▁named ▁it ▁his ▁favorite ▁episode , ▁" because ▁the ▁tale ▁of ▁Lisa ' s ▁conversion ▁to ▁veget arian ism ▁has ▁more ▁hum orous ▁scenes ▁per ▁square ▁in ch ▁than ▁any ▁other ▁episode ". ▁▁ ▁The ▁Vent ura ▁County ▁Re porter ' s ▁Matthew ▁S inger ▁thought ▁it ▁was ▁" overflow ing ▁with ▁great ▁individual ▁scenes ", ▁particularly ▁T roy ▁Mc Cl ure ' s ▁Me at ▁Council ▁propag anda ▁video , ▁which ▁he ▁said ▁" may ▁be ▁the ▁fun ni est ▁isolated ▁segment ▁in ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁the ▁show ". ▁▁ ▁MS N BC ' s ▁Patrick ▁En right , ▁who ▁listed ▁the ▁episode ▁as ▁his ▁second ▁favorite ▁of ▁the ▁series , ▁highlight ed ▁the ▁" You ▁don ' t ▁win ▁friends ▁with ▁sal ad !" ▁song ▁as ▁" one ▁of ▁those ▁arch et yp al ▁Sim ps ons ▁moments , ▁one ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁writers ▁hit ▁a ▁jo ke ▁so ▁long ▁that ▁it ▁goes ▁from ▁fun ny ▁to ▁un fun ny ▁and ▁back ▁to ▁fun ny ▁again ." ▁ ▁Review ers ▁of ▁the ▁episode ▁have ▁also ▁pra ised ▁it ▁for ▁its ▁character ▁development . ▁Tod d ▁Gil ch rist ▁of ▁I GN ▁said ▁he ▁thinks ▁the ▁key ▁to ▁The ▁Sim ps ons ' ▁lon ge vity ▁is ▁its ▁" sent iment al ▁but ▁not ▁go o ey " ▁approach ▁to ▁story t elling ▁and ▁character ▁development . ▁He ▁c ited ▁" L isa ▁the ▁Veg et arian " ▁as ▁an ▁example ▁and ▁said : ▁" L isa ▁sab ot ages ▁H omer