Editing Boxer shorts (section)

== In popular culture ==
In 1975, a [[Sears, Roebuck and Company|Sears]] catalog photo of boxer shorts created a recurring [[urban legend]].<ref name=kunz>{{cite news|last1=Kunz|first1=Marji|title=Catalog Rumours Just That|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19751013&id=d7daAAAAIBAJ&pg=7191,2809332|access-date=19 December 2014|work=The Evening Independent|agency=Knight Newspapers|date=13 October 1975}}</ref> A model appeared to have part of his penis exposed in the photo, which a Sears spokesperson stated was a printing defect.<ref name=cole>{{cite book |last1=Cole |first1=Shaun |title=The Story of Men's Underwear |date=2012 |publisher=Parkstone International |location=New York |isbn=978-1-78042-882-6 |page=98 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EEEmuePeDX4C&pg=PA98}}</ref> Despite widespread press interest at the time, Sears reported that only a few letters were received from the general public, and noted that when the image was reprinted in the Spring-Summer catalog, it showed no such flaw.<ref name=kunz /><ref name=cole /><ref>{{cite news|last1=Staff writer|title=Sears Ad on Shorts Hot Item|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19750918&id=PhBXAAAAIBAJ&pg=6008,1130146|access-date=19 December 2014|work=The Reading Eagle|agency=Associated Press|date=18 September 1975}}</ref> No recall of the catalog occurred.<ref name=erik>{{cite news |last1=Lacitis |first1=Erik |title=Rumors? Erik Sets The Record Straight |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19970613/2544317/rumors-erik-sets-the-record-straight|access-date=19 December 2014|work=The Seattle Times|date=13 June 1997}}</ref> The incident inspired the singer [[Jack Barlow|Zoot Fenster]]'s 1975 single "The Man on Page 602".<ref name=cole />

A noticeable comedy routine that involves boxer shorts, most notably used in [[Cartoon|cartoons]], is to have a character wear boxer shorts that has a humorous print or pattern on them, usually hearts or [[polka-dots]], when one's trousers had fallen down or ripped apart.<ref>{{cite web| last1=UnderMyPants|title=Cartoons... and their PANTS! - Part 1 |website=[[YouTube]] |url=https://youtube.com/Q9cUHMn4sDI|access-date=2 October 2023}}</ref>