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Encyclopedia > Birch Barlow
The Simpsons character
Birch Barlow
Age Unknown
Gender Male
Hair Color Grey
Job Republican radio talk show host
Relatives Unknown
First appearance Sideshow Bob Roberts
Voice actor Harry Shearer

Birchibald "Birch" T. Barlow is a fictional character appearing in the animated television series The Simpsons voiced by Harry Shearer. To date, he has been featured prominently only in the episode Sideshow Bob Roberts, appearing from time to time in the background of subsequent episodes. He is a right-wing conservative talk show host on the radio station KBBL, who in voice and appearance is obviously modeled after Rush Limbaugh. Simpsons redirects here. ... Image File history File links Birch_barlow. ... GOP redirects here. ... Sideshow Bob Roberts is an episode of The Simpsons. ... Harry Julius Shearer (born December 23, 1943) is an American comedic actor and writer. ... A fictional character is any person who appears in a work of fiction. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Simpsons redirects here. ... Harry Julius Shearer (born December 23, 1943) is an American comedic actor and writer. ... Sideshow Bob Roberts is an episode of The Simpsons. ... In politics, right-wing, the political right, or simply The Right, are terms that refer to the segment of the political spectrum often associated with any of several strains of conservatism, the religious right, and areas of classical liberalism, or simply the opposite of left-wing politics. ... American conservatism is a constellation of political ideologies within the United States under the blanket heading of conservative. ... A talk show (U.S.) or chat show (Brit. ... A number of different forms of media exist in the world of animation series The Simpsons. ... Rush Hudson Limbaugh III (born January 12, 1951) is an American radio talk show host. ...


On his radio show, he declares himself to be "the fourth branch of government" and "the fifty-first state". He is also the author of the book "Only Turkeys Have Left Wings". Radio broadcasts have been a popular entertainment since the 1910s, though popularity has declined a little in some countries since television became widespread. ... In the American political system, the fourth branch of government refers to the growing collective of administrative agencies that exercise power officially reserved for the first three branches. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures State Courts Counties, Cities, and Towns Other countries â€¢ Politics Portal      A state of the United States is any one of the fifty subnational entities referred to... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Left-Right politics. ...


Barlow played an important part in the episode Sideshow Bob Roberts, in which Sideshow Bob, while jailed, calls up Barlow on his radio show, giving him an outlet to voice how the prison treats him unfairly. Barlow, knowing Bob is a fellow Republican, sympathizes with his complaints, and influences the rest of Springfield to as well. This leads to Bob's prompt release and ensuing mayoral election-rigging. Sideshow Bob Roberts is an episode of The Simpsons. ... Robert Underdunk Terwilliger, better known by his stage name Sideshow Bob, is a fictional character on The Simpsons. ... GOP redirects here. ... Springfield is the fictional city in which the TV series The Simpsons is set. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... Electoral fraud is illegal interference with the process of an election. ...


In the book The Simpsons Guide To Springfield, Barlow is pictured enjoying a "festive meal with a group of close personal friends" - Waylon Smithers, John (from the episode Homer's Phobia) and Buddy "Fallout Boy" Hodges - at the flamboyantly decorated Sha-Boom Ka-Boom Cafe. Typical of the Simpsons, this is meant to humorously imply that he may be gay. Waylon Smithers, Jr. ... Homers Phobia is the Emmy Award-winning 15th episode of The Simpsons eighth season, aired on February 16, 1997. ... Radioactive Man, within the world of the animated series The Simpsons, is a comic book superhero who acquired his powers after surviving an atomic bomb explosion. ...


Barlow appeared in the episode "We're on the Road to D'ohwhere" as a customer at Marge's prescription drug-laden "yard sale." The appearance was a reference to Limbaugh's Oxycontin incident. Were on the Road to Dohwhere is the eleventh episode of the seventeenth season of The Simpsons. ... Rush Hudson Limbaugh III (born January 12, 1951) is an American radio talk show host. ...


His name may be a reference to the John Birch Society. The John Birch Society is an Americanist organization founded in 1958 to fight what it saw as growing threats to the Constitution of the United States especially a perceived communist infiltration and to support free enterprise. ...

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Jasper Beardley • Comic Book Guy • Maude Flanders • Ned Flanders • Professor Frink • Gil Gunderson • Barney Gumble • Dr. Julius Hibbert • Lionel Hutz • Rabbi Krustofski • Helen Lovejoy • Reverend Timothy Lovejoy • Captain Horatio McCallister • Hans Moleman • Marvin Monroe • Bleeding Gums Murphy • Apu Nahasapeemapetilon • Mayor Joe Quimby • Dr. Nick Riviera • Agnes Skinner • Cletus Spuckler • Squeaky Voiced Teen • Disco Stu • Moe Szyslak • Kirk Van Houten • Luann Van Houten • Chief Clancy Wiggum
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Students • Staff • Superintendent Chalmers • Dolph • Lunchlady Doris • Rod and Todd Flanders • Jimbo Jones • Kearney • Edna Krabappel • Otto Mann • Nelson Muntz • Martin Prince • Seymour Skinner • Milhouse Van Houten • Ralph Wiggum • Groundskeeper Willie
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