The Fantastic Julie Simpson Show

The Fantastic Julie Simpson Show is an 58-minute special that aired on Nick-at-Nite on August 24, 2012. It guest starred Jack Black and Neil Patrick Harris.

Plot
Julie Simpson hosts her own variety show, with the help of guest stars Jack Black and Neil Patrick Harris. A romantic triangle develops between Julie, Black (who is in love with her), and Harris (who is uncomfortable with her romantic inclinations). Meanwhile, Fred the Ostrich and the other characters from "The Fred the Ostrich Show" try to run the show from a control room.

Cast

 * Jack Black as Himself
 * Neil Patrick Harris as Himself
 * Steve Martin as Mr. George S. Bullock, Pretend Network V.P.
 * Additional Voices by Keith Ferguson, Colleen O'Shaughnessey, Jennifer Hale, and Kath Soucie
 * Various chickens, seals, squirrels, mice, Hippo Potamus, George the Rhino, Scoot, Larry the Dairy Monster, Ernie Monster, and various Creeps (including Boogedy and Glare) appear but have no lines.

Trivia

 * Some of the monitors in the control room show clips of Danny Phantom's "Urban Jungle", "6teen: Dude of the Living Dead", 1970's "Dinosaurs: The Terrible Lizards", 1978's "The Age of Mammals", the 1980 Pac-Man game, the 1983 Mario Bros. game, the 1988 game Mega Man 2, the 1988 game Super Mario Bros. 3, a couple Drive-In intermission ads from 1960's to 1970's, and rare "Sesame Street" clips featuring Cookie Monster, Deena and Pearl, Sherlock Hemlock, Guy Smiley, Herbert Birdsfoot, Forgetful Jones, Clementine, and the Anything Muppets. These include:
 * Cookie Monster demonstrates away from (1970)
 * Cookie Monster sings a rock song about his cookie obsession, while surrounded by a sea of cookies (1971)
 * A little girl shows Cookie how many cookies 4 is in Spanish (1971)
 * Herbert's hopping poem (1970)
 * Anything Muppets cooperate to build a lemonade stand (1971)
 * Juanita helps a kid get over his fear of haircuts (1972)
 * Letters F, U, and N form FUN and everyone celebrates (1972)
 * Sherlock Hemlock's Twiddlebug mystery (1970)
 * Sherlock Hemlock's N Sound (1970)
 * AM's want to play baseball (1970)
 * AM's learn about dangerous things (1970)
 * Alphabet O'Malley (1970)
 * AM Hippies sing "Surprise!" (1970)
 * Three AM hippies sing "The Garden" (1971)
 * Marty makes shapes using a chain (1970)
 * A dad and son switch roles in the woods (1970)
 * A girl leads a monster marching band (1979)
 * Leslie Mostly interviews Guy Smiley (1980)
 * Deena and Pearl play underwater
 * An AM rock band perform "Come Join Us" (1980)
 * Forgetful sings to Clementine (1980)
 * Forgetful forgets something warm to wear on a snowy day (1980)
 * Later syndicated alongside The Fred the Ostrich Show.