I Love That for You

I know we're only 3 episodes in so far but my god this is good!!! This is pure gold. Vanessa is incredible!! Everyone in the cast is excellent. Such perfect comedy and timing. The writing it great. I absolutely love everything about this show so far. MORE!! PLEASE!!

This show rules. Vanessa Bayer and Molly Shannon have the cutest chemistry, every supporting actor is perfect in their role, the whole theme of the show is purposeful cringe but the writers don't overdo it and the actors take it just exactly far enough. It's so good.

The costume designers nail everyone's look too. So gaudy but again not overdone, just accurate.

You have to appreciate the satire they're going for, and probably won't appreciate it if you don't. They're mocking the super uncomfortable vapidness of this d-list celebrity subculture, but they're pretty grounded with it so it's not painfully obvious and wacky mockery.

And despite mocking these kinds of people, they still portray them as sweet, hurt, complex, vulnerable and striving - they're awful but so likable.

Definitely not for everyone but if you understand/love/hate everything about why home shopping networks are kind of fascinating - you'll probably love this.

I've read all the reviews here as of May 21, 2022, and not a single one resonates with how I feel about this show, so I'm writing my own.

First of all, as I write this on May 21, 2022, only three episodes of this show have aired. So how can anyone possibly have definitive feelings about a show after seeing just 3 episodes?? As of today, I'm giving it a solid 7, but I will certainly update this review after I've watched the entire first season.

Based on the 3 episodes I have seen, I think this show has potential. It's far too early to judge how the characters might (or might not) develop, and how the general plot of the show will progress. What I can tell you is that it's funny so far, and it has promise. Is it the funniest show I've ever seen? Of course not. How can any show be that great just 3 eps in? Shows like this need time to develop, and we just don't know yet where the story is going to take us.

What I do know is that the premise feels a bit fresh and orginal, and I like that. Someone here compared it to I Love Lucy, and said that neither this show nor I Love Lucy, are funny. Huh? That just makes no sense to me. I don't think this show resembles I Love Lucy at all, and I think both shows are funny. Someone else said the show is "woke" because it has Black and Brown people in the cast?? If diversity in casting offends you to the point where you're using words like "woke" in the pejorative, I think you've got other issues. I'll just leave it at that.

Back to the show: I think it's going to be much funnier to you if you've actually watched home shopping channels for any length of time. I have (they were a thing I watched pretty frequently in the 90s/early 2000s when I was trying to fall asleep at night) so in that respect, the show resonates with me. One thing I've always found interesting about home shopping channel hosts is how incredibly fake they appear. Always happy, chipper, and selling you things you don't need. I have always been fascinated by their on-air personas and if they actually match their off-air personas, and I LOVE that this show confronts that head-on. It's a premise that's rife with comedic potential and so far it has given me some good laughs. I hope it continues to do so. I'll let you know after the season ends. So far so good.

Just like with Ugly Betty, the supporting cast is everything.

I love Molly Shannon and I wish she had more of a caustic funny role- But the hoarding we find out about at the end is really funny. Vanessa Byers is better in small doses. Her big ole grin schtick gets old and then she alternates between goody goody good girl and then foul mouthed sailor. It doesn't read.

The real stars of this are the supporting cast. Jennifer Lewis who plays Patricia is just phenomenal. The characters of Darcy, Beema, Beth Ann, and Perry are all hysterically funny. It wanders off into a little woke BS occasionally but that's to be expected unfortunately. The love story between Vanessa Byers and what's his face is boring and forgettable.

Watch it simply for the supporting cast performances.

Molly Shannon is a perfect fit in this comedy; Vanessa Bayer is her usual goofy self. Jenifer Lewis's character is basically the Miranda Priestly of TV sales. If you've watched home shopping channels, this feels oh-so-real and a parody of a lot of the current band of shopping hosts out there. It's even set in Pennsylvania just like a certain channel that shall remain nameless. I enjoy the feel and sharp quick wit of the writing, so it travels at my speed of humor. I recommend giving it a try!