 " Lisa 's Wedding " won an Emmy Award in 1995 for Outstanding Animated Program , becoming the third episode of The Simpsons to win in the category . This episode is a favorite of James L. Brooks , who believes that it is one of the best written episodes and ranks near the top of Simpsons episodes . The emotion of " Lisa 's Wedding " is often compared with season 2 's " Lisa 's Substitute " . The Quindecim , a college newspaper , made their own top 25 list , ranking " Lisa 's Wedding " as the greatest episode of The Simpsons . They also criticized Entertainment Weekly for leaving this episode and " Lisa 's Substitute " off their top 25 list , saying it was the " equivalent of leaving the Sistine Chapel off a list of Michelangelo 's best work ... Serving well as bookends , these episodes are not only brilliantly funny , they 're among the most genuinely touching stories in the show 's entire run . " 
