[off-topic] Futurama/Turangalila

Dan Rabin · 03 Mar 2002, 18:30 · from urth-v0203.mbox · original

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From: Dan Rabin <wolfe-lists at danrabin.com>
Subject: (urth) [off-topic] Futurama/Turangalila
Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2002 10:30:55 -0800
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James Jordan supposes correctly that the name of the Futurama=20
character Turanga Leela is derived from the title of the work by=20
Messaien.  I checked with my friend Jeff Westbrook, who used to write=20
for the show; and he checked with Matt Groening, its creator:

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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