The Daily Show With Jon Stewart took three ridiculous, agonizing weeks off for the holidays (two is okay: three is ridiculous), so I guess they were feeling pretty ashamed of themselves and wanted to give their viewers as big a treat as possible on their first night back. What else could explain the fact that the most adorable adult human being, Anderson Cooper, moderated a “Race To The Doghouse” “debate” between a bunch of cute, unruly puppies on last night’s show? “Get that bitch off the stage!”:

(For future insight into what’s to come on TDS, you might want to keep an eye on this dude’s Twitter. He’s been talking about this segment for, like, a month!)