W. S. Moore III recommends ‘Adventure Time’ for ten-year-old boys of all ages and either sex. If it’s Monday night at 8 Eastern/Pacific, it’s time for a healthy dose of surrealism, on one of my new obsessions, Cartoon Network’s Adventure Time. Although the network’s “Adult Swim” block has long marked the CN as a Nickelodeon for stoners and slackers, this new series brings the bizarre—and the funny—to their mainstream schedule. The show follows Jake the Dog and Finn the Human as they adventure through the Land of Ooo, meeting and fighting folks like the Ice King, Marceline the Vampire Queen, and hordes of pastry zombies, while enjoying the company of friends like Princess Bubblegum and an assortment of brawling vikings. In short, it’s a fantasy, and it’s filled with Ritalin-free energy and frequent non sequiturs. It’s also a heck of a lot of fun, with jokes for kids, jokes for adults, and jokes for everyone. In some ways, it’s reminiscent of Winsor McKay’s Little Nemo in Slumberland, if Nemo himself did the strip. Characters are simply drawn, with limbs that flex like rubber hoses, and facial expressions that range from smiley-face simple to Munchean screams. Settings, meanwhile are as gaudy

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