CBS Late Night Movie - "The Pumaman" (Complete Network Broadcast Premiere, 1/3/1985) 📺 🐈

Here's the complete broadcast of the 1980 movie "The Pumaman" (shown in promos as "The Puma Man") as aired on the CBS Late Night Movie over WBBM Channel 2. As the voiceover in the intro tells us, this was the film's network television premiere. (and a few years before Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3k) memorably ripped it a new one in their take!) The premise of this flick is that aliens visiting Earth thousands of years ago gave birth to the Pumaman who had supernatural powers entrusted with a gold mask with the ability to control people's minds - which in present-day London ends up falling into the wrong hands. Or something like that. Starring Walter George Alton and Donald Pleasence, with Miguel Angel Fuentes and "special guest star" Sydne Rome. Opening and CBS Late Night Movie promo voiceovers by Norm Stevens. Includes: "Second feature" preview Commercials for: The Video King - After Christmas Clearance Sale Wickes Furniture - sale on 8-piece dining room set McDonald's - Chicken McNuggets Value Pack Al Piemonte's Arlington Heights Ford (with the man himself) Segment 1 (with opening credits) Commercials for: Mediquell Chewy Cough Squares Burger King - Flame Broiled Doubles Vicks Lifestage multivitamins (with Mary Stuart Masterson?) Meow Mix cat food (posted separately here: https://youtu.be/1pMNDVlp8AA) Promo for "Cotton Candy" Promo for book, "Power for Living" (with skater Janet Lynn) Commercials for: Buick Somerset Chicago Health & Racquetball Club (with Jaclyn Smith) Segment 2 Commercials for: Mrs. Paul's Crispy Crunchy Fish Sticks & Fillets (with Emmanuel Lewis) Pillsbury Plus Chocolate Mocha Cake Mix Tegrin medicated shampoo (#1) Sears National Home Appliance Sale Promo for Magnum, P.I., McMillan & Wife and "The Crimson Pirate" Brief shot of Boys Club PSA with O.J. Simpson Commercials for: Turkey Store ground turkey Zest deodorant soap Campaign Buttons (with segment of Reagan speaking at a church) Commercial: Toyota electronically fuel-injected 1-ton truck Segment 3 Commercials for: Mediquell Chewy Cough Squares Mrs. Paul's Crispy Crunchy Fish Sticks & Fillets National Enquirer (Bill Cosby and Knots Landing ladies on cover) Maytag (with Jesse White) Promo for Simon & Simon and McMillan & Wife Brief shot of Hewlett-Packard ad Commercials for: Nissan Year-End Selling Bash Promo for Bears '85: Fight to the Finish Mr. How Warehouse - Grand Opening Plunkett Furniture - Sale of Winter Segment 4 Commercials for: Denny's Ultimate Omelet Sears Big Bright & White Sale Selsun Blue Kotex Thin Maxi-Pads Promo for "Cotton Candy" Commercial: Academy Life Insurance Co. (with Michael Landon) Segment 5 Commercials for: Tough Act Heavy Duty Bathroom Cleaner Tegrin medicated shampoo (#2) Hoover Concept II vacuum cleaner (voiceover by Ken Nordine) Vlasic Deli Dills Promo for The Fall Guy, McMillan & Wife and "The Crimson Pirate" Commercials for: Al Piemonte Ford Coachmen RV trucks Swanson Plump & Juicy Chicken Cutlets Certi-Saver sale on Ragu Spaghetti Sauce Segment 6 Commercials for: Al Piemonte Ford (again) Promo for Bears '85: Fight to the Finish Folger's Decaffeinated Coffee PSA for Marines - "The Few, The Proud, The Marines" Segment 7 (with closing credits) Commercials for: Citrus Hill Orange Juice New Luvs Diapers (voiceover by Norman Rose) Schaumburg Datsun - Nissan Truck Sale (voiceover by Al Parker) Last second of PSA for Camp Fire Ending CBS Late Night Movie titles CBS 'Eye-D' (voiceover by Dave Campbell) Station ID / promo for Quincy First two minutes of CBS News Nightwatch Special Edition, "Partners in Crime," with Fred Graham (sitting in for Charlie Rose) in a look at organized crime; his guests - an unnamed "Organized Crime Expert," Philadelphia defense attorney Nino Tinari, an unnamed "Convicted Mayor" and an unnamed "Mafia Don's Daughter" - are introduced via video clips, followed by first 20 seconds of Lark McCarthy news update (starting with report about opening of 99th Congress and swearing-in of new Representatives and Senators, with budget deficit hanging over their heads) before recording cuts out   This aired on local Chicago TV late Thursday, January 3rd into early Friday, January 4th 1985 during the (approx.) 11:04pm to 1:02am timeframe. About The Museum of Classic Chicago Television: The MCCTv (FuzzyMemoriesTV) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit whose primary mission is the preservation and display of off-air, early home videotape recordings (70s to early 80s, mostly) recorded off of TV (in Chicago or other cities now too); things which would likely be lost if not sought out and preserved digitally. If you have any old 1970s videotapes recorded off of TV please email: tapes@fuzzy.tv The complete programs with breaks (or however much is present on the tape), for historical preservation. For information on how to help in our mission, to donate or lend tapes to be converted to digital, please e-mail tapes@fuzzy.tv Thank you for your help!