 In 2003 , Entertainment Weekly 's placed " Rosebud " second on their top 25 The Simpsons episode list , writing that " despite being one of The Simpsons ' most spectacularly overstuffed episodes , " Rosebud " has plenty of heart " . IGN.com ranked The Ramones 's performance as the fifteenth best guest appearance in the show 's history . In 2007 , Vanity Fair named it the best episode of the show , calling it , " A perfect episode . Mr. Burns 's lamentations 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 . " 
