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
A Tale of Two Springfields providing his own voice and assumed someone else would, as in "Yellow Submarine". Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle and Pete's brother Paul Townshend provided guest voices in the episode. After a number of calls were made by the show's casting director in Los Angeles to The Who's managers in London, the group agreed to appear on the show. The animated versions of the band members included Daltrey in his trademark tight T-shirt and long curls, even though Daltrey cut his curls in the mid-1980s, as the staff wanted to use the image The Who are best known for. The Who recorded