Right from the outset of Daly’s Review it is clear that Forrest is incapable of such professionalism. In the Australian Review, Barlow was something of a social scientist, approaching his reviews with a blank slate and treating them with methodical precision.
ANDY DALY BEARD SERIES
Review was adapted from an Australian series called Review with Myles Barlow, but Daly’s version twists the show’s high-concept premise into a new shape. At the end of the show, he offers them a star rating out of five. Forrest throws himself fully into these endeavours, usually with disastrous results. They range from the minor ( eating pancakes) to the profound ( founding a cult). In each episode of Review’s show-within-a-show, he sets out to evaluate “life experiences” suggested by members of the public. What’s more, many of these hideous circumstances have been brought on by, or practically encouraged by, Forrest himself. Over the course of Comedy Central’s hilarious, excruciating series, he has been buried alive, placed in a psychiatric facility, mauled by a tiger, and kicked in the testicles (twice) he has burnt down his father’s house, been lost at sea, and witnessed several deaths, including one at his own hands. Make no mistake, Daly has subjected Forrest to some pretty horrible things on Review. “There is a limit to how horrible things can get.”
There was the sudden realization that “there is a threshold that wouldn’t be as fun”, says Daly.
Unfortunately, or fortunately for Forrest, a member of Daly’s writing team suggested that, even for Review’s host-cum-punching-bag, amputation might just be a punishment too far.
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