Saturday Night Special: The Skivvies

When you strip everything away, you get this family.  

(submitted by Lisa)

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390 Responses to “Saturday Night Special: The Skivvies”

  1. Dank says:

    Were they robbed of their clothes & wanted to document the moment on film?

    • mike doucett says:

      They’re showing they’ve nothing to hide,lol

      • brooke says:

        haha mike. lol I cant believe they did that. None of them look like they want to be in the pic so why did they take it? Their expressions make it priceless.

        • imlovingattention says:

          hey! you take that back! i see gram and gramps smiling coquettishly! lmbo! is this what you see when you are supposed to picture everyone sans clothes while you are making a speech? i think it would make me more nervous than those tough gangsters in center below! where do they hide their weapons?

  2. Karin says:

    seriously, no explanation?

  3. AFtERBIRtH33 says:

    thanks, this one just got me fired …

  4. jnmcnally says:

    I keep coming back to this photo to check her out.

  5. Hanna says:

    Well children, I hope this teaches you the importance of not leaving parents unattended!

  6. Kristas says:

    The fruit is out of the loom!

  7. omg says:

    OMG! Why would anyone do that?

  8. dsto says:

    I was thinking….How do you talk everyone into to doing this? But…I mean….uh..There are just so many of them…soo many…They all just seem like this is normal….IT”S NOT!! Why,oh, why?
    I need a backstory. an explanation, some logical reason why a group would do this? Is it a nudist colony at a formal dance or something? Please help me before my brain explodes!

    • Albert says:

      I presume it’s a family of nudists who wanted to take a photo. Generally nudist colonies prohibit photography without express written permission. Also, let’s assume one of them is a minor – it’s the only way to get a photo of the experience.

    • nikki says:

      Nudist colony at a formal dance! OMG made me LOL!!! Best comment!

    • Glenn says:

      Here’s the backstory: it’s an artwork called Family Portrait by the artist Miguel Calderon. It’s been exhibited in several museums. He convinced his family to do it by having a curator at the Louvre write a letter saying that the project would be legitimate art. When he had previously asked the family to do it the grandfather had said something along the lines of “I’ll believe that’s art if you show me a letter from the Louvre saying it’s art.”

  9. WooHoo says:

    Dang..I’d love to know y they’re all in their skivvies..It’s hilarious!

    • Kimberly says:

      After their house burnt down, burning all their belongings, the whole family posed for a picture in thanks that they had, at least, each other.

  10. Jessica says:

    “I need a backstory. an explanation, some logical reason why a group would do this? Is it a nudist colony at a formal dance or something? Please help me before my brain explodes!”

    I almost peed my pants when I read this…GREAT comment.

  11. vvkathy says:

    Oh, for Pete’s sake! I mean, seriously? SERIOUSLY? And I thought MY family reunions were weird. . .

  12. MyszaParys says:

    Enclosure in a letter to a rich relative they’re asking for financial support.?

  13. Snowrider says:

    OK, what is the woman on the far right doing with her right hand AND why the slightly awkward lean of the woman next to her?

  14. vaseline says:

    I remember seeing this photo in the New York Times a while back. One of the people in the photo (I think the guy in boxers on the left) is an artist and this was part of some project. I wish I knew more, but I seriously can’t remember his name or anything about the project. Definitely not just a regular family photo though.

  15. D says:

    Everybody is pretty much touching/hugging except the guy on the left…maybe the cheese stands alone?

  16. Rain29905 says:

    Why do they all look so angry??? Oh Yeah… they are posing in their underwear with thier GRANDPARENTS!!!!!

  17. Jp6871 says:

    Yuck! No one wants to see all that… What happened to the greatest generation? Shame on you grandma and grandpa!

  18. Kate says:

    This is hands down the BEST yet that you’ve posted. I’ve been laughing about it all day. I mean seriously WT*?!!

  19. shockhorror says:

    What is the woman on the far right wearing on her feet?

  20. Don says:

    I’ve got it! They were all staying at Granny’s house when it was suddenly hit by a tornado. They lost everything and had to wade through muddy swamps to get to civilization where they were put up in a hotel and the manager thoughtfully agreed to wash their muddy clothes… the only clothes they have left. They decided to take the picture to celebrate the fact that they all survived unharmed.

  21. Tim says:

    Determined not to let it ruin their vacation, the Nelsons had fun despite the fact their luggage had been re-routed to Greenland.

  22. forgotmypencil says:

    Stanley Tucci really IS in everything!
    (second from left)

  23. lagrange says:

    I guess this is better than “everyone in lingerie” night

  24. confused says:

    Oooh-kay! What a weird family.

  25. Lymie says:

    “Wake up everyone, it’s time for a family photo. No, put your pants DOWN!”

    That’s the only way. The ONLY way that could have come up.

  26. Mark says:

    Boxers or brie……oh, never mind.

  27. Juls says:

    It’s a tie and they’re all vying to win the last round of the strip poker tournament.

  28. sassafrass says:

    WHY?

  29. Pettrina says:

    trust excercise. no doubt in my mind.

  30. charmy says:

    This was their before photo…The thin ones were inspiration : )

  31. Granny says:

    “Awkward” is so inadequate to describe this photo. Oh, my.

  32. Karen says:

    Thanks to this photo, I can no longer drink coffee while viewing this web page…don’t think my keyboard could take any more coffee sprays from my nose!

  33. Joanne says:

    We are Family, I got undies with me………..

  34. Amy says:

    WHY did 2nd guy from the left get to keep his black tank top on?

  35. connie says:

    I’m sorry for all of you who think this is shocking in some way…it is simply the funniest thing I’ve seen! I love the serious expressions on all their faces. However, I do agree with dsto who wondered how they ALL agreed to be photographed like this. It’s a scream.

  36. esau102 says:

    It was a hot and humid day at the annual 4th of July family picnic that year…

  37. Dear Lord,

    Please let this photo be either a practical joke or a theater troupe.

    Your friend,
    RV

  38. Apparently someone forgot to tell Big Man that it’s boxer night.

  39. Charlie says:

    Definitely Italian, maybe it’s a initiation into the mob… old family traditions die hard

  40. Candy says:

    In order to rebel after receiving Aunt Marn’s Thanksgiving Letter, the family decided to show up to the gathering wearing nothin’ but their skivvies!

  41. Judy from Texas says:

    Ellen Degeneress needs to send this family some of her underwear!

  42. Brewstah says:

    I’m just confused.

  43. romchr says:

    I can’t see how any of them would ever regret this.

  44. Iggy says:

    the kid in the front row, second from the left (orange-ish skivvies), looks like a young Ralph Macchio! (The Karate Kid!!)

  45. Kid Kolob says:

    The French are just different than us.

  46. Sid says:

    They must have lost a bet. There is no other logical explanation for this.

  47. D-Girl says:

    I can’t believe none of you got this! It’s Laundry Day at the McKracken household!!

    Poor Uncle Phil, on the far left, had already dipped into that emergency stash of undies you keep for, hence the brown bikinis.

  48. Susan says:

    The only thing I see wrong with this photo is that they don’t look very happy. We attribute way too much importance to clothing in my opinion.

  49. sambee says:

    one family reunion no one will forget.

  50. adam says:

    at least the 2 down on the bottom right hand side are hot…

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