[off-topic] Futurama/Turangalila

The Urth list — 1 messages, 1 voices, 03 Mar 2002
https://urth.darkrealm.vip/thread/urth/3010

Dan Rabin03 Mar 2002, 18:30original
James Jordan supposes correctly that the name of the Futurama character Turanga Leela is derived from the title of the work by Messaien. I checked with my friend Jeff Westbrook, who used to write for the show; and he checked with Matt Groening, its creator:
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At 12:01 PM -0800 3/1/02, Jeffery Westbrook wrote: Checked with Matt. The name Turanga Leela is indeed based on the Messiaen opera. Apparently it was a favorite of his a while ago.
OK, I owe the list some Wolfe content. -- Dan Rabin

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