The Joker's Wild (game/quiz show)
(Version #1: CBS Daytime, 1972 - 1975 hosted by Jack Barry;
Version #2: Syndicated, 1977 - 1986, hosted by
Jack Barry, Jim Peck and Bill Cullen;
Version #3: Syndicated, 1990 - 1991, hosted by Pat Finn)
[a children's version called "Joker! Joker! Joker!"
was syndicated from 1979-81]
Theme 1 (1972 - 1975): "The Savers"
[new title filed for copyright 1997,
aka: "Peanuts, Hot Dogs and Beer"]
Composers: Jean-Jacques Perrey (ASCAP)
[aka Jean Marcel Leroy]; and
Gershon Kingsley (ASCAP)
Orig. Publisher: Valentine Music Company (ASCAP)
1978 Publisher: Valentine Music Co. (ASCAP)
2000 Publisher: Valentine Music Company (ASCAP)
of Sebastian, FL
[registered as "The Savers"; the Eu number is correct;
it rolled over in 1967:]:
Copyright Date: June 12, 1967; Eu 377.
[registered as "Peanuts, Hot Dogs and Beer"]:
Copyright Date: Sep. 10, 1997; PAu-2-257-025.
Recordings:
LP: "The In Sound From Way Out"
Perrey-Kingsley [synthesizer production duo]
Vanguard Records (1970)
Reissue on CD:
CD: "The Essential Perrey & Kingsley"
Perrey-Kingsley [synthesizer production duo]
Vanguard Records VCD-71/72 (1988)
CD: "The Best of TV Game Show Themes"
released by The Game Show Network
Varese-Sarabande 302 066159 2 (2000)
Theme 2 (1977 - 1986): "The Joker's Wild
(Sig)"
[this is a "boogaloo/funk/disco" arrangement of "The Savers",
the original THEME by Perrey-Kingsley above, adapted/arranged by
Hal Smith Hidey.]
Composers: Jean-Jacques Perrey (ASCAP)
[aka Jean Marcel Leroy]; and
Gershon Kingsley (ASCAP), with
Adapter/Arranger: Hal Smith Hidey (ASCAP)
2000 Publisher: Dojo Music Company (ASCAP)
Copyright Date:
Renewal Date:
Recordings:
CD: "Classic TV Game Show Themes"
produced by the Game Show Network
Varese-Sarabande VSD-5881 (1998)
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