Rosebud (The Simpsons) for his childhood bear, Bobo, lead to a show-long parody of "Citizen Kane". At once a satire and a tribute, the episode manages to both humanize Mr. Burns and delve deep into Homer's love for his oft-forgotten second daughter, Maggie." In his book "Planet Simpson", author Chris Turner listed "Rosebud" as one of his five favorite episodes of "The Simpsons", calling the episode "genius". He added that the Ramones gave "possibly the finest guest musical performances ever." David Silverman and Matt Groening describe the sequence where Homer eats 64 slices of American cheese as "one of the most hilarious segments
The Ashlee Simpson Show chose to sing live although that was not typical for the show) and did some radio interviews. The ninth episode of the season includes Simpson being given a dog by Cabrera (at the end of the episode she reciprocates by giving him a hamster), exercising and working with a vocal coach in preparation for her upcoming tour, and playing a game of hockey with her band members and friends. The tenth and last episode of the season involved the launch of Simpson's tour. Ashlee and the band try out some new cover songs and a reworked version of "La La".