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Birch Barlow

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Birch Barlow
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Artwork of Birch Barlow from The Simpsons: Tapped Out
Character Information
Gender:
Male ♂
Status:
Alive
Hair: Gray
Occupation: Talk radio host
First appearance: "Sideshow Bob Roberts"
Voiced by: Harry Shearer


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.

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]

The Simpsons: Tapped Out[edit]

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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.
Mystery Box Token1 The Simpsanos
The Simpsanos Mystery Box
Technical Information ID Groups Quest(s) Internal Name
193000 Adult, Regular Male, Regular Characters, Celebrity, Republican Info Bores BirchBarlow
Taps Final Update
Wave Cost Release
3 Donut80 October 8, 2024

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]

Appearances[edit]

References[edit]


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