Either way, the show captured the imaginations of many young television viewers in the United States and abroad and is often considered a classic piece of 1990s youth culture and Generation X. Trey Parker and Matt Stone, creators of South Park, cite the show as an influence and compared it to the blues, and met Mike Judge before the show aired.

Bubbles also maintained his freelance output, producing designs for Peter Jenner ( Ian Dury and Billy Bragg's manager ), and others, creating a prodigious output by working for such bands, musicians and performers as Vivian Stanshall, Generation X, Big Star, Johnny Moped, Whirlwind, Billy Bragg, Clover, The Sinceros, Roger Chapman, Phillip Goodhand-Tait, Dr. Feelgood, Inner City Unit and The Psychedelic Furs.

Generation X, commonly abbreviated to Gen X, is the generation born after the Western post – World War II baby boom.

The term was popularized by Douglas Coupland's 1991 novel Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture.

The term " Generation X " was coined by the Magnum photographer Robert Capa in the early 1950s.

Describing his intention, Capa said ' We named this unknown generation, The Generation X, and even in our first enthusiasm we realised that we had something far bigger than our talents and pockets could cope with '.

The term was popularized by Canadian author Douglas Coupland's 1991 novel, Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture, concerning young adults during the late 1980s and their lifestyles.

While Coupland's book helped to popularize the phrase " Generation X ," in a 1989 magazine article he erroneously attributed the term to English musician Billy Idol.

In fact, Idol had been a member of the punk band Generation X from 1976 – 1981, which was named after Deverson and Hamblett's 1965 sociology book Generation X — a copy of which was owned by Idol's mother.

Generation X experienced the introduction of the personal computer, the start of the video game era, cable television and the Internet.

Pertinent to a non-partisan study on the 2008 U. S. Presidential election, the Population Reference Bureau, a demographic research organization based in Washington, D. C., cited Generation X birth years as falling between 1965-1982.

In the preface to Generation X Goes Global: Mapping a Youth Culture in Motion, a collection of global essays, Professor Christine Henseler summarizes it as " a generation whose worldview is based on change, on the need to combat corruption, dictatorships, abuse, AIDS, a generation in search of human dignity and individual freedom, the need for stability, love, tolerance, and human rights for all.

In American cinema, directors Kevin Smith, Richard Linklater and Todd Solondz have been called Generation X filmmakers.

When compared with previous generations, Generation X represents a more heterogeneous generation, exhibiting great variety of diversity in such aspects as race, class, religion, ethnicity, and sexual orientation.

Change is more the rule for the people of Generation X than the exception.

The U. S. Census Bureau cites Generation X as highly educated, statistically holding the highest education levels when looking at current age groups: U. S. Census Bureau, in their 2009 Statistical Abstract.

The 2011 publication " The Generation X Report ", based on annual surveys used in the Longitudinal Study of today's adults, finds that Gen Xers, who are defined in the report as people born between 1961 and 1981, are highly educated, active, balanced, happy and family-oriented.

London newspaper The Guardian cited Generation X birth years as falling between 1965 and 1982 and referred to it as the me generation ' of the Eighties.

" The Telegraph cited Generation X birth dates as falling into a longer time span ( 1965 – 1985 ), whilst the The Independent estimated an earlier range of birth dates ( 1963 – 1978 ) compared to other writers or researchers.

A BBC News article about a lack of " mid-career volunteers " in their 20s provided a Generation X age range, which, in 2007, would suggest birth years that fall between 1962 and 1982.

One Canadian author, economist and demographer David Foot, divides the generation born after the baby boomers into two groups in his book Boom Bust & Echo: How to Profit from the Coming Demographic Shift: Generation X, born between 1960 and 1966 ; and the " Bust Generation ", born between 1967 and 1979.

They also appear in Haruhiko Mikimoto's manga Marionette Generation ( 2001, original 1990 ).

The BRP Character Generation software has also won awards for its design.

Both through his charitable foundation and individually, Hefner also contributes to charities outside the sphere of politics and publishing, throwing fundraiser events for Much Love Animal Rescue as well as Generation Rescue, a controversial autism campaign organization supported by Jenny McCarthy.

Moon also co-composed the instrumental " The Ox " ( from the debut album My Generation ) with Townshend, Entwistle and keyboardist Nicky Hopkins.

This was at the suggestion of Star Trek: The Next Generation ’ s writers ( many of whom also wrote for DS9 ) because they felt that the prohibition limited their ability to develop interesting stories.

It is also the last series in an 18-year run of back-to-back new Star Trek shows beginning with Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1987.

The fourth season saw Brent Spiner ( Data from Star Trek: The Next Generation ) as the imprisoned scientist Dr. Arik Soong, an ancestor of Data's creator ( Dr. Noonien Soong, also played by Spiner in at least two episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation ), in a three-episode arc at the end of which Soong abandons the concept of improving mankind in favor of creating artificial intelligence: an allusion to what will eventually become Data.

He also appears in the films based on The Next Generation.

Berman also worked with former Next Generation producer Maurice Hurley to develop possible story ideas.

In the American Star Trek science-fiction franchise, the Maquis are a 24th Century paramilitary organization or terrorist group first introduced in the 1994 episode " The Maquis " of the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, who subsequently also appeared in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Voyager.

First portrayed by DeForest Kelley in the original Star Trek series, McCoy also appears in the animated Star Trek series, seven Star Trek movies, the pilot episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, and in numerous books, comics, and video games.

He was the grandfather of William S. Burroughs the Beat Generation writer, and great-grandfather of William S. Burroughs, Jr., who was also a writer.

Western world fashions reflected this by often turning highly individualistic and / or counter-cultural, which was influenced by Generation X: tattoos and body piercing gained popularity, and " retro " styles inspired by fashions of the 1960s and 1970s were also prevalent.

A second starship in Star Trek: The Next Generation is also said to be called USS Grissom.

It was also included in the " Slack Syllabus " in The Official Slacker Handbook by Sarah Dunn ( 1994 ), a satirical guide aimed at Generation X.

The Generation whistle was introduced in the first half of the 20th century, and also featured a brass tube with a lead fipple plug.

The device has also appeared in the American television series Star Trek: The Next Generation as the Klingon practice of discommendation ; as a threat in Ancient Greek and Persian culture in Frank Miller's 1998 comic book series 300 and its 2007 film adaptation ; and in the 2004 role playing game Vampire the Requiem.

With A Generation ( 1955 ), the first-time director poured out his disillusionment over jingoism, using as his alter ego a young, James Dean-style antihero played by Zbigniew Cybulski, 22-year-old Roman Polanski also featured.

By the time of the era of Star Trek: The Next Generation, the Prime Directive was indicated to apply not only to just pre-warp civilizations, but also, indeed, to any culture with whom Star Fleet comes into contact.

Der Ruf, also called Independent Pages of the New Generation, claimed to have the aim of educating the German people about democracy.

First portrayed by Leonard Nimoy in the original Star Trek series, Spock also appears in the animated Star Trek series, two episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation, seven of the Star Trek feature films, and numerous Star Trek books, comics, and video games.

It also featured regular guest appearances from the younger members of the current Young Talent Team who were billed as " The Young Generation " ( Jamie Churchill, Johnnie Nuich, Joey Dee, Courtney Compagnino, Juanita Coco and Rikki Arnot ).

She is also acclaimed for her roles as the bartender Guinan in Star Trek: The Next Generation and as Terry Doolittle in Jumpin ' Jack Flash.