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DVD's killed comedy!

Just kidding, of course.

This item appears in Variety:

Consumers have spent more than $82 million on DVDs featuring the standup comedy show featuring comedians Jeff Foxworthy, Larry the Cable Guy, Bill Engvall and Ron White.

Did they say $82 million?! Yes, they did. Standup comedy, in case you haven’t heard, is back. Fully recovered from the bust of ’93. It’s official. And we do not fear that proclaiming the patient’s recovery will jinx the whole affair.

And the Comedy Central roast of Jeff Foxworthy gathered a whopping crowd and his special on the WB doubld that time slot’s usual numbers.