Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street

Much of what’s likable about the series stems less from the particulars than from its general tone.

Gortimer is the rare series that's creative, occasionally funny and engaging in its own subdued manner.

There’s an unabashed quaintness about Normal Street, reminiscent of a time when kids TV was all about fun and homemade adventure.

Smart, a little zany and never pandering, the show took me back to one of the best kid’s shows of the ’90s, Nickelodeon’s “The Adventures of Pete & Pete.”

It chokes a bit on its own whimsicality. But it stays on its feet.