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'''Birchibald T. "Birch" Barlow''' is a right-wing conservative talk radio show host on [[Springfield]]'s [[KBBL|KBBL station]]. He also has hosts own show on [[Fox News Channel|Fox News]]. | '''Birchibald T. "Birch" Barlow''' is a right-wing conservative talk radio show host on [[Springfield]]'s [[KBBL|KBBL station]]. He also has hosts own show on [[Fox News Channel|Fox News]]. | ||
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| − | + | Birch Barlow released a book called ''[[Only Turkeys Have Left Wings]]''. His on air rantings are intentionally engineered to be controversial and to rile up the audience, in order to convince them to call. On his radio show, he declared himself to be "the fourth branch of government" and "the fifty-first state".<ref>"[[Sideshow Bob Roberts]]"</ref> | |
| − | A picture of Birch Barlow | + | A picture of Birch Barlow was on the wall at [[The Pimento Grove]].<ref>"[[A Fish Called Selma]]"</ref> |
He took part in the world's tallest human pyramid record attempt.<ref>"[[Sweets and Sour Marge]]"</ref> | He took part in the world's tallest human pyramid record attempt.<ref>"[[Sweets and Sour Marge]]"</ref> | ||
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=== Simpsons Mania === | === Simpsons Mania === | ||
| − | Birch | + | Birch spent his youth on [[Seth]] and [[Munchie]]'s Juice-Making Commune. However, he renounced his hippie roots when he learned that although the women on the commune believed in free love, they didn’t believe it pertained to him. After a strong philosophical right turn, Birch found himself a leader in the Republican community. Now a best-selling author and radio host, he used his influence to rail against liberal politicians and organizations daily. Mayor "Diamond Joe" Quimby's success with the ladies was particularly irksome to Barlow, who considered it his duty to convince the voters of Springfield that a man with a sex drive was unfit to hold public office.<ref>''{{ap|Simpsons Mania!|Inkworks}}''</ref> |
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Birchibald T. "Birch" Barlow is a right-wing conservative talk radio show host on Springfield's KBBL station. He also has hosts own show on Fox News.
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History[edit]
Birch Barlow released a book called Only Turkeys Have Left Wings. His on air rantings are intentionally engineered to be controversial and to rile up the audience, in order to convince them to call. On his radio show, he declared himself to be "the fourth branch of government" and "the fifty-first state".[1]
A picture of Birch Barlow was on the wall at The Pimento Grove.[2]
He took part in the world's tallest human pyramid record attempt.[3]
Non-canon[edit]
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Simpsons Mania[edit]
Birch spent his youth on Seth and Munchie's Juice-Making Commune. However, he renounced his hippie roots when he learned that although the women on the commune believed in free love, they didn’t believe it pertained to him. After a strong philosophical right turn, Birch found himself a leader in the Republican community. Now a best-selling author and radio host, he used his influence to rail against liberal politicians and organizations daily. Mayor "Diamond Joe" Quimby's success with the ladies was particularly irksome to Barlow, who considered it his duty to convince the voters of Springfield that a man with a sex drive was unfit to hold public office.[4]
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Behind the Laughter[edit]
Birch Barlow is a parody of American talk show host and political commentator Rush Limbaugh. His first name is a reference to the John Birch Society.
He has also been a customer at Marge's prescription drug-laden "yard sale", a reference to Limbaugh's Oxycontin addiction scandal.[5]
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Springfield Republican Party
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| Birch Barlow • Charles Montgomery Burns • Chris Christie • Bob Dole • Count Dracula • Julius Hibbert • Krusty the Clown • Ralph Nader • The Rich Texan • Strom Thurmond • Fat Tony • Rainier Wolfcastle • Gary Chalmers | ||
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| Blue-haired lawyer • Sterling Closet • Cookie Kwan • Helen Lovejoy • Lurleen Lumpkin • Lindsey Naegle • Ted Nugent • Sideshow Bob • Mr. Costington • Horace Wilcox • Waylon Smithers • Isabel Gutierrez • Homer Simpson (occasionally) |
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