 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 ever done " . The episode 's reference to Rosebud was named the 14th greatest film reference in the history of the show by Total Film 's Nathan Ditum . 
