On Wednesday, Peter Lustig passed away at the age of 78. And actually I didn't want to blog anything about it - and yet I grew up with Peter Lustig and just have to record something. He introduced me to alternative worlds in the 80s. Until then, I didn't know that you could live in a construction trailer with dungarees and assemble such ingenious, weird equipment. Without Peter Lustig, we would all be a lot more stupid and unimaginable what would have become of me without Peter.
It is probably also due to one's own age that gradually one's own heroes of childhood and youth die. This week is now Peter Lustig died at the age of 78. Fuck this year! In the ZDF program "Löwenzahn", the quirky but always lovable presenter explained to us from his chic construction trailer why cars drive, what exhaust gases really are and simply how our world works. He managed to get millions of kids interested in technology, the environment and science. As a child I loved dandelions, Peter Lustig's dandelions were just great! What then later when the moderation changed all about Funny said and written, I missed the most worthwhile, as this was just a bad-ass campaign the picture anyway and has nothing to do with my childlike memory of him, to take it upfront.
His calm, grandfatherly way of explaining the world from his legendary trailer, until 1980 with the dandelion, later as a dandelion, was entertaining and instructive at the same time. When I think of Peter Lustig today, I remember above all his sonorous voice, which held everything together and embodied exactly what we loved so much about Peter Lustig as children: he conveyed calmness, reliability, and an irrepressible curiosity about the world and the world Ability to explain exactly this world with simple but very clever sentences. Peter Lustig was particularly moved by ecological issues. He captured the zeitgeist of the late 70's, 80's and early 90's quite well. It is no coincidence that "Löwenzahn" became legendary children's television at the height of the eco-movement.
A great TV enchanter passed away this week, for more than 25 years he has delighted children and adults in front of the TV sets. Me too. Many thanks to Peter Lustig for the wonderful moments of real television culture and great, child-friendly entertainment. I was always enthusiastic about the programs when they were still being designed by and with him and never had the feeling that they were purely commercial or irrelevant folk dumbing down. I regret all the children who have to grow up with today's media and I hope that these children will be able to forgive us for this widespread mass stupidity one day! Provided that these children are able to represent or at least express their own thoughts or opinions in the distant future ...
An idol of our childhood and perhaps the most famous dungarees in the world has passed away. Anyone who wants to give Peter Lustig a dignified farewell will ensure excellent ratings on ZDF during the night from Saturday to Sunday:
He was the hero of our childhood: In memory of Peter Lustig, ZDF broadcasts a long one #Dandelion-Night from Saturday to Sunday.
- ZDF (@ZDF) February 24, 2016
My goodness, this year is already tough. Otto is also sad and says goodbye:
Bye, dear Peter
Posted by Otto waalkes on Wednesday, 24th of February 2016
The intro alone with the dandelion flowers breaking through concrete says everything about the left-ecological attitude of the series, which shapes me to this day. We say farewell and goodbye, Peter Lustig - one of the big names in television - take care, thank you for everything, and say hello to the others. And now - switch off! ?