TCM Schedule for Monday February 2, 2026 - Star of the Month: Bugs Bunny

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Daytime features Bomba the Jungle Boy; at night a week-long salute to that "wascally wabbit" kicks off.

(all times Eastern)

6:45 AM Bomba, the Jungle Boy (1949)
1h 11m | Adventure | TV-G
A photographer and his daughter discover a wild boy in the jungle.
Director: Ford Beebe. Cast: Johnny Sheffield, Peggy Ann Garner, Onslow Stevens

8:00 AM Bomba on Panther Island (1949)
1h 16m | Adventure | TV-PG
Bomba the Jungle Boy must stop a man-eating black panther.
Director: Ford Beebe. Cast: Johnny Sheffield, Allene Roberts, Lita Baron

9:30 AM The Lost Volcano (1950)
1h 15m | Adventure | TV-G
Bomba the Jungle Boy arrives to rescue a child just as a volcano is about to erupt.
Director: Ford Beebe. Cast: Johnny Sheffield, Donald Woods, Marjorie Lord

11:00 AM The Hidden City (1950)
1h 11m | Adventure | TV-G
Bomba rescues an orphan from some ruthless hunters in this back lot jungle epic from the the no-budget Monogram studios.
Director: Ford Beebe. Cast: Johnny Sheffield, Sue England, Paul Guilfoyle

12:15 PM The Lion Hunters (1951)
1h 15h | Adventure | TV-G
Bomba the Jungle Boy defends his animal friends from a team of unscrupulous hunters.
Director: Ford Beebe. Cast: Johnny Sheffield, Morris Ankrum, Ann Todd

1:45 PM Elephant Stampede (1951)
1h 11m | Adventure | TV-G
The jungle hero fights off elephant poachers to help a missionary.
Director: Ford Beebe. Cast: Johnny Sheffield, Donna Martell, John Kellogg

3:15 PM African Treasure (1952)
1h 10m | Adventure | TV-G
Bomba the Jungle Boy takes on diamond smugglers.
Director: Ford Beebe. Cast: Johnny Sheffield, Laurette Luez, Martin Garralaga

4:30 PM Bomba and the Jungle Girl (1952)
1h 10m | Action | TV-PG
The jungle hero tries to find out who killed his parents.
Director: Ford Beebe. Cast: Johnny Sheffield, Karen Sharpe, Walter Sande

6:00 PM Safari Drums (1953)
1h 11m | Adventure | TV-PG
A group of movie makers arrive in Africa to make a film about jungle wildlife.
Director: Ford Beebe. Cast: John[ny] Sheffield, Douglas Kennedy, Barbara Bestar

7:30 PM MGM Parade Show #3 (1955)
26m | Documentary | TV-G
George Murphy introduces clips from "A Free Soul" with Clark Gable and "Trial."
Cast: George Murphy, Clark Gable, Glenn Ford

8:00 PM A Wild Hare (1940)
8m | Animation | TV-G
While hunting rabbits, Elmer Fudd comes across Bugs Bunny, who tricks and harasses the hunter.
Director: Tex Avery. Cast: Mel Blanc, Arthur Q. Bryan

8:10 PM Rabbit of Seville (1950)
7m | Animation | TV-G
Bugs Bunny gives Elmer Fudd a close shave as they sing and act out Rossini's opera.
Director: Chuck Jones. Cast: Mel Blanc, Arthur Q. Bryan

8:20 PM What's Opera, Doc? (1957)
7m | Animation | TV-G
Elmer Fudd is again hunting rabbits - only this time it's an opera. Wagner's Siegfried with Elmer as the titular hero and Bugs Bunny as Brunnhilde. They sing, they dance, they eat the scenery.
Director: Chuck Jones. Cast: Mel Blanc

8:30 PM A Night at the Opera (1935)
1h 36m | Comedy | TV-G
The Marx Brothers are pitted against high culture as they try to help two young opera singers who are in love.
Director: Sam Wood. Cast: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx

10:30 PM Tortoise Beats Hare (1941)
7m | Animation | TV-G
An upset Bugs Bunny challenges the slick Cecil Turtle to a race.
Director: Tex Avery. Cast: Mel Blanc

10:40 PM Tortoise Wins by a Hare (1943)
7m | Animation | TV-G
Bugs Bunny challenges Cecil Turtle to race, only this time he's wearing an aerodynamic suit like Cecil's. Unfortunately, the gambling ring has bet everything on the rabbit, and Bugs now looks like a tortoise.
Director: Robert Clampett. Cast: Mel Blanc, Kent Rogers, Michael Maltese

10:50 PM Rabbit Transit (1947)
8m | Animation | Animation | TV-G
Bugs Bunny's race with Cecil Turtle features a rocket-powered tortoise shell.
Director: Friz Freleng. Cast: Mel Blanc

11:00 PM Walk Don't Run (1966)
1h 54m | Comedy | TV-G
Set during the Tokyo Olympics, one of three unlikely housemates plays matchmaker with the other two.
Director: Charles Waters. Cast: Cary Grant, Samantha Eggar, Jim Hutton

1:00 AM Gorilla My Dreams (1948)
7m | Animation | TV-G
Mrs. Gorilla want to adopt Bugs Bunny; Mr. Gorilla only wants to chase him.
Director: Robert McKimson. Cast: Mel Blanc

1:10 AM Hurdy-Gurdy Hare (1950)
7m | Animation | TV-G
When the entrepreneurial Bugs Bunny reads a classified ad for a hurdy gurdy and monkey, he decides to go into the music business.
Director: Robert McKimson. Cast: Mel Blanc

1:20 AM Apes of Wrath (1959)
7m | Animation | TV-G
The drunken stork loses his baby ape for Mr. and Mrs. Elvis Ape on a jungle island. So, he knocks out Bugs Bunny and delivers him instead.
Director: Friz Freleng. Cast: Mel Blanc, June Foray

1:30 AM King Kong (1933)
1h 40m | Science Fiction | TV-PG
A film crew discovers the "eighth wonder of the world," a giant prehistoric ape, and brings him back to New York where he wreaks havoc.
Director: Merian C. Cooper. Cast: Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot

3:30 AM Mighty Joe Young (1949)
1h 34m | Adventure | TV-G
Showmen try to exploit a giant ape raised by an orphan.
Director: Ernest B. Schoedsack. Cast: Terry Moore, Ben Johnson, Robert Armstrong

5:15 AM Sprout Wings and Fly (1983)
Fiddling legend Tommy Jarrell shares his gifts with a new generation.
Dir: Les Blank, Les Conway, Alice Gerrard Cast: Tommy Jarrell, Julie Jarrell Lyons, Togie McGee
Runtime: 30 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC:

[AnotherMother4Peace]

1. Monday TCM featured movies that brought Nazis to justice, Wed the movies were about bring mobsters to justice.

Nazis and mobsters - tRump, Miller, Noem, and the rest.

[bmichaelh]

2. Chuck Jones is one of my favorite directors of all time

Chuck Jones is one of my favorite directors of all time

[Auggie]

3. Bad time to lose my TCM subscription ...

'cause it's a fun idea to pair cartoon and film themes.