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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.
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'''Birchibald T. "Birch" Barlow''' is a right-wing conservative talk show host on the radio station [[KBBL]]. He also has his own show on [[Fox News Channel|Fox News]].
  
 
== Fame ==
 
== Fame ==
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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.
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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".<ref>"[[Sideshow Bob Roberts]]"</ref>
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On his radio show, he declares himself to be "the fourth branch of government" and "the fifty-first state".
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A picture of Birch Barlow is on the wall at [[The Pimento Grove]].<ref>"[[A Fish Called Selma]]"</ref>
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He took part in the world's tallest human pyramid record attempt.<ref>"[[Sweets and Sour Marge]]"</ref>
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== Non-canon ==
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=== Simpsons Mania ===
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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. A strong philosophical right turn later and Birch found himself a leader in the Republican community. Now a best selling author and radio host, he uses his influence to rail against liberal politicians and organizations on a daily basis. Mayor "Diamond Joe" Quimby's success with the ladies is particularly irksome to Barlow, who considers it his duty to convince the voters of Springfield that a man with a sex drive is unfit to hold public office.<ref>''{{ap|Simpsons Mania!|Inkworks}}''</ref>
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=== The Simpsons: Tapped Out ===
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== Behind the Laughter ==
 
== Behind the Laughter ==
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Birch Barlow is a parody of Fox News commentators and his show on Fox News is a parody of left-wing accusation that Fox News has a conservative bias. Barlow's voice and appearance is modeled after commentator Rush Limbaugh.
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Birch Barlow is a parody of American talk show host and political commentator {{W|Rush Limbaugh}}. His first name is a reference to the {{W|John Birch Society}}.
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He has also been a customer at Marge's prescription drug-laden "yard sale", a reference to Limbaugh's Oxycontin addiction scandal <ref>[[We're on the Road to D'ohwhere]]</ref>.
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He has also been a customer at Marge's prescription drug-laden "yard sale", a reference to Limbaugh's Oxycontin addiction scandal.<ref>"[[We're on the Road to D'ohwhere]]"</ref>
  
 
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Revision as of 15:16, February 18, 2024

Birch Barlow
Birch Barlow.png
Artwork of Birch Barlow from The Simpsons: Tapped Out
Character Information
Gender:
Male ♂
Status:
Alive
Hair: Gray
Occupation: Talk show host
First appearance: "Sideshow Bob Roberts"
Voiced by: Harry Shearer
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Birchibald T. "Birch" Barlow is a right-wing conservative talk show host on the radio station KBBL. He also has his own 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".[1]

A picture of Birch Barlow is on the wall at The Pimento Grove.[2]

He took part in the world's tallest human pyramid record attempt.[3]

Non-canon

Donut Homer.png The contents of this article or section are considered to be non-canon and therefore may not have actually happened or existed.

Simpsons Mania

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. A strong philosophical right turn later and Birch found himself a leader in the Republican community. Now a best selling author and radio host, he uses his influence to rail against liberal politicians and organizations on a daily basis. Mayor "Diamond Joe" Quimby's success with the ladies is particularly irksome to Barlow, who considers it his duty to convince the voters of Springfield that a man with a sex drive is unfit to hold public office.[4]

The Simpsons: Tapped Out

This section is transcluded from The Simpsons: Tapped Out characters/The Buck Stops Here. To edit it, please edit the transcluded page.
Birch Barlow
Image Cost Unlock method Unlock message
Birch Barlow.png FREE The Buck Stops Here
Wel-Scare State Pt. 3 		Hello, freedom-lovers. I'm Birch Barlow, the fourth branch of government and the fifty-first state.
Technical Information ID Groups Internal Name
193000 Adult, Regular Male, Regular Characters, Celebrity, Republican BirchBarlow

Behind the Laughter

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]

Appearances

References

  1. ↑ "Sideshow Bob Roberts"
  2. ↑ "A Fish Called Selma"
  3. ↑ "Sweets and Sour Marge"
  4. ↑ Simpsons Mania!
  5. ↑ "We're on the Road to D'ohwhere"


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