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
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