

Season 45 • Episode 5
LatestEach 30 minute episode is dedicated to a separate issue or theme and consists mainly of related short featurettes, which explain, explore and educate how things of everyday life and even complex systems work. It spans a wide variety of topics from technology and industry to something as mundane as how the postal service works.
Direction
Peter Lustig's chaotic, lovable on-screen persona.
Practical Effects
Real locations and working machinery, no CGI nonsense.
Editing
Bizarre, delightful short-form storytelling experiments.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Löwenzahn is basically German Gen X/Y's collective childhood; ask any German adult about 'Peter Lustig' and watch them melt.
After Peter Lustig's death in 2016, the show continued with new host Guido Hammesfahr—controversial among purists.