You might have seen this on Deadspin already, but whatever. Before I go on I should warn you that the video linked below contains language that is completely unsafe for work. So wear headphones.

It also contains one of my favorite gags of all-time, and, to be honest, one that’s unfortunately ruined by the title of the YouTube video — “Ditka does interview in his underwear.”

To be fair, I probably wouldn’t have stayed through to the big reveal at 3:07 if I hadn’t seen that title, but clearly, the element of surprise is what makes the no-pants joke works best. Luckily, Ditka’s behavior is outlandish enough in this clip that you almost forget the title by the end, so it’s still funny that he turns out to not be wearing any pants.

I mean the whole thing is, we see people sitting at desks wearing shirts and ties or the tops of fancy ladyclothes all the time, and we never ever see what they’re wearing underneath. And pants are terrible constricting. So it’s only natural to assume they’re pantsless down there. Good for Ditka for getting it. Why wear pants if you don’t absolutely have to?

I had a sports/comedy TV show in college of which, thankfully for my career, no evidence exists online. But I’m pretty sure that nearly every time we stepped away from the desk for one reason or another, we did the no-pants joke. Too easy, probably, but made me giggle every time.

Then, I got an internship at a local network news affiliate to find out that the sportcaster really did give his nightly reports with no pants on! It was amazing. I mean, granted, he wasn’t in his underwear, but a suit top with lacrosse shorts was nearly as silly.

Anyway, here’s Ditka inadvertently performing my favorite gag: