Former ‘SNL’ stars Vanessa Bayer and Molly Shannon shine in ‘I Love That For You’
nypost.comuse tragedy as a launching pad for laughter, it’s always a hit-or-miss proposition – and this show hits more often than not, albeit a bit unevenly.Airing Sundays at 8:30 p.m., “I Love That For You” follows Joanna Gold (Bayer, who also created the show based on her own experience with childhood leukemia), an Ohio woman who dealt with childhood cancer.
The adult Joanna, who’s now in her 30s, is in robust health, but she’s been coddled by her parents and still lives with them while working at Costco.
She’s embarrassed about the job, particularly when he runs into a more glamorous former classmate, and uses her wide smile like armor — spooking potential love interests when she comes on too strong.
She talks to one date (played by Jason Schwartzman) about consulting him before moving on to a new job, which surprises him since, as he points, out, they’ve only been out twice (three times if you count running into each other in Walgreens).Ever since she was a kid, Joanna has dreamed of being a host on shopping channel SVN (Special Value Network), and when she lands a gig there working alongside her idol, longtime SVN host Jackie (Fellow “SNL” alum Molly Shannon, who could be Bayer’s long-lost sister), it launches a whole new phase of her life.
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