Peter Lustig goes into retirement:

Löwenzahn, the series that sweetens a Sunday visit to friends with children - or your own children - is ending! Peter Lustig is retiring to well-deserved rest (probably he will open an inventor's workshop instead).

Really a shame. Somehow, this remnant of the hippies and eco-freaks was always cute to watch - and so beautifully cozy. Even if it was of course uninteresting for me back then, as I was naturally an iron-clad mouse fan. But I've had the one or other encounter with Peter Lustig through my nephews in the form of games and books - and I quite liked it. I can't imagine that something like this could be revived - the TV makers are too stupid to give such a rather strange concept a chance. A shame actually - it was always better than the silly American concepts and Americanized children's shows that you see today while channel surfing on vacation.