Here are two things you should know about Eric Balfour: he has a knack for getting television shows canceled, and he will bare his NSFW ass for strangers on the street if you ask nicely.

Says the WOW Report's Thairin Smothers about this photo set of Balfour and friends he posted today:

I shot this in 1998, but I did not know who he was until this photo was brought to my attention by my housemates yesterday when it was laying on the kitchen table. I have always gone up to hot guys on the street and asked to take their photo. It almost like kissing them in an abstract way.

This time we are driving West on Franklin and came to a stop. I looked over out the passenger window and fell in love with that face and overalls. I held up my camera and yelled"stick em up" they did, then I said "now turn around and drop em"... and they did.

Sadly, this trend of ass-baring muggings went out of style in the late nineties. (One silver lining, though: so did the egregious overalls ensemble Balfour is seeing wearing above.)