Brown is the new black in Morningside

The bros from Morningside returned last night in fine fashion, with the show's trademark opening scene in heaven featuring Jesus in a new outfit by the late Gianni Versace and telling God that "robes are just so BC".

If anybody could bring the absolutely fabulous world of couture down to earth it's the gang from bro'Town (TV3, last night, 7.30) in an episode which celebrated Fashion Week in the 'hood.

Uberdesigner Hans Wulfman spotted Jeff Da Maori and immediately made him muse for his new collection. Cue models strolling down the catwalk in Rasta hats, deconstructed school uniforms, bare feet and guitars slung over their backs. It was a look which might be described as Once Were Warriors-style child neglect.

Jeff was caught up in the giddy whirl of being fashion's latest darling but within hours he was jettisoned in favour of the next big thing and back sleeping in the car wreck. Even Don Brash couldn't have revoked the special treatment for the Maori boy any faster.

Yes, bro'Town is back, leaving no sensitivity unmocked. It's the enthusiasm with which everybody gets into the general piss-take, from stars such as Keisha Castle-Hughes to newsreader John Campbell, that is a large part of the show's appeal.

There's something in it for everyone to ponder. The "seabed-and-foreshore" Labour Government could take this on board from the bros' decision to reinstate Jeff as their mate: "We can't say 'some of our best friends are Maori' if we don't have a best friend who's Maori."

And the loser on the night was definitely the designer clothing. "What's behind your unique look?" a breathless cartoon Carol Hirschfeld asks Jeff. "My arse," he says. You couldn't ask for a more pungent comment on the fashion world than that.

Full marks, too, to TV3 funny men Nathan Rarere and Oscar Kightley for a different, unusual reinvention of the quiz show, but the big question is whether viewers will have the patience to accept the pair's offer to Snatch Our Booty (TV3, last night, 8pm).

The oddball lines of questions, such as "hair", "Rastamind", and "name the cellphone ringtone" are certainly eccentric but you suspect the novelty will soon wear off.

Kightley and Rarere are obviously having fun sending up the cheesiness of gameshows but last night their competition, despite some stellar help from weather presenter Toni Marsh, didn't ever seem to be in the running.

Perhaps the boys should have the handicap of a "word power" section. Rarere introduced Petra Bagust as the perfect quiz mistress because she's the "most honest and intregitous person" in New Zealand. Moral superlatives aside, Bagust is indeed perfect for the role, for her talent at playing deadpan to all the clowning.

It's early days but Snatch Our Booty feels like a show which perhaps might be more at home in an earlier timeslot or as a skit segment in some larger number, such as a chat show. It's probably too silly and off-beat to hold the real armchair quiz fans.

Then there's the fact that Team Rarere and Kightley can't get eliminated if they're losing in the preliminary rounds "because it's our show". Someone's got to teach these boys to share their booty - and the limelight.