembly".

[@Shade571]

14:04 the timing on the laughter is brilliant

[@andygee8716]

This is where a mother is invaluable!

[@mikelcarrow2787]

Wait a minute...this is the plot to Clint Eastwood movie "FIREFOX" in the early 80s.

[@ZnenTitan]

mikel carrow Nope. More like Firefox was inspired by 60s era Joe 90 episodes.

[@mikelcarrow2787]

ZnenTitan that was my point. Clint stole the idea

[@ZnenTitan]

mikel carrow I'm sure you are right, but the acting here is much more animated and lifelike.

[@mikelcarrow2787]

ZnenTitan lol hahaha. You are so right.

[@davidboardman8590]

Square windows on a plane!! Death of the worlds first jet airliner!!?

[@deadghost5583]

Brilliant, magnificent, amazing, and pure genius!

[@bernardjay379]

Children's TV shows of 60s was all about quality, great memories.

[@Xyzabc998]

Love the very tight turns and perfect 45 degree dives. Brilliant and exciting TV for us, then and......now. Seems like the premise of Firefox was based on this episode.

[@ANDERSONSOUZA-yv1yn]

It would be great the return of joe 90 in series

[@walterdiomedi1968]

OMG Joe 90 used to be one of my favorites when I was a kid, im 55 and from Argentina by the way, I was talking to my friend William from the USA and he said he've never watched it before 🙄I couldn't believe it!

[@Vpmatt]

0:49 "Hang on pal, give me 5 minutes to turn my head back in your general direction."

[@pierresavoie]

I have the french version on DVD and I still enjoy it. Great series. The french version is very well translated, as well as the other series like Stingray, Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet (I also have this series in French).

[@andybliss6538]

Anybody else noticed the similarity between Joe’s dad and John Voight from the first MI film? Great memories of watching this as a kid. Thanks for uploading

[@martinbrettell6279]

Brings back memories loved it !😊

[@carlosaraujo9037]

This tv serie was aired here in my country in 1973...dubbed to spanish... It is really a pleasure to watch it again.. In english...

[@CZ350tuner]

Sam's car was what they envisaged cars in the 21st century would look like and they were spot on with the streamlined shape and massive rear spoiler.

[@pnvgordinho]

11:42 Apple copied the iPod design. :)

[@thoughtsonfitness3249]

I think technically Joe 90 was the best of all the puppet productions and in many ways my favorite.....

[@stevemale9936]

More than anything else, it was B.I.G.R.A.T. and THAT car that did it for me. Suddenly I'm an over-imaginative seven-year-old. Fantastic.

[@gustavotibaldi7651]

Gracias! Tengo 57 años Saludos desde Argentina

[@MarvelDcImage]

aesthetically the best looking puppet show ever made

[@dodgem259]

Still one of the best TV programs intro music ever :)

[@abrahkadabra9501]

I was half expecting "Team America: World Police" to burst into the scene at any moment and shoot anything that moved.

[@fobbitoperator3620]

& fuck everything that moved!

[@TheAxeGrinder]

This is the most terrifying thing I've seen all day.

[@TheAxeGrinder]

Yeah, let's go with that.

[@williammason475]

What's so terrifying about it? Having the ability to transfer mental abilities of an enemy pilot/agent, to your special agent in order to save the world

[@tomsdottir]

Yeah well you should have seen the spider I found on the floor next to my bed this evening.

[@nicflatterie7772]

So... Joe has the memory of his father conceiving him with his mom? What a mind job! After reading more comments, I see that many others thought the same! Nice! It is a great work to of modeling and stop motion. It must have taken weeks to do a full episode!

[@TheGodzilla713]

I was always surprised that the Fire Department showed up at Gerry Anderson's studios after these effect shots. Captain Scarlet is my favorite.

[@boostermcblast2197]

Simply great! The aesthetics are much better than Thunderbirds. Joe 90 never did run in german TV IMHO, so it's absolutely new to me.

[@chrisst8922]

Oh the music. Thanks Barry and Vic.

[@martinlagrange8821]

Its eerie how that Mig 242 has elements of the later real MiG-29. A really *good* guess !

[@jamesmchugo9422]

😂😂 I think the movie Firefox, pretty much ripped this episode off.

[@user-ul3lx2sl1q]

The music of the opening theme is COOL! ‘Reminds me of surfing.

[@alexkutt534]

scene 12:30 the plane they are on was also used in captain scarlet flight 104

[@alpinejim2816]

Never heard of Joe 90 till I was watching the Gerry Anderson toys video.

[@mykehyslop198]

Ahhh,a nine year old with a gun.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@perrydankel1279]

Wow I thought I knew every sci-fi there was but this one totally escaped me during my lifetime

[@veronicathecow]

Cockpit sequence, how can we make it look russian? Mirror the stock film footage! 18:00

[@geoffreycoulson2039]

Once again brilliant barry gray music.

[@class87fan54]

I know I'm odd, but the way the Russian guard says 242 is funny. Incidentally, the 242s were modified Angel Interceptors from Captain Scarlet. Most of the puppets seen in Joe 90 were originally made for Captain Scarlet too, including both Sam Loover and Shane Weston. That theme tune... some groovy stuff!

[@test_sound]

Jokes aside, this is some really good miniature set design. The base of the spinning chair thing at the beginning appears to be the bottom of a position rotary switch. Blends right in.

[@KC-cf8nj]

Great to see again its been 50 years but love it you just had to have the imagination that photo-shopped the strings out........what kids today don't have is imagination

[@jonesthestone]

bugger me, i had hair last time i watched this.

[@neilkendrick4976]

gawd, did this bring a wide smile to an old git!

[@davidbaker8957]

I was waiting for Austin powers to walk through the door when that music comes on. YEAH BABY.

[@lamonthamilton667]

Love these Hover-cars and all others vehicles in these shows..

[@mu8554]

You would think Joe's mother would have something to say about all this

[@mariakelly5]

@mike thompson But it's halfway through the episode, and if Joe's mother was around, wouldn't she have shown up by now?

[@DarkAngelGuyver]

He's adopted, they even mention it at 24:30 :P

[@coconinoco]

Battle Spear Most conveniently, Joe was adopted, hence plausible deniability.

[@Ndlanding]

@@DarkAngelGuyver His (absent) mother was called Stormy something. Blonde, too, and also wanted a badge, I think.

[@JamesJohnson-re9zw]

During the closing credits, Joe 90’s briefcase contains color pencils and watercolor paint brushes , 25:50 , a must for espionage work

[@Ndlanding]

What did you expect if he's a SPY? A nuclear submarine attack manual in its pale green folder?

[@jamesculp3622]

This must be the movie Ben Afleck learned to act with.

[@johnhouse9983]

Yeah and Matt Dayman,

[@johncook3125]

Great show loved them all as a kid. Good music to.