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.
 * Later syndicated alongside The Fred the Ostrich Show.