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. Scott S. Bullock, Pretend Network V.P.
 * And as themselves:
 * Agent Xero/Lacey Shadows
 * Air Man
 * Amanda Payne
 * The Amazing Mumford
 * Anything Muppets
 * Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde
 * Boom Boom
 * Bowser
 * Bubble Man
 * The Busby Twins
 * Clementine
 * Cookie Monster
 * Danny Phantom
 * Dastardly and Muttley
 * Deena
 * Forgetful Jones
 * Frostbite
 * Gladys the Cow
 * Grover/Super Grover
 * Guy Smiley
 * Heat Man
 * Herbert Birdsfoot
 * Herry Monster
 * Leslie Mostly
 * Luigi
 * Mario
 * Marty
 * Mega Man
 * Metal Man
 * Pac-Man
 * Parker Perfect
 * Pearl
 * Piper Perfect
 * Plant Girl Sam Manson
 * Prairie Dawn
 * Sally Sargent
 * Shellcreepers
 * Sherlock Hemlock
 * Sidesteppers
 * Undergrowth
 * Additional Voices by Keith Ferguson, Kate Micucci, 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 occasionally show clips of Danny Phantom's "Urban Jungle", a Foley artist making of the Casey Junior cartoon from 1941's "The Reluctant Dragon", the opening sequence of 1970's "Dad, Can I Borrow the Car?", stop-motion sequences of 1970's "How Motor Cars and Other Living Things Can Find Happiness in the Dallas Freeway System", rejected pilots for "Sally Sargent", "Wacky Races Forever", "Constant Payne", and "The Modifyers", film footage of the extinct Tasmanian tiger, 1970's "Dinosaurs: The Terrible Lizards", 1978's "The Age of Mammals", the dinosaur-only cut from 1985's "Dinosaur!", the 1980 Pac-Man game, the 1983 Mario Bros. game, the 1988 game Mega Man 2, the 1988 game Super Mario Bros. 3, some Drive-In intermission ads from 1960's to 1970's, and rare "Sesame Street" clips featuring Cookie Monster, Herry Monster, Grover (and Super Grover), Prairie Dawn, the Busby Twins, Deena and Pearl, Sherlock Hemlock, Guy Smiley, Herbert Birdsfoot, Marty, The Amazing Mumford, Forgetful Jones, Clementine, Gladys the Cow, 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 (1972)
 * A little girl shows how adding 3 to 1 making 4 cookies is taught in Spanish and is interrupted by Cookie (1971)
 * Cookie Monster (in drag) sits near a Green AM (1972)
 * Herbert's hopping poem with Grover (1970)
 * Grover and the DANGER sign (1970)
 * Grover and some other monsters play tug-of-war (1970)
 * Grover and the word FALL (1979)
 * Grover needs Marty's HELP (1971)
 * Super Grover at school (1979)
 * Original versions of the UN family Anything Muppet sketches including letters F, U, and N celebrating, Anything Muppets having a picnic under a SUN, and three hippies holding letters R, U, and N (1970)
 * Marty and AM Hippies cover the Beatles' "The Word" (1970)
 * Anything Muppets at the Bus Stop sign see a tiny bus (1970)
 * An Anything Muppet bringing a broken bus (word) to the garage to get it fixed (1972)
 * Anything Muppet students in a classroom form the word SCHOOL (1979)
 * Two cowboys meet the Alphabet Kid (1971)
 * The James Twins enter the saloon and demand to hear "mus-ic" (1971)
 * Busby Twins want to buy a tire (1971)
 * Hot Pink AM monster asks all the other monsters (including Herry Monster, Grover, and Cookie Monster) what the word IS is (1970)
 * Hot Pink AM monster, Pumpkin AM monster, and Green AM monster demonstrate big, bigger, and biggest (1972)
 * Fat Blue AM boy goes to the lost-&-found department to reclaim his letter C (1979)
 * Green AM woman goes shopping at the clothing store for something special to match the mannequin’s outfit (1980)
 * Herry Monster and Prairie Dawn observe shoes (1970)
 * Herry Monster, Cookie Monster, and the word TELEPHONE (1970)
 * Herry Monster helps a little girl and some kids demonstrate near and far (1971)
 * Herry Monster (in his R sweater) and Fat Blue AM monster (in his S sweater) argue over a plate of cookies, which end up being devoured by Cookie Monster (in his M sweater) (1971)
 * Anything Muppet kids cooperate to make lemonade (1971)
 * Juanita helps a kid get over his fear of haircuts (1972)
 * Letters F, U, and N form the word FUN and celebrate (1972)
 * Sherlock Hemlock's Twiddlebug mystery with Prairie Dawn and Herry (1970)
 * Sherlock Hemlock's N sound (1970)
 * Sherlock Hemlock's S sound (1970)
 * Five balls want to play basketball (1970)
 * Tough Luck Lester and three Anything Muppet kids learn about dangerous things (1970)
 * Two Anything Muppet girls and the word YOU (1970)
 * Anything Muppet boy and girl argue over a lollipop (1970)
 * Anything Muppet boy meets Alphabet O'Malley (1970)
 * AM Hippies sing "Surprise!" (1970)
 * Mumford stars in a story of a mom who has a loud son and a quiet son (1971)
 * Three AM hippies sing an environmental song in style of "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)
 * Alphabet Chat: L (1974)
 * Leslie Mostly interviews Guy Smiley (1980)
 * Deena and Pearl play underwater (1980)
 * 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)
 * Forgetful and his grandma on a boat trip (1988)
 * Gladys the Cow tries to audition her role as a hen, bat, and finally a cow (1982)
 * Cookie sings "Handful of Crumbs" with a monster country band (1982)
 * Later syndicated alongside The Fred the Ostrich Show.