I caught the first episode of Bro'Town on a flight from Heathrow to NZ.Didn't expect a huge amount but I was bored (It's a loooong flight.....).Was I ever wrong?I laughed.Long and hard,loud enough to annoy other passengers.Okay,there were a few things I didn't get (the whole Brother Ken thing for example,but after Googling.....)but on the whole I found it hilarious,as did my wife who watched it as well.So much so that we bought all three seasons on DVD when we arrived in NZ.I will admit that it has its ups and downs,but show me something that hasn't.As for being offensive to minority stereotypes,get real,they have a go at EVERYONE,including we Scots! I doubt it'll ever be shown on British TV but who cares?We've got the DVDs! To quote (South African stereotype) Joost Van Der Van Van-"Masterful Rex,masterful!"

This has to be one of the most underrated shows in animation history. Bro'Town has to be one of the most unique cartoons on television. A group of Austrailan Delenquens going to a school & made some mistakes & try to learn from them, noting seems too hard for them.The animation is average. Nothing spectacular, but suited for the show. The characters could use some work. Sione's Mom's voice is very Oringenial for a woman who sound like a man and Wong from Hong Kong sounds too much like Master Shake.Overall I give Bro'Towna 10/10. Good, but couldn't been on Nicktoon network of Adult Swim in the US instead.

This show tops most of the American and Australian TV output of recent years. The animation is rather uninspired but that's because the animation industry in New Zealand is (according to the Naked Samoans) only just getting off the ground. And indeed, because of this, this show will probably later on be hailed as a landmark in NZ television history. However, the Naked Samoans excel in coming up with clever and meaningful story lines with spiritual significance, as well as writing blisteringly funny one-liners ("Is he gonna live, doctor? I have to give him a hiding for getting run over!"). They have also created extremely lovable characters who, while unashamedly stereotypical (this is actually what make it so easy to relate to anyway), are all given specific episodes in which they feature more than the others (think the flashback episodes in "Lost"), which allows them to be developed in greater detail. These are kids you could find in any school in the world. There's Valea, the leader of the pack who loves nothing more than picking up hot chicks; his twin brother Vale, the quiet and conscientious one who keeps the peace; Sione, the smooth ladies' man who constantly gets stuck in humiliating situations, mostly in front of girls; Jeff da Maori, the Bob Marley-idolizing Maori who was fathered by eight different men; and Mack, the chubby and clearly gay one the gang use to get out of trouble. It's very easy to argue that with the central group of boys it tips its hat to South Park, but that show gets laughs from its obscenities. bro'Town gets laughs purely from its wisdom and heart. I actually hope it doesn't air in the US, because if it does the Americans will buy the rights to it, receive artistic control over it, and in doing so, Americanise it, and commercialise it. I love it just the way it is. And anytime you've got Helen Clark and Russell Crowe on your side, you know you've got something special. And lastly, how many animated shows from ANY era or country can you think of which had some sort of spiritual moral interwoven into each episode? MORNINGSIDE 4 LIFE INDEED, BRO!!!!!!

i dunno what this other fulla is on, but all i can say is, "Not Even...Ow!!!!". Bro town is a timely and pertinent look at the cultural diversity that New Zealand can now finally boast after years of stumbling around in a pseudo-bi-cultural daze.I believe kiwi's are ready to see themselves on screen as they are, and to laugh about it. Sure there are stereotypes present in this show, but that's what makes it so funny. No-one is spared, Maori, Pakeha, Islanders, South Africans, Indians and more are satirised expertly. and as an educated Pakeha, i can say - I laughed. This show is topical - focusing on issues currently causing debate in NZ like CYFS, gambling and racial discrimination.or as JC puts it best - MARVELLOUS!After two excellent series i look forward to many more.MORNINGSIDE FOR LIFE!!