  Using Appell function properties we give short proofs of Ramanujan-like
identities for the eighth order mock theta function $V_0(q)$ after work of Chan
and Mao; Mao; and Brietzke, da Silva, and Sellars. We also present a
generalization of the identities in the spirit of celebrated results of
Bringmann, Ono, and Rhoades on Dyson's ranks and Maass forms.
