Yesterday was “the worst day of any dog’s year,” notes Slate, “and Stephen Colbert took the opportunity to let one lucky mutt speak for himself in a PSA about fireworks.”
It wasn’t your run-of-the-mill PSA: “Colbert’s spokesdog simply wants to explain that when your dog runs under the couch, there’s more going on in his or her canine brain than a fear of loud noises. Specifically, dogs are on edge this year about military escalation in North Korea.”