Rosebud (The Simpsons) sixth seasons of the show. Directed by Wes Archer, supervising director David Silverman describes the episode as "one of the more challenging ones" to direct. The Ramones (Joey Ramone, Johnny Ramone, C. J. Ramone and Marky Ramone) guest star in the episode as themselves. The episode is largely a parody of the 1941 film "Citizen Kane" and the title references Charles Foster Kane's dying word "Rosebud". The episode also contains references to "The Wizard of Oz", "Planet of the Apes", George Burns, Charles Lindbergh, The Rolling Stones and Adolf Hitler. Critical reaction to "Rosebud" was largely positive and in 2003
The Ashlee Simpson Show performances in episode seven. She is dissatisfied with the first of these, in which she sings "Pieces of Me" at Summer Music Mania 2004 in May; Jessica introduces her to the crowd and enthusiastically enjoys the performance, but Ashlee herself is left hoping that her next performance will go better. Another performance at the end of the episode goes well; Simpson sings "La La" and is congratulated by Jordan Schur. Episode eight begins with a performance of "Pieces of Me" on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" in May, and she appears on MTV's "Total Request Live" to promote her