The phrase comes from radio reporter Herbert Morrison, whose emotional coverage of the Hindenburg airship disaster in 1937 turned oh the humanity into one of broadcasting's most quoted lines. Writers have parodied that moment for decades, and The Simpsons gave it to Kent Brockman, Springfield's self important Channel 6 anchor, whose serious newsreader tone makes the panic funnier. Short clips of Brockman's version now circulate on soundboards and in edits, where creators reuse the historic line to mock modern meltdowns, celebrity scandals and everyday disasters that feel far bigger in the moment than they really are.