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 ...

A great many people in Germany grew up with Loriot; with his subtle wit and his wonderful drawings. In 2023, Loriot would have been 100 years old. And to celebrate, a new Loriot booklet has been ...

Non-Germans are often at a loss with Loriot, as much a collective cultural campfire as comedian. You can bring such evenings to swift end by suggesting that most of Loriot’s jokes have dated badly, ...

For decades, Vicco von Bülow – better known as Loriot – made people in Germany laugh, many quotes from his sketches becoming popular sayings. This year he would have turned 100. “My name is Lohse, I ...

The complete collection of all of Loriot's television works is finally available. Over 50 sketches and cartoons have been rediscovered in the television archives. In unabridged original programs, we ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...