Birch Barlow
Birch Barlow
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Character Information
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Birchibald "Birch" T. Barlow is a right-wing conservative talk show host on the radio station KBBL. He also has a show on Fox News.
Fame
On air (and presumably personally), he is a radical conservative, highlighted by his book, "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, as does many talk back radio hosts. On his radio show, he declares himself to be "the fourth branch of government" and "the fifty-first state".
Behind the Scenes
Birch Barlow is a parody of conservative radio shock jocks and his show on Fox News is a parody of Fox New's conservative bias. Barlow's voice and appearance is modeled after commentator Rush Limbaugh He has also been a customer at Marge's prescription drug-laden "yard sale", a reference to Limbaugh's Oxycontin addiction scandal [1].
Appearances
Episode – "Sideshow Bob Roberts" - Episode – "Radioactive Man (episode)"
- Episode – "We're on the Road to D'ohwhere"
- Episode – "You Kent Always Say What You Want"
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