Bernhard Victor Christoph Carl von Bülow (short: Vicco von Bülow), more commonly known under the pseudonym Loriot, was a German humorist, cartoonist, film director, actor and writer. He adopted his pseudonym from the French word for the Oriole, his family's heraldic animal.
He is most well-known for his cartoons, the sketches from his 1976 television series Loriot, alongside Evelyn Hamann, and his two movies, Ödipussi (1988) and Pappa ante Portas (1991).
On the television series Unsere Besten (Our Best), Loriot was ranked the 54th best German ever. In a special comedy episode of Unsere Besten, he was ranked as the most famous German comedian ever.
Yksittäin kirjan jutut kyllä toimivat, mutta kokonaisuutena hutera ja paikoittainen kielimuuri varmasti tylsytti huumorin terästä. Kiinnostus oopperaan (erityisesti Wagnerin teoksiin) kyllä kasvoi, joten kirjoittajan motiivit taisivat osua maaliin.