[Willie Green]

Calculations...
indicate that Comet Hoenig will reach perihelion (its closest point to the Sun) around October 1st.

All those who missed the opportunity to escape Earth's lunacy on the comet Hale-Bopp: please remember to mark this date on your calendars.

[Dog Gone]

I believe this is how the opening chapter of Lucifer's Hammer begins.

[OBAFGKM]

All those who missed the opportunity to escape Earth's lunacy on the comet Hale-Bopp...

Actually, it was media lunacy. They glommed on to the most extreme speculations about Hale-Bopp's expected behavior and then hyped it like it was scientific gospel. Cooler heads found Hale-Bopp to be pretty dang spectacular as it was!