not only attracted children of all ages, it also found a wide adult audience, who have watched the series as children themselves and kept loyal to the format. Peter Lustig stated this in an interview in 2004. History The series was originally called Pusteblume (coll. blowball/ dandelion clock) and was first broadcast on 7 January 1979. All episodes under the name of Pusteblume were shot in Munich and other parts of Bavaria, it is also where the character of Peter Lustig lived. The original production company, however, clashed with the public broadcasting station ZDF; the show was cancelled and restarted under a new name due to copyright issues. With "Löwenzahn" the title's original reference to the beautiful, adaptable, strong and ever-changing Dandelion was retained. The show's title sequence focuses on the flower's strengths as well, while one of Lustig's main messages to children was "there's no such thing as weeds", inviting them to see nature's vigorous beauty in all its lavish glory. In the series itself the move was explained as that the airport entry lane for incoming airplanes was right above the house where Peter lived and in a bid to escape the constant noise he wanted to move, it was explained in the first episode of "Löwenzahn". With the help of his cousin "Trude" he considers several means of housing until they pass by a building company and Peter finds interest in an old wooden building site cabin, which he gets. Trude offers him to use a lot of land she uses as allotment in the town she lives, "Bärstadt", for placing the cabin. Most episodes of Löwenzahn are shot in Berlin, where Peter's building site wagon stands, but some episodes, depending on the subject of the episode, were also shot at different places, e.g. an airport-themed episode was shot at Hannover Airport, a ship-themed episode was mostly shot aboard the Finnjet, and a volcano-themed episode was even shot at Lanzarote. In 2005 Peter Lustig retired from his role as the main host of the show due to health issues. He was replaced by Guido Hammesfahr, under whom the basic format of the show was kept: Fritz Fuchs, the character Hamesfahr plays, still lives in the old wagon, but a few new side characters were added. These include his dog Keks (Cookie), his female friend Yasemin (Sanam Afrashteh) and the strict code enforcement officer Heinz Kluthe (Holger Handtke).