Daughters Bettina and Susanne von Bülow and director Peter Geyer are marking the centenary of Loriot’s birth with this film, for which 31 of his best-loved animations originally made for television ...

Vicco von Buelow, who for decades made Germans laugh by making fun of Teutonic idiosyncrasies, died of natural causes in his hometown of Ammerland in Bavaria on Monday, Aug. 22. He was 87. Better ...

He was a cartoonist, film director, actor and writer who made Germans laugh for decades. Vicco von Bülow, more commonly known as Loriot, has left behind a legacy of humor and a large following. One of ...

Loriot found humour in the absurdity of everyday life. Photo: DPA In a country that was voted in 2011 the least funny in the world, being crowned Germany’s King of Comedy isn’t quite so impressive.

Loriot is a classic German comedy television series produced by Radio Bremen from 1976 to 1978. Each of the six episodes (numbered with Roman numerals I–VI) featured sketches and cartoons by and with ...

Loriot, Germany's best-loved comedian, has died at the age of 87. With his understated observational humor, he taught Germans to laugh at themselves, and his cartoons, TV sketches and films remain ...

BERLIN – German humorist Vicco von Buelow, often cited by Germans as proof of their sense of humour and known to the nation simply by his nom de plume, “Loriot,” has died. He was 87. Von Buelow died ...

Loriot, whose real name was Bernhard-Viktor Christoph-Carl von Bülow, or Vicco von Bülow for short (1923-2011), is considered to have been the greatest and most versatile German comedian of the ...