Career
He also appeared on the shows Mittendrin (1987-1995) and Gordos Reise ans Ende der Welt (2007). Lustig originally qualified as a broadcast engineer and an electronics engineer before becoming a television host and actor. Working for American Forces Network as a radio engineer in 1963, he was responsible for the recording of United States President John F. Kennedy"s speech Ich bin ein Berliner held in Berlin.
He often ended an episode of the show Löwenzahn (where he explained various phenomena of science and nature to children) with a proposal to turn off the television now.
His show persona always wore characteristic blue dungarees and lived in a wooden building site cabin in fictitious Bärstadt ("Beartown"). Lustig"s books include the science comic Wie funktioniert ein Auto? (How cars work) (1983) on the working principles of automobiles, the two-volume handicraft book Peter Lustigs Bastelbuch (Peter Lustig"s book of handicraft) (1985 and 1987), and the childrens cookbook Kochbuch für kleine Feinschmecker (Cookbook for little gourmets) (1992).
He died on 23 February 2016 at the age of 78 at his home in Bohmstedt near Husum surrounded by his family.